80,000 uncounted votes in four doubtful seats

Bob Katter, Rob Oakeshott, Andrew Wilkie, Tony Windsor and Adam Bandt. Up to 80,000 uncounted votes in four doubtful seats will determine which of the two major parties forms a minority government in Australia’s first hung parliament in 60 years. If the numbers fall Labor’s way, Prime Minister Julia Gillard will be in a position to form a government with the support of an Australian Greens MP and one of possibly four independents. There also is a possibility Opposition Leader Tony Abbott could form a minority Coalition government with the support of at least three independents.

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