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= Testing =

total voters: 7,868,079 total votes: 6,396,812

Aftermath
The incumbent ÖVP-Greens government lost its majority, and a massive upset occurred with the Freedom Party of Austria being the party with the largest share of seats in the National Council. An unprecedented turn of events saw the formerly satirical Beer Party gain a shocking 13 seats in the Council, leading to speculation as to whether or not they may be part of the cabinet to provide a centre-left majority.

Following Beer Party leader's Dominik Wlazny's most recent bid for President being far more serious than satirical, as was his party's first run for the National Council in the 2019 election, his party's platform had become one of civil libertarianism, drug liberalisation, and social liberalism, placing it on the centre to centre-left of the political spectrum for the 2024 election.

SPÖ leader Andreas Babler ruled out both a coalition with Kickl's FPÖ and a potential confidence and supply agreement, stating, "Kickl is a man who has no respect for rule of law and European values, I refuse to support him for the role of Chancellor." Shortly after, Greens leader Werner Kogler echoed Babler's sentiment, saying, "I don't believe there is any compromise that can be made with Kickl to allow me to support him as the leader of our country, his anti-environmentalist stances among many other issues disqualifies him from co-operating with the Greens.

President Alexander Van der Bellen appointed Herbert Kickl as the formateur, surprising the populace who'd assumed his overt criticism of Kickl and the FPÖ in the past would have stopped him from doing so.

Government formation
Kickl began by approaching the ÖVP, suggesting a repeat of the coalition following the 2017 election, but with the junior and senior partner positions reversed. Nehammer was hesitant to draw up any conclusive coalition agreements, claiming that he doesn't want to be part of a minority government, suggesting to Kickl to approach NEOS leader Beate Meinl-Reisinger about the possibility of forming a majority in the National Council.

Meinl-Resinger was brought into coalition talks the following week, and negotiations began between the 3 parties. Meinl-Reisinger strongly advocated for strengthening Austria's ties to the EU, while Kickl was firmly against it, sticking to his campaign promise of Austria withdrawing from the Eurozone. Nehammer tried to find an even compromise that all three parties could agree upon, but failed, with NEOS leaving the coalition talks only 2 weeks after they began. Nehammer subsequently broke off negotiations as well, his desire to have a majority in the National Council being the stated reason.

Kickl informed Van der Bellen that he was unable to form government, and recommended Nehammer for the position in his place. This was frowned upon as Babler of the SPÖ had more seats than Nehammer's ÖVP, leading to speculation that Kickl's recommendation was out of spite for Babler, due to the remarks he made about Kickl after the election.

Van der Bellen opted to appoint Babler as the next formateur, against the recommendation of Kickl.

Coalition talks re-opened with the SPÖ approaching the Greens and NEOS, to discuss a potential centre-left minority government with support from the Beer Party. NEOS leader Beate Meinl-Reisinger was hesitant to ally solely with left-wing parties, instead suggesting a grand coalition with SPÖ, NEOS, and the ÖVP.

Discussion began with the three parties despite Meinl-Reisinger's concerns, and preliminary agreements were drawn up. However, Meinl-Reisinger was still reluctant to form a minority cabinet, especially with only left-wing parties, so in a controversial move, Babler added Wlazny to the negotiations, discussing a majority cabinet, alleviating Meinl-Reisinger's concerns about a minority government, whilst providing another party closer to the centre to the discussions.

The second round of negotiations were a success, with a centre-left majority coalition being formed. Babler presented his government to President Van der Bellen and was sworn in as Chancellor, with Meinl-Reisinger being his pick for Vice-Chancellor.

= 2022 Australian federal election =

The 2022 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 21 May 2022 to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. The incumbent Prime Minister Bill Shorten stated he was not seeking another term as Prime Minister and had stepped down as Labor leader 3 months before the election due to personal reasons, however he agreed to remain Prime Minister in the interim. Labor Left leader Anthony Albanese was quickly elected leader of the Labor Party, and sought to win a third consecutive term for his party and second consecutive term for the government coalition.

Opposition leader Scott Morrison of the Liberal Party wished to defeat the Labor Party and secure the first Liberal government with support from their historical allies, the Queensland Conservatives, Nationals, and perhaps minor parties such as the Country Party and the United Australia Party.

The election took place under party-list proportional representation using the D'Hondt Method with a 4% national threshold and a 4% threshold in each of the 6 States and 2 self-governing Territories. 99 seats are won from the national total of each party's votes, while the remaining 151 are won in each state or territory, 47 in New South Wales, 38 in Victoria, 30 in Queensland, 16 in Western Australia, 10 in South Australia, 5 in Tasmania, 3 in the Australian Capital Territory, and 2 in the Northern Territory.

The Incumbent Labor-Greens coalition government maintained its majority, with Labor retaining all 99 of its seats and the Greens gaining 6.

The voter turnout of 89.82% in this election was the lowest in modern history, falling below 90% for the first time since 1922, prior to the introduction of Compulsory voting in Australia.

Aftermath
Immediately following the election, the incumbent Labor/Greens coalition agreement was renegotiated between Bandt and Albanese, with the Greens gaining the Ministry for Agriculture from Labor. Psephologist Antony Green called the election for the current coalition government while 60% of the votes were counted, and while opposition leader Morrison was initially optimistic that his party could still command a right-leaning majority, he eventually conceded and stepped down as leader of the Liberal Party, with Josh Frydenberg being elected as Liberal leader shortly after.

In Queensland, David Crisafulli stepped down as leader of the Queensland Conservatives due to his party's third consecutive election without a role in government, allegedly leading to uproar within the party and amongst the right-wing populace of the state about them once again having no sway in parliament. Conservative veteran Peter Dutton replaced him as party leader, marking a sharp rightward shift for the QCP, with Dutton's politics being described as "nationalist" and "right-wing populist" by members of the federal government parties, and even by some anonymous moderate sources within his own party.

= 2019 Australian federal election (coming soon)=

ACT
