Federal election results 2025 as it happened: PM delivers victory speech as Labor wins government; Dutton concedes, projected to lose his own seat

Votes are still being counted, but the key results from the election are in. Here’s what you need to know from election night.

• Labor has achieved a stunning election victory, increasing its parliamentary majority to at least 89 seats after picking up an extra 14 seats so far.
• In an emotional victory speech, Anthony Albanese said serving as prime minister was the great honour of his life.
• The result has left the Liberal Party reeling, with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton losing his long-held seat of Dickson to Labor’s Ali France.
• The Greens also faired poorly, suffering a profound defeat in key seats, including that of housing spokesman Max Chandler-Mather in the Brisbane seat of Griffith.
• Teal independents seem to have largely retained their seats, including Kate Chaney in WA, while the Victorian teals are on track to entrench their presence.
• The list of every seat that has changed hands – and those still too close to call – is here.

Labor has increased its majority in a historic election victory, and driven Peter Dutton to defeat in his home seat.

The Liberals will begin the tough task of figuring out what went wrong and searching for a new leader.

Many seats have changed hands, and the Greens will also have to do some soul-searching after losing several seats, including that of high-profile firebrand Max Chandler-Mather in what was a nightmare election result for the party.

Teal independents fared better, with Kate Chaney narrowly retaining her WA seat of Curtin, and Victorian independents fighting off challengers in Kooyong and Goldstein.

But votes are still being counted, and the Senate results will take time to become clear. Our coverage of the election will continue on Sunday.

Congratulations from world leaders have begun to pour in for Anthony Albanese after Labor’s election win.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was among the first to congratulate Albanese.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wished Albanese “continued success” in his role.

“Ukraine sincerely values Australia’s unwavering support and its principled stance on ending Russia’s war and securing a dignified and lasting peace. We look forward to further strengthening our productive partnership in pursuit of peace, security, and freedom,” he wrote on X.

French President Emmanuel Macron wrote that Australia and France had “so much to achieve together”, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Australia was a “valued ally, partner and friend of the United States”.

“The United States looks forward to deepening its relationship with Australia to advance our common interests and promote freedom and stability in the Indo-Pacific and globally,” Rubio said.

Historic. Stunning. Extraordinary. There is no way to convey the sheer drama of this election result without reaching for words that sound overblown.

Albanese has shocked many of his own supporters with the scale of their success and the way they have driven Peter Dutton and the Coalition into the ground.

The defeat for the Coalition is so severe, so powerful, that the conservatives and their supporters must confront a question: how did they delude themselves into thinking they had a successful agenda when they were failing all along?

US President Donald Trump overshadowed the election with every edict from the White House, not least his April 2 decision to impose tariffs on Australia and other countries, throwing global growth into doubt and markets into freefall.

But the campaign drama cannot hide the danger signs for the future. It is not just that Trump is proving that Australia can no longer rely on its great ally – it is that he ushers in an era of economic turmoil and strategic danger.

Read David Crowe’s full analysis here

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is the most high-profile politician to be voted out of parliament, losing the Queensland seat of Dickson to Labor’s Ali France after holding it for more than 20 years.

But it’s been a night of upheaval, and several other big names – from former cabinet ministers to firebrand spokespeople – have lost their bids to return to Canberra.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton after conceding defeat to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.Credit: James Brickwood

Here are some of the key people to go:

• Outspoken Tasmanian Liberal MP Bridget Archer lost the seat of Bass to Labor’s Jess Teesdale.
• Liberal housing spokesman and former assistant treasurer Michael Sukkar was beaten in Deakin by Labor’s Matt Gregg.
• Greens firebrand housing spokesman Max Chandler-Mather lost Griffith to Labor’s Renee Coffey after just one term.
• David Coleman, a former Liberal minister and confidante of former prime minister Scott Morrison, lost the seat of Banks to Labor’s Zhi Soon after more than a decade in politics.
• Keith Wolahan, who had been touted as a future leader of the Liberal Party, lost Menzies to Labor’s Gabriel Ng.

Read the full list of every seat that has changed hands and the seats that remain too close to call here.

Earlier, Clive Palmer said the Trumpet of Patriots would not be sending any more unsolicited texts to Australians at the next election.

“There will be no more spam texts,” he told the Channel Seven panel, which erupted in applause.

He also added his analysis of the Coalition:

I think the real problem for the Liberal Party is the average age of the branch members is nearly approaching 63. I think we have got to get the younger people in the Liberal Party in future.

In saying that, I’m someone at 71, of course, I’m too old for the Liberal Party. We need younger people in there to have the balance.”

Our cartoonist Megan Herbert has sketched her assessment of the election result.

Credit: Megan Herbert

The western Sydney seat of Fowler is the only seat in NSW that still remains too close to call, with independent Dai Le hanging on as counting continues.

With over 94 per cent of the votes counted, the independent leads Labor’s Tu Le 52.07 per cent to 47.93 per cent, leaving the seat the tightest in the state.

Dai Le with supporters at an election watch party at Fairfield Showground.Credit: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The ABC’s projection – and our own – suggests Dai Le will hang on but the Labor candidate is yet to concede.

Former councillor Dai Le won the seat in 2022 by just over 1 per cent, becoming the first independent to win a seat in western Sydney.

A jubilant party in Fairfield waited to see if she would retain her seat, but as counting continued and the clock inched closer to midnight, the crowd thinned.

By 11.30pm, it looked like the independent would retain the seat by a slim margin, but the seat remained too close to call.

Votes are still being counted, but the key results from the election are in. Here’s what you need to know from election night.

• Labor has achieved a stunning election victory, increasing its parliamentary majority to at least 89 seats after picking up an extra 14 seats so far.
• In an emotional victory speech, Anthony Albanese said serving as prime minister was the great honour of his life.
• The result has left the Liberal Party reeling, with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton losing his long-held seat of Dickson to Labor’s Ali France.
• The Greens also faired poorly, suffering a profound defeat in key seats, including that of housing spokesman Max Chandler-Mather in the Brisbane seat of Griffith.
• Teal independents seem to have largely retained their seats, including Kate Chaney in WA, while the Victorian teals are on track to entrench their presence.
• The list of every seat that has changed hands – and those still too close to call – is here.

Greens faithful are devastated in Brisbane, with Max Chandler-Mather conceding in a late-night speech that he has lost his seat.

Tears flowed and volunteers cheered support for the firebrand representative after he confirmed he had phoned Labor’s Renee Coffey to congratulate her on victory in Griffith.

Max Chandler-Mather has conceded defeat in Griffith.Credit: William Davis

“We know that the people happiest tonight will be those in the political establishment who hope that you will give up,” Chandler-Mather told the crowd.

“What we are trying to do is fundamentally transform Australian politics, economy and society in favour of ordinary working people.

“That sort of project is going to have more setbacks than it has victories because the forces that we are coming up against are enormously powerful. I believe we can get there. I believe we can win. It is going to take time.”

Brisbane MP Stephen Bates also conceded defeat for the Greens, while Elizabeth Watson-Brown did not comment on her more competitive position in Ryan.

Labor strategist Kos Samaros says luck is an important factor for an election win.

“Anthony Albanese became leader after the 2019 election. It is fair to say the party caucus didn’t necessarily embrace him as the one who would lead them to the promised land,” he said.

“In the middle of 2020, during the middle of COVID, they had a byelection in Eden-Monaro and Labor scraped over the line. The Liberals drew last spot on the ballot paper. It was the donkey vote that got Labor over the line – luck – and now you have got this. It shows you sometimes [it’s about] right place, right time.”

Labor supporters celebrate as they watch the results come in at the Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club in Sydney.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen