Bolt calls for Turnbull to resign

Conservative commentator and long-time Tony Abbott supporter Andrew Bolt has called for Malcolm Turnbull to resign.

As vote counts pointed to an increasingly tight result on Saturday night, Mr Bolt wrote a blog post for News Corp Australia blaming the prime minister for the uncertain result.

"You have been a disaster. You betrayed Tony Abbott and then led the party to humiliation, stripped of both values and honour," Mr Bolt wrote.