section_path: Prime Minister of Australia (2022–present)/First term, 2022–2025
section_name: First term, 2022–2025
paragraph_text: First term, 2022–2025
  
  At the election on 21 May 2022, Labor was victorious over the Liberal–National Coalition, with Albanese becoming the 31st prime minister of Australia. Despite a decrease in the party's primary vote, Labor received a 3.66 percent two-party preferred swing towards it. The Coalition also lost several seats to " teal independents ", allowing Labor to become the party with the most seats in Parliament.
  
  Although it was not certain on election day that Labor would win a majority of seats, it soon became apparent that no other party could realistically form a government. Accordingly, two days after the election, Albanese, deputy Labor leader Richard Marles, Jim Chalmers, Penny Wong and Katy Gallagher were sworn in as an interim five-person ministry. With his victory, Albanese became the first Italian-Australian prime minister in the country's history.
  
  Albanese secured confidence and supply from several crossbenchers in the event that he was unable to form majority government. However, on 30 May, it was projected that Labor had won at least 76 seats, enough to win a majority for the first time at the federal level since the 2007 election. Albanese's full ministry was sworn in on 1 June.