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Australian election exit polls suggest big win for Tony Abbott's Coalition Australian election exit polls suggest big win for Tony Abbott's Coalition
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Two exit polls have suggested that the opposition will sweep to victory in the 2013 Australian election, with a Sky News/Newspoll survey suggesting Tony Abbott’s Coalition will win 97 seats – a gain of 25 in the 150-seat House of Representatives – while Labor will drop to 51, a 21-seat loss. Polling stations have closed across the eastern states of Australia, as two exit polls suggest the opposition will sweep to victory and oust Labor in the federal election.
A Ray Morgan Channel 10 exit poll predicts the Coalition will pick up 42.5% of the primary vote with Labor at 33.5%, while the Sky poll gives 45% of the primary vote to the Coaltion and 36% to Labor. A Sky News/Newspoll survey suggests Tony Abbott’s Coalition will win 97 seats – a gain of 25 in the 150-seat House of Representatives – while Kevin Rudd's Labor will drop to 51, a 21-seat loss.
A Ray Morgan Channel 10 exit poll predicts the Coalition will pick up 42.5% of the primary vote with Labor at 33.5%, while the Sky poll gives 45% of the primary vote to the Coalition and 36% to Labor.
The Sky News poll predicts only two crossbench MPs will keep their seats, Andrew Wilkie in Tasmania and Bob Katter in Queensland, with Greens MP Adam Bandt predicted to lose his seat in Melbourne.The Sky News poll predicts only two crossbench MPs will keep their seats, Andrew Wilkie in Tasmania and Bob Katter in Queensland, with Greens MP Adam Bandt predicted to lose his seat in Melbourne.
The Sky News/Newspoll result suggests that the Coalition will pick up 14 seats in New South Wales - including key seats in western Sydney: Lindsay, Greenway and Reid. It suggests the Coalition will pick up seven in Queensland, with Wayne Swan losing his seat of Lilley – and it says prime minister Kevin Rudd’s seat of Griffith too close to call. The Sky News/Newspoll result suggests that the Coalition will pick up 14 seats in New South Wales - including key seats in western Sydney: Lindsay, Greenway and Reid. It suggests the Coalition will pick up seven in Queensland, with Wayne Swan losing his seat of Lilley – and it says prime minister Rudd’s seat of Griffith too close to call.
It also predicts the opposition will pick up three seats in Victoria, and one in Western Australia.It also predicts the opposition will pick up three seats in Victoria, and one in Western Australia.
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