section_path: Aftermath and reactions/Domestic reactions
section_name: Domestic reactions
paragraph_text: Domestic reactions
  
  Prominent commentator and ABC chief election analyst Antony Green reported a second term for Labor within two and a half hours of east-coast polls closing. This was about 30 minutes faster than his projection of Labor ousting the Coalition at the prior federal election, but an hour later than his projection of the Coalition win at the federal election before that. This was followed by major media organisations also projecting a Labor win, as well as Peter Dutton's own seat loss. Preliminary results indicated that Labor had gained seats in all six states. Labor had taken at least 13 seats off the Coalition, including four in South East Queensland, three in Sydney, and both seats in Northern Tasmania. Labor was also projected to have won two inner Brisbane seats held by the Greens. The final result remained in doubt for 16 seats, half of which were in Victoria.
  
  Dutton conceded defeat shortly after 9:30 pm AEST on election night, announcing that he had called Anthony Albanese to congratulate him on Labor's re-election. In his concession speech, Dutton acknowledged the Coalition's poor performance and took full responsibility for the result. He also became the first sitting federal Opposition Leader to lose his own seat (won by Ali France of Labor) in a federal election. Claiming victory on election night, Albanese addressed supporters with a message of unity and optimism, declaring it "a time of profound opportunity for our nation". He emphasised the importance of collective effort in shaping the country's future, stating, "We have everything we need to seize this moment and make it our own, but we must do it together."
  
  Albanese's win has been described as a landslide victory and historic comeback, having been returned with an increased majority, as well as exceeding most of the opinion polling showing either a smaller majority for the Labor government or a hung parliament. As a result, comparisons have been made to the Canadian federal election held earlier in the same week where the incumbent centre-left minority government, led by the Liberal Party, overturned a significant deficit in polling, made gains, and won another term. Commentators spoke of a negative "Trump effect" as Conservative opposition leader Pierre Poilievre also lost his seat. According to the BBC's Australia correspondent Katy Watson, United States president Donald Trump was "the gamechanger" and Albanese was able "to convince voters he was a safer pair of hands in an uncertain world". However, the fact that the Canadian Conservatives were able to gain seats, and achieve the highest popular vote of a center-right party in Canada since 1988; unlike the Coalition losing even more seats, suggests other domestic factors, not just the "Trump effect" were responsible for the Coalition's loss.
  
  The election marked the first time since 2007, and the third overall since Federation, that a leader of either of the major parties lost their seat in Parliament. Additionally, Albanese became the first prime minister to be re-elected after serving a full term since John Howard won his fourth and last term in 2004, and the first Labor leader to do so since Bob Hawke 's re-election in 1990. It is the first time a Labor government has been re-elected with a majority since 1993, and the largest number of seats ever for Labor. This was the fourth consecutive election since 2013 that the Coalition lost primary vote support. The Liberals were reduced to their smallest presence in the House since their founding in 1944, and turned in the worst election result for the main non-Labor party since the United Australia Party (immediate forerunner of the Liberals) was reduced to 14 seats in 1943. The significant swing against the Liberal Party was called "diabolical" by former senior Liberal minister Simon Birmingham.
  
  The Liberals suffered particularly large swings against them in metropolitan seats. Notably, the Liberals won no seats in Adelaide for the first time since 1946; the last Liberal representing the city, James Stevens in Sturt, was defeated by Labor challenger Claire Clutterham. They only won eight booths out of over 400 in the seven seats based in Adelaide. The Liberals were reduced to only three seats in Sydney, three in Melbourne, two in Brisbane, and one in Perth. This added to the severe losses they had suffered in metropolitan electorates in 2022, with a number of wealthy seats which had been the power base for the party and its predecessors for decades falling to teal independents or to Labor.
  
  It is the norm for first-term Australian governments to lose seats and suffer a swing to the opposition when seeking a second term. However, Labor's 2025 victory was the first time that an incumbent Australian government served a full first term and won a second term with an increased majority and a swing towards it. The last time a first term government won reelection with a swing towards it was in 1943, incumbent John Curtin led Labor to a landslide victory but had just taken office mid-term after securing a change of government via crossbench support, not via the prior 1940 election. Labor won 62.7% of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives, making the 2025 election its second-best ever result in terms of percentage of the House controlled, beating its previous records in 1983 under Bob Hawke (60% of seats), 1929 (61.3% of seats under James Scullin) but still falling short of its all-time record of 66.2% of the seats in the 1943 election.
  
  On 14 May, it was reported that the Australian Electoral Commission found a missing container containing 1,866 ballots for the division of Barton at the home of an AEC worker. The votes had already been counted and the container still sealed, so the electoral result was not affected.
  
  The ABC 's election night coverage was the last to feature Antony Green as chief election analyst after over 30 years in the role. A video was shown on the broadcast with former prime ministers John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull, Scott Morrison, and prime minister Albanese all praising Green for his work for the ABC.