Aus polls a cliffhanger; Opposition leads in early trends
Posted on August 22, 2010
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Melbourne, Aug 21 (PTI) Billed as having just an outside chance, Australian opposition leader Tony Abott stunned everyone by leading his Liberal party to an early 45-36 seat lead in the knife-edge national elections.
Minutes after the voting ended, ABC reported that Abott’s Liberal and National Party coalition was enjoying an over two per cent vote swing which could leave Australia’s first woman Prime Minister Julia Gillard a two-month wonder.
But, so far only 2.4 per cent of more than 14 million votes had been counted, which put the two parties neck and neck and the outcome too close to call.
Gillard, 48, whose ruling Labor party was shown marginally ahead in opinion polls in the run up to the elections, was also shown leading closely in the Exit polls taking at 6:00 pm local time (1330 IST).
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