Updated On: 04 May, 2025 07:31 AM IST | Melbourne | Agencies
Unaligned minor parties and independent candidates appeared likely to win 13 seats.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Pic/PTI
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has become the first Australian prime minister to win a second consecutive three-year term in 21 years. Opposition leader Peter Dutton conceded defeat in Saturday’s election, saying, “We didn’t do well enough during this campaign, that much is obvious tonight, and I accept full responsibility for that.”
The Australian Electoral Commission’s projections gave Albanese’s ruling centre-left Labour Party 70 seats and the conservative opposition coalition 24 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives, the lower chamber where parties need a majority to form governments.