Federal election key seats results: How each of the key electorates voted

Heading into the election, there was a handful of key seats that were going to prove crucial in the count.

So how did each of them end up playing out?

Here's the result from all of them.

FULL RESULTS: How every seat in the country voted

NSW

Banks

Result: Labor gain
Previously held by: Liberal (David Coleman)

Labor picks up this south-western Sydney seat from opposition foreign affairs spokesperson David Coleman.

Bennelong

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Jerome Laxale), but notionally Liberal

Jerome Laxale picks up a huge swing to retain John Howard's old seat.

Bradfield

Result: Too close to call
Previously held by: Liberal (Paul Fletcher, who has retired)

New Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian provisionally sees off Teal independent challenger Nicolette Boele by just eight votes, but a recount will determine the final result.

Calare

Result: Independent retain
Previously held by: Independent (Andrew Gee)

Andrew Gee retains the seat he won as a National three years ago, this time as an independent.

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Cowper

Result: Nationals retain
Previously held by: Nationals (Pat Conaghan)

Pat Conaghan holds onto his coastal seat despite a strong challenge from independent Caz Heise.

Dobell

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Emma McBride)

Labor retains the marginal Central Coast electorate with a decent swing.

Fowler

Result: Independent retain
Previously held by: Independent (Dai Le)

Independent MP Dai Le gets a small swing to hold on to her south-west Sydney seat.

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Gilmore

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Fiona Phillips)

Labor retains the crucial South Coast seat with a big swing towards Fiona Phillips.

Hunter

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Dan Repacholi)

Labor MP Dan Repacholi successfully retains his seat.

Mackellar

Result: Independent retain
Previously held by: Independent (Sophie Scamps)

Sophie Scamps will spend a second term in parliament after winning her formerly blue-ribbon seat.

Parramatta

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Andrew Charlton)

Andrew Charlton retains the crucial western Sydney seat with a big swing towards Labor.

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Paterson

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Meryl Swanson)

Labor retains a seat Opposition Leader Peter Dutton campaigned several times in.

Reid

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Sally Sitou)

A big swing to Labor means Sally Sitou returns to parliament in her seat in Sydney's Inner West.

Richmond

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Justine Elliot)

Labor retains a seat that stretches from Ballina to Byron Bay and up the Queensland border despite a challenge from the Greens.

Robertson

Result: ALP retain
Previously held by: Labor (Gordon Reid)

Labor retains the bellwether seat that has voted for the party of government since 1983.

Shortland

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Pat Conroy)

Labor minister Pat Conroy keeps his seat.

Wentworth

Result: Independent retain
Previously held by: Independent (Allegra Spender)

Allegra Spender increases her margin and retains the former blue-ribbon seat that was once home to Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.

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Werriwa

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Anne Stanley)

Labor retains a western Sydney seat the Liberals had been hoping to claim.

Whitlam

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Stephen Jones, who is retiring)

The retirement of popular local member Stephen Jones can't stop Labor from retaining this seat in the NSW Southern Highlands, although there was a swing towards the Liberals.

Northern Territory

Lingiari

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Marion Scrymgour)

Marion Scrymgour retains the largest seat in the country with a swing towards her.

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Queensland

Blair

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Shayne Neumann)

Labor retains the seat on an excellent night for the party in Queensland.

Brisbane

Result: Labor gain
Previously held by: Greens (Stephen Bates)

Labor picks up one of three inner-Brisbane seats won by the Greens in 2022.

Bonner

Result: Labor gain
Previously held by: Liberal-National Party (Ross Vasta)

A big swing to Labor hands it this outer-Brisbane electorate.

Dickson

Result: Labor gain
Previously held by: Liberal-National Party (Peter Dutton)

Peter Dutton becomes the first sitting opposition leader in Australian history to lose his own seat at a federal election.

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Griffith

Result: Labor gain
Previously held by: Greens (Max Chandler-Mather)

Labor wins back the seat once held by prime minister Kevin Rudd from Greens housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather.

Leichhardt

Result: Labor gain
Previously held by: Liberal-National Party (Warren Entsch, who is retiring)

Labor capitalises on Warren Entsch's retirement to claim the northernmost seat in the country with a huge swing.

