Federal Election 2022: Labor Party set to form majority government

Outgoing defence minister Peter Dutton could be 'the last man standing' to lead the Liberal Party, with Scott Morrison stepping down after a crushing election loss to Anthony Albanese. Labor is set to form a majority government, and the Morrison family's Kirribilli commiserations have been captured on camera. See how the day unfolded.

Anthony Albanese will govern in his own right with the latest vote count showing Labor will secure enough seats to form a majority. 

Labor is likely to hold at least 76 of the 151 seats in the House of Representatives.

The latest Australian Electoral Commission count has the Coalition on 54 seats and a crossbench of 16 MPs, including six "teal" independents. 

In the Sydney seat of Bennelong, Labor's Jerome Laxale is ahead of Liberal Simon Kennedy by 1939 votes, while the race for Gilmore on the South Coast is almost neck and neck - the Liberals' Andrew Constance is ahead of Labor's Fiona Phillips by just 48 votes. 

The Nationals' Pat Conaghan appears to have retained his north coast seat of Cowper after a fierce challenge from a local independent. 

North Sydney incumbent Trent Zimmerman has conceded to independent Kylea Tink, and Labor's Kristina Keneally has conceded defeat to independent Dai Le - despite being parachuted into the supposedly "safe" Labor seat.

Originally published as Federal Election 2022: Labor Party set to form majority government

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