Counting Starts As Polls Closing In Australian Election
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published May 21, 2022 | 03:16 PM
Voting centers closed at 6 p.m. local time on Saturday and vote-counting in Australia's general election has begun
CANBERRA, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st May, 2022 ) :Voting centers closed at 6 p.m. local time on Saturday and vote-counting in Australia's general election has begun.
Due to time difference, however, as votes are being counted across most of the country, people are still casting their ballots in some other areas including Western Australia.
In his final pitch to voters on Saturday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison who voted in his electorate of Cook, said "today Australians are making a big choice about their future." "I want the aspirations of Australians to be realized and the way that occurs is by backing Australians in, not telling them how to live and what to do, and getting government in their face." Labor leader Anthony Albanese, who voted in his electorate of Grayndler, said, "My big concern with this government is, what is there to be proud of?" "I want to change politics.
I want to change the way it operates. I want parliament to function properly. I want our democracy to function properly. That's why I'm in this, not to change where I live, I'm in it to change the country and that's what I intend to do.
Results are expected to be declared within hours.
However, the Australian Electoral Commission has warned that it could take longer to declare results in close contests due to the record high number of postal votes.
If a result is called on Saturday night, the leader of the losing party will traditionally call their opponent to concede before speaking publicly at their respective election night events.
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