2010 Australian federal election

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A federal election was held on 21 August 2010 to elect members of the 43rd Parliament of Australia. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election, along with 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate. The incumbent Labor government, led by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, was re-elected to a second term, defeating the opposition Liberal–National Coalition, led by Tony Abbott. The Labor Party won 72 seats, forming a minority government with the support of three independent MPs and one Greens MP. Labor and the Coalition each won 72 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives, four short of the requirement for majority government, resulting in the first hung parliament since the 1940 election. Six crossbenchers held the balance of power. Greens MP Adam Bandt and independent MPs Andrew Wilkie, Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor declared their support for Labor on confidence and supply. Independent MP Bob Katter and National Party of Western Australia MP Tony Crook declared their support...

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