In short, independents and minor parties combined got more vote than a major party (the LNP coalition). I think this is actually great news, it shows how well ranked choice and proportional voting work to empower smaller parties and diversify them.

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[–] markko@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

According to the AEC it's now at 1,795,985 votes. However, last election The Greens got 1,824,682 votes, so it's not like they've seen a massive increase this time round.

United Australia Party even got more total votes than The Nationals.

https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseStateFirstPrefsByParty-27966-NAT.htm

https://tallyroom.aec.gov.au/HouseStateFirstPrefsByParty-31496-NAT.htm