Despite heading to the polls over the weekend, it remains a close race for several key seats across Australia.
There are currently 16 seats still in doubt, where the votes are too close to tell.
These include the closely watched electorates of Melbourne and Goldstein — seats held by Greens leader Adam Bandt and teal MP Zoe Daniel respectively.
Goldstein
The race between teal independent Zoe Daniel and Liberal candidate Tim Wilson in Melbourne’s south-east is still incredibly tight.
There are fewer than 100 votes between the pair.
The seat is held by Ms Daniel, and became one of the highest-profile “teal” wins in the 2022 election.
Mr Wilson lost a quarter of his 2019 primary vote and returns in 2025 to recover his seat.
Melbourne
The safe seat of Greens leader Adam Bandt is also in doubt.
Currently, he looks set to lose to Labor candidate Sarah Witty in the Melbourne CBD seat.
He has told reporters it is his “intention” to stay on as Greens leader.
The Victorian seat is one he’s held since 2010.
Bradfield
In one of Australia’s most affluent electorates, the race is on between Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian and independent Nicolette Boele.
The seat is up for grabs after Liberal MP Paul Fletcher’s retirement.
He had held the Sydney upper north shore electorate since a 2009 by-election.
Ryan
Another fight between the Greens and the Liberals plays out in Brisbane’s western suburbs.
Greens incumbent Elizabeth Watson-Brown is up against Liberal candidate Maggie Forrest.
ABC projections suggest Watson-Brown will retain the seat she has held since 2022.
Calwell
A spot left by long-term Labor incumbent Maria Vamvakinou is one to watch in Melbourne’s north-west fringe.
Vamvakinou has represented the electorate since 2001 but now the seat faces a battle between Labor’s Basem Abdo and the Liberals’ Usman Ghani.
If Ghani wins, it will be a major upset for Labor, who have held the seat since 1984.
Bean
The home of the ACT’s largest electorate and the external territory of Norfolk Island has seen a contest between a midwife and a born-and-bred Canberran rage on.
Labor’s David Smith is in a tight race with independent Jessie Price.
Smith has held the seat since 2019, following a stint as an ACT senator.
Bendigo
A transfer of a Nationals stronghold could flip an ALP hub in this north-central Victorian electorate.
The competition between Nationals candidate Andrew Lethlean and Labor’s Lisa Chesters remains firm.
It has been held by Withers since 2013, but the transfer of a strongly National voting area around Rochester could reduce the Labor margin.
Kooyong
This is another teal seat under pressure.
Incumbent independent Monique Ryan first scored the inner Melbourne electorate during 2022’s teal wave.
Now she faces pressure from the Liberals’ Amelia Hamer following a strong push to regain what was once a safe Liberal seat.
Longman
There are fewer than 150 votes between the two frontrunners in the electorate between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.
Liberal incumbent Terry Young is fighting to retain his seat against Labor’s Rhiannyn Douglas.
Flinders
Another showdown between the major parties and independents is occurring in this south-east Victorian seat.
Liberal incumbent Zoe McKenzie is up against independent Ben Smith.
McKenzie has held the seat since 2022, while Smith has most recently been the Mornington Community Support Centre CEO.
Fremantle
This suburban Perth Labor stronghold may be in trouble.
Despite being considered a very safe seat for Labor and currently held by Josh Wilson since 2016, a Climate 200-backed independent is proving to be an indomitable challenger.
If elected, independent Kate Hulett could rattle a seat that has been held by Labor since 1972.
Monash
Incumbent Russell Broadbent’s dissociation from the Liberal Party has changed the game in this eastern Victorian electorate.
Broadbent has represented the seat since 2004 but became an independent in 2023 after losing pre-selection.
Now, Liberal candidate Mary Aldred faces a tight race with Labor’s Tully Fletcher.
Menzies
One of the Liberal’s promising MPs could be under pressure in this eastern Melbourne race.
Incumbent Keith Wolahan gained the seat for the Liberals in 2022 but faces a tough re-election bid against Labor’s Gabriel Ng.
Losing the electorate named after the founder of the modern Liberal party would be a major blow to the Coalition.
Bullwinkel
This is this electorate’s first chance to choose a representative and it is proving a tough one.
This seat, which covers Eastern Perth and the Avon Valley, is being contested for the first time, though it has been notionally held by Labor.
So far, a battle wages between Labor’s Trish Cook and the Liberals’ Matt Moran.
Wills
This safe Labor seat is facing a challenger in Greens candidate Samantha Ratnam.
Incumbent Labor MP Peter Khalil has held the north-west Melbourne seat since 2016.
Most recently, Mr Khalil became the government’s Special Envoy for Social Cohesion in the wake of the war in Gaza.
In 2017, Ms Ratnam became the first woman to lead the Victorian Greens in the state parliament.
Franklin
With Labor swings across the state, this southern Tasmanian seat has seen a battle emerge between Labor and an independent candidate.
In the very safe Labor seat, incumbent MP Julie Collins’s role as Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry minister has been threatened by former ABC journalist Peter George.
Mr George’s campaign has largely focused on advocating against commercial salmon farming.
