Knife-Edge Recounts Could Decide Parliament’s Make-Up

Ballots are seen during counting following the close of polls in Australia's general election at a polling station in Melbourne, Australia on May 3, 2025. Martin Keep/AFP via Getty Images

It could take weeks to confirm the members of Australia’s next parliament, with one seat sitting on a margin of only eight votes and an incumbent in another requesting a second tally.

Independent MP Zoe Daniel has requested a recount in the Melbourne seat of Goldstein.