In short, independents and minor parties combined got more vote than a major party (the LNP coalition). I think this is actually great news, it shows how well ranked choice and proportional voting work to empower smaller parties and diversify them.

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[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think it's great that ranked choice voting means we can have a wider range of candidates. What is concerning is that despite a third of the electorate rejecting the major two, they still get majority governments. Maybe we should be looking at proper proportional representation, given voting is required.

[–] UnfortunateDoorHinge@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

1.6m people voted for the Greens first preference this election, more than the all the Nats and LNP (Qld) combined. That's the reality of concentrations of demographics in various areas.

It's not all doom and gloom, tseat of Ryan is a good example of a competitive minor party taking advantage of 2nd place to win. The Greens don't need to get the most preferences necessarily, just more than labor. If the coalition gets 35% first preference, and Labor have 28%, they don't need 35, they need 28. Labor's second preferences get distributed ideally to the Greens and hopefully, they overtake the liberals in a 2pp. Didn't work for Adam Bandt, but I think we all got caught surprised at just how bad the Liberals did.

[–] markko@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

According to the AEC it's now at 1,795,985 votes. However, last election The Greens got 1,824,682 votes, so it's not like they've seen a massive increase this time round.

United Australia Party even got more total votes than The Nationals.

https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseStateFirstPrefsByParty-27966-NAT.htm

https://tallyroom.aec.gov.au/HouseStateFirstPrefsByParty-31496-NAT.htm

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't be able to find the comment, but someone in a thread the other day was talking about how the two major parties will "always control Australian politics" or some such and this just disproves them so much.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

IMO the LNP is facing an existential threat.

I'm not saying they're going to disband tomorrow, but depending on what happens over the coming months it may not be possible for them to ever return to their former glory.