No clear majority in the parliamentary election in Australia

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No clear majority in the parliamentary election in Australia

Australia’s conservative coalition government seems to wobble. Unlike predicted, the left labor party to the election. Perhaps it is for the time being with no clear winner.

After a surprising vote losses by the conservative coalition government, Australia is heading after the parliamentary elections on a difficult government formation. A stalemate in the Parliament was not excluded by the enumeration of some two-thirds of the votes, as first results from the election Commission showed. The left-wing labor party is likely to win according to the calculations of the ABC network, significantly seats. It looked as if it rich for a win.

Government majority uncertain

A final result can be perhaps even days. The coalition came in, according to the latest projections 72 seats, the laboratory 66. In six constituencies, the outcome was still unclear, the other went to small parties. There are a total of 150 mandates. For a majority of 76 is needed.

Australia’s head of government, Malcolm Turnbull with his wife Lucy in the vote, victory is assured

At the last election in 2013 the coalition had won 90 seats, Labor under opposition leader Bill Shorten 55.
The head of government, Malcolm Turnbull (61) were confident of victory and promised to form a coalition government. “We have every reason to believe that we create the majority and the next government,” said the 61-Year-old in the night to Sunday (local time) – hours after the result was supposed to be.

Labour leader Bill Shorten and his wife Chloe: the laboratory seems to have gained

Shorten (49) occurred after at least eleven-seat Win like a winner, even though his party had little Chance on the formation of the government. “The lab is back!” he shouted in front of followers. The voters would have spurned the program of Turnbull.

After the week long head-to-head race, which had seen the coalition in the last polls still slight growth. Political analysts explained that with the Brexit vote in the UK. In uncertain times, Conservative benefits, because they are traditionally seen as the party that controls the economy. For example, Australia’s conservative government was the chief in the last polls before the ballot, just ahead of his Challenger from the labor party, Bill Shorten.

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Established in Australia?

The top candidates were concluded with traditional topics in the election campaign. Turnbull promised more growth and jobs, Shorten more spending on education and health. Both had given up on voting in victory. The topic of climate change took place in the election campaign only at the margins, although Australia, due to its high climate-damaging CO2 emissions, and the already noticeable consequences
Coral death on the Great Barrier Reef is particularly affected. No party wants to limit the for the high emissions responsible important coal industry.

In Australia voting is compulsory. Around a quarter of the almost
16 million voters registered and had made use of the possibility in the run-up to the vote. Were elected in addition to the 150 deputies of the lower house and 76 senators for the second chamber of the Parliament. As a survey on behalf of the newspaper “The Australian” before the election, the return of the Australians as well as many voters in Europe, the traditional parties in the back. 23 percent wanted to choose other than the people’s parties, the newspaper reported, as many as since 1934, not more.

cw/uh (dpa, rtre)