Federal election results 2025 as it happened: Liberal Wilson wins back Goldstein from teal Zoe Daniel; Adam Bandt at serious risk of losing seat

Tim Wilson has won back his former seat of Goldstein, after building an unassailable lead over Zoe Daniel through a postal vote surge.

The Liberal candidate is ahead of the incumbent teal independent by 734 votes following the latest count update in Goldstein.

It’s a dramatic change in fortunes after Daniel made a victory speech to her supporters on Saturday night when she thought she had won the seat with a lead of 1800 votes.

Wilson did not concede the seat and on election night was already pointing to the possibility that postal votes would swing the seat in his favour.

There were 24,299 postal votes issued in Goldstein, and of these, 13,982 ballot papers have been counted.

There are still 5986 ballot papers awaiting processing, but the postal votes have been going strongly in Wilson’s favour.

Both Wilson and Daniel declined interview requests this afternoon as other media outlets called Goldstein for the Liberal Party.

“The margin is tight, and a reminder that it could yet go backward and we just have to be patient,” Wilson said.

“Out of respect for my scrutineers and the democratic process, I will await further counting. With the margin in the hundreds and the remaining votes in the thousands, this seems sensible,” Daniel said when asked for comment.

“Again, I thank all of those who supported me in so many ways during my campaign and with their vote.”

Thanks for joining us on the federal election results blog for Tuesday. We had a flurry of calls towards the end of the day that gave us a bit more clarity on some important seats. We will have more for you in our next coverage.

A quick run-down of some of the action:

• Tim Wilson has made a successful comeback bid in the seat of Goldstein, defeating teal independent Zoe Daniel to become the sole elected Liberal in Melbourne (so far).
• Peter Khalil has retained Wills in Melbourne’s north for Labor, staving off a huge push from the Greens who saw it as a big chance to get Samantha Ratnam elected.
• Julie Collins has successfully defended the seat of Franklin in southern Tasmania, completing Labor’s domination of the state.
• Liberal Gisele Kapterian pulled ahead of teal independent Nicolette Boele in the northern Sydney seat of Bradfield, with the latest count putting her ahead by 178 votes after preferences.
• Greens leader Adam Bandt is in for a long wait to see if he will hold on to Melbourne, the seat he first won in 2010, with counting still in the early stages.
• In Kooyong, teal independent Monique Ryan has a lead of around 1000 votes over Liberal Amelia Hamer with another 10,000 ballots still to be processed.

If you want to see a rundown of the seats that are still too close to call, you can do so here.

Have a good night.

Labor’s Julie Collins has successfully defended the seat of Franklin in southern Tasmania, holding off a challenge from independent Peter George.

Collins won 39.3 per cent of the primary vote and so far is sitting on a two-party result of 57.2 per cent, as of 5.50pm. That is good enough for us to consider it an ALP retain.

That completes the domination of Tasmania by Labor, which now holds four out of the state’s five seats. The fifth is held by long-time independent Andrew Wilkie.

Tim Wilson has won back his former seat of Goldstein, after building an unassailable lead over Zoe Daniel through a postal vote surge.

The Liberal candidate is ahead of the incumbent teal independent by 734 votes following the latest count update in Goldstein.

It’s a dramatic change in fortunes after Daniel made a victory speech to her supporters on Saturday night when she thought she had won the seat with a lead of 1800 votes.

Wilson did not concede the seat and on election night was already pointing to the possibility that postal votes would swing the seat in his favour.

There were 24,299 postal votes issued in Goldstein, and of these, 13,982 ballot papers have been counted.

There are still 5986 ballot papers awaiting processing, but the postal votes have been going strongly in Wilson’s favour.

Both Wilson and Daniel declined interview requests this afternoon as other media outlets called Goldstein for the Liberal Party.

“The margin is tight, and a reminder that it could yet go backward and we just have to be patient,” Wilson said.

“Out of respect for my scrutineers and the democratic process, I will await further counting. With the margin in the hundreds and the remaining votes in the thousands, this seems sensible,” Daniel said when asked for comment.

“Again, I thank all of those who supported me in so many ways during my campaign and with their vote.”

Adam Bandt is in a close fight in the seat of Melbourne, however the party is confident that the Greens leader will squeak home when counting is finished.

Re-elected Victorian Greens senator Steph Hodgins-May told ABC Radio Melbourne’s Ali Moore this afternoon that she wasn’t concerned about Bandt losing his seat.

The count is progressing slowly, however Bandt is behind in the early stages with Labor’s Sarah Witty currently sitting on 54 per cent of the vote after preferences.

But Hodgins-May said the early votes did not give a clear picture on what the final result would be.

“We did expect that we would see some shifts, given the redistribution that happened,” she said.

“But we’re not concerned about Melbourne. We are quite sure that Adam will retain his seat of Melbourne and continue as the leader of the Greens.”