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MALCOLM Turnbull was looking bullishly confident yesterday, after the seat of Gilmore in NSW fell for the Coalition.
But the other six seats in doubt remain excruciatingly close, with more than 80 per cent of the votes counted.
The Coalition is now on 73 seats to Labor’s 66 by the ABC’s count, and 74 seats to Labor’s 71 according to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), which goes by whoever is in front.
In the Queensland seat of Capricornia, Labor is leading by just 476 votes, with predictions suggesting it could flow to the Liberals with postal votes and then back again with absentees.
It’s even closer in the seat of Hindmarsh in South Australia, where the ALP is in front in by a mere 68 votes.
The Coalition now looks likely to hold the 76 seats needed to form majority government in the 150-seat lower house, as postal votes and recounts of existing votes have favoured Liberal and National candidates over Labor.
Mr Turnbull is still preparing for a hung parliament, however, in case he doesn’t reach 76.
He yesterday met with potential kingmaker Nick Xenophon in Sydney and yesterday spoke to re-elected MP Bob Katter and other independents in Queensland, also taking the time to pose for selfies with Brisbane locals, a smile we haven’t seen in days plastered across his face.