The election count so far

WHERE WE ARE WITH THE VOTE COUNT

WITH ALMOST 13 OF THE 15 MILLION VOTES ALLOCATED:

Labor 49.78pc

Coalition 50.22pc

Swing against the coalition 3.27pc

THE SEAT COUNT SO FAR:

Coalition 76

Labor 67

Greens 1

Independent 4

In doubt 2

HANGING IN THE BALANCE:

* Herbert (LNP QLD): Labor's Cathy O'Toole's lead has dropped to 82 votes over sitting MP Ewen Jones. There are still about 2500 postal votes to count. They're trending Jones' way, keeping him in the race, although O'Toole is getting the benefit of absentee votes. Down to the wire.

* Hindmarsh (Liberal SA): High absentee flow to Labor's Steve Georganas should enable him to consolidate his 582-vote lead over sitting MP Matt Williams. More likely Labor gain than a Liberal retain.

BEST GUESS OUTCOME:

Coalition 76

Labor 69

Greens 1

Independents 4

SEATS LABOR PICKED UP FROM THE COALITION:

Bass, Braddon, Lyons (TAS); Burt, Cowan (WA), Eden-Monaro, Lindsay, Macarthur, Macquarie (NSW); Longman (QLD); Solomon (NT)

SEATS COALITION WON FROM LABOR:

Chisholm (VIC).

COALITION LOSS TO NICK XENOPHON TEAM:

Mayo (SA).

LIKELY SENATE OUTCOME:

Coalition 30

Labor 27

Greens 9

Nick Xenophon Team 3

Independents 7