US EditionAustralian Greens chief loses his own seat
- Adam Bandt, leader of the Australian Greens, lost his Melbourne parliamentary seat in the federal election held on Saturday.
- The Greens’ loss followed a significant shift of votes to the Labor Party, which won a landslide re-election under Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
- Bandt said many voters moved to Labor to prevent opposition leader Peter Dutton from returning, noting that Labor secured at least 92 of the 150 House seats.
- Bandt contacted his Labor opponent Sarah Witty to offer his congratulations, suggesting that he believed some voters shifted their support from him to Labor because they viewed it as the preferable choice to prevent Dutton from gaining power.
- The Greens retained about 13 percent of the Senate vote, potentially holding balance of power there, but losing three of their four lower house MPs leaves their leadership open and reduces their lower house presence.
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ThePatriotLight - Greens Leader Concedes Defeat, Says Preferences and Trump Effect Impacted His Party
ThePatriotLight - Adam Bandt has held the seat of Melbourne for 14 years.After days of holding out hope, Greens leader Adam Bandt has finally admitted defeat to Labor’s Sarah Witty after a tight race, ending his 14-year hold on the seat.Vote counting on May 8 showed Witty leading by roughly 4,387 votes in a contest that flipped the 6.5 percent Greens two-party preferred margin.Bandt confirmed he had phoned Witty to concede, congratulate her and …
Bandt says anti-Dutton vote hurt Greens in Melbourne, concedes 'we fell short'
Adam Bandt has lost the seat of Melbourne, which he held for 15 years, to Labor's Sarah Witty — blaming "hate" for the former Opposition leader Peter Dutton as the reason behind the swing.
·Sydney, Australia
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