ABC election analyst Antony Green says it looks like the Liberal Democrats, Derryn Hinch's Justice Party, Transport Matters and Sustainable Australia will be left with no seats in the Upper House, as counting continues for the Victorian election.
abc.net.au/news/victoria-election-result-upper-house-count-antony-green-results/101709702Four micro parties are set to disappear from the Upper House, ABC election analyst Antony Green says, as counting continues for the Victorian election.Reason Party leader Fiona Patten could lose her upper house spot to Democratic Labour Party candidate Adem Somyurek
Meanwhile, seven lower house seats are still in doubt, including the seat of Pakenham, where only eight votes separated the lead candidates as of Tuesday morning. Green said he expected the Democratic Labour Party to win at least one seat — and he said the minor party was also likely to win a spot being contested by Reason Party leader Fiona Patten.
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