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McPherson

Result: LNP retain
Previously held by: Liberal-National Party (Karen Andrews, who is retiring)

Leon Rebello retains the Gold Coast seat following Karen Andrews' retirement.

Ryan

Result: Greens retain
Previously held by: Greens (Elizabeth Watson-Brown)

Elizabeth Watson-Brown edges out Labor's Rebecca Hack to claim second spot on primary vote and win on preferences in the lone bright spot for the Greens in the lower house this election.

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South Australia

Boothby

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Louise Miller-Frost)

Labor retains the Adelaide seat despite a challenge from former MP Louise Miller-Frost.

Sturt

Result: Labor gain
Previously held by: Liberals (James Stevens)

Labor picks up a former blue ribbon seat from the Liberals to complete a redwash of Adelaide.

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Tasmania

Bass

Result: Labor gain
Previously held by: Liberals (Bridget Archer)

Labor picks up a crucial swing seat in Tasmania's north.

Braddon

Result: Labor gain
Previously held by: Liberals (Gavin Pearce)

Former Labor senator Anne Urquhart wins the north-western Tasmanian seat with a big swing.

Lyons

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Brian Mitchell, who is retiring)

Former state opposition leader Rebecca White turns this marginal seat north of Hobart into safe Labor territory.

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Victoria

Aston

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Mary Doyle)

Mary Doyle retains the outer-Melbourne seat that many had expected Labor to lose.

Bruce

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Julian Hill)

Julian Hill retains his key Melbourne seat with a big swing.

Casey

Result: Liberal retain
Previously held by: Liberals (Aaron Violi)

Aaron Violi retains this rural seat in a rare bright spot for the Coalition.

Chisholm

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Carina Garland)

Labor retains a key battleground Melbourne seat.

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Deakin

Result: Labor gain
Previously held by: Liberals (Michael Sukkar)

Labor picks up the most marginal seat in the country off opposition frontbencher Michael Sukkar.

Dunkley

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Jodie Belyea)

Jodie Belyea retains the seat she won at a by-election last year.

Goldstein

Result: Liberal gain
Previously held by: Independent (Zoe Daniel)

Tim Wilson wins the blue-ribbon Melbourne seat off independent Zoe Daniel following a partial recount.

Hawke

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Sam Rae)

Sam Rae retains another Melbourne seat for Labor.

Holt

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Cassandra Fernando)

A decent swing to Cassandra Fernando keeps Holt in Labor hands.

Kooyong

Result: Independent retain
Previously held by: Independent (Monique Ryan)

Monique Ryan avoids the same fate as her fellow teal Daniel, edging out Liberal Amelia Hamer to hang on to Kooyong.

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McEwen

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Rob Mitchell)

Labor retains this northern Melbourne seat.

Menzies

Result: Labor gain
Previously held by: Liberals (Keith Wolohan), although notionally Labor

Keith Wolohan, who has been touted as future Liberal leadership material, has lost his seat to Labor's Gabriel Ng.

Monash

Result: Liberal retain
Previously held by: Independent (Russell Broadbent)

Mary Aldred retains Monash for the Liberal Party following the defection of long-time party MP Russell Broadbent to the crossbench.

Wannon

Result: Liberal retain
Previously held by: Liberals (Dan Tehan)

Liberal frontbencher Dan Tehan retains Wannon in a rare bright spot for the Coalition.

Wills

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Peter Khalil)

Despite a large swing against it, Labor sees off the challenge from Greens candidate Samantha Ratnam to reclaim this inner-Melbourne seat.

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Western Australia

Bullwinkel

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: New seat, but notionally Labor

Labor's Trish Cook survives a swing against the government to become the first-ever member for Bullwinkel.

Curtin

Result: Independent retain
Previously held by: Independent (Kate Chaney)

Kate Chaney retains the blue ribbon seat home to Australia's wealthiest mining billionaires.

Hasluck

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Tania Lawrence)

Labor retains a safe seat with a big swing.

Moore

Result: Labor gain
Previously held by: Independent (Ian Goodenough)

Labor picks up another Perth seat with a big swing towards candidate Tom French.

Pearce

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Tracey Roberts)

Labor retains the seat despite a swing towards the Liberal Party.

Tangney

Result: Labor retain
Previously held by: Labor (Sam Lim)

A decent swing helps Sam Lim retain this marginal seat.