How each of the key seats voted

Heading into tonight's election, there was a handful of key seats that were going to prove crucial in the count – and who forms government next week.

Heading into tonight's election, there was a handful of key seats that were going to prove crucial in the count – and who forms the next government.

So how did each of them end up playing out?

Here's the result from all of them.

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FULL RESULTS: How every seat in the country voted

NSW

Banks

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

Labor picks up south-western Sydney 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: TBC
Previously held by: Liberal (Paul Fletcher, who has retired)

Calare

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

Andrew Gee retains the seat he won as a National three years ago.

Cowper

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

Dobell

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

Labor retains the marginal Central Coast electorate.

Fowler

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

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: ALP 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 one-time blue ribbon seat.

Parramatta

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

Andrew Charlton retains the crucial western Sydney seat.

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)

Sally Sitou returns to parliament in her seat in Sydney's Inner West.

Richmond

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

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 retains the former blue-ribbon seat that was once home to Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.

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. 

Northern Territory

Lingiari

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

Marion Scrymgour retains the largest seat in the country.

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.

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 Entch, who is retiring)

Labor capitalises on Warren Entch's retirement to claim the northernmost seat in the country.

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: TBC
Previously held by: Greens (Elizabeth Watson-Brown)

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.

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 wins this marginal seat north of Hobart.

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: TBC
Previously held by: Liberals (Aaron Violi)

Chisholm

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

Labor retains a key battleground Melbourne seat.

Deakin

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

Labor appears to have picked up the most marginal seat in the country off oppoosition 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: TBC
Previously held by: Independent (Zoe Daniel)

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: TBC
Previously held by: Independent (Monique Ryan)

McEwen

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

Labor retains this northern Melbourne seat.

Menzies

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

Monash

Result: TBC
Previously held by: Independent (Russell Broadbent)

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: TBC
Previously held by: Labor (Peter Khalil)

Western Australia

Bullwinkel

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

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: TBC
Previously held by: Independent (Ian Goodenough)

Pearce

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

Tangney

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

A decent swing helps Sam Lim retain this marginal seat.