Labor wins Australian election, Anthony Albanese to be returned as PM — early polls

If Mr Albanese wins, he will become the first Australian prime minister to win successive elections in 21 years.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, center, and his son Nathan react after voting as Albanese's partner Jodie Haydon watches at a polling booth in his electorate in Sydney, Saturday, May 3, 2025. Picture: AP Photo/Rick Rycroft

Early vote counting in Australia’s general election has suggested the government is likely to be returned for a second term.

The Australian Electoral Commission’s early projections gave the 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.