After 25 years, Tony Abbott appears to have lost his seat to independent Zali Steggall

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Former prime minister Tony Abbott is going to lose his electorate of Warringah to independent Zali Steggall, after 25 years in the seat auspol AusVotes19

After two decades, former prime minister Tony Abbott’s run as a politician appears to have been called to an end after independent Zali Steggall has clinched the seat of Warringah.

Mr Abbott suffered a major swing against him of almost 14 per cent as at 7.42pm , according to the Australian Electoral Commission.Tony Abbott lines up to vote on election day."Tony Abbott is a climate change denier," she told the Nine Network.Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese described the results as a"slaughter"."The absurdity of his campaign showing he was so out of touch ... like he was sabotaging his own campaign.

"Twenty five years is an incredible innings and not many people get to be the prime minster of this country."I'm not going to call it over on that less than one per cent of the vote, obviously there's postals and a hole lots of numbers.Zali Steggall has been riding a wave of discontent with Tony Abbott on the issue of climate change."It's a democracy ....

Liberal Senator Arthur Sinodinos said the results were still coming in but accepted it would be a tough fight.Mr Abbott has held the seat since 1994 - a period of 25 years. The former prime minister held the top job for two years before a leadership challenge by Malcolm Turnbull in 2015. A former Winter Olympian, Ms Steggall has presented a strong challenge against Mr Abbott, with the support of activist group GetUp which has been campaigning against the former prime minister.It's understood it would take a swing of around 12 per cent to unseat Mr Abbott.

 

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Independent my ass!

Hip hip ...

You are a bloody disgrace to the libs Tony😯😯😯😬😠

SBS Yes!!!!!!!!!!!

See ya 👋 shut the door on the way out and don’t come back!

Couldn’t happen to a more deserving bloke.

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