Federal election winners and losers

WINNERS AND LOSERS

WINNERS

* Bill Shorten - destroyed the Turnbull dream, but hasn't completely won the war

* Linda Burney (ALP, Barton, NSW) - first Aboriginal woman elected to the lower house

* Anthony Albanese (ALP, Grayndler, NSW) - avoided Greens assault after Daily Telegraph "Save Our Albo" campaign

* Tony Abbott (Lib, Warringah, NSW) - held off "anyone but Tony" campaign

* Barnaby Joyce (Nationals, New England, NSW) - lives to fight another day as party leader

* Rebekha Sharkie (NXT, Mayo, SA) - first Nick Xenophon Team lower house MP

* Christopher Pyne (Lib, Sturt, SA) - contained major threat albeit with reduced majority

* Pauline Hanson (One Nation) - strong primary vote across Queensland has hurt a number of candidates

LOSERS

* Malcolm Turnbull - close result leaves hoped-for mandate in ruins, with hung parliament a live possibility

* Jamie Briggs (Lib, Mayo, SA) - political woes took a toll in face of strong NXT candidate

* Andrew Nikolic (Lib, Bass, Tas) - Abbott backer, caught up in statewide anti-Liberal backlash, along with two fellow Tas Liberals

* Peter Hendy (Lib, Eden-Monaro, NSW) - Turnbull plotter, out after one term

* Sophie Mirabella (Lib, Indi, Vic) - Cathy McGowan strikes again

* Natasha Griggs (CLP, Solomon, NT) - hurt by NT political issues

* NSW Independents Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott - political comebacks didn't fly with voters

* Wyatt Roy (Lib, Longman, Qld) - Turnbull plotter, One Nation impacts primary vote, hoping postal votes might get him over the line.