Australia elections News
Voting begun in Australia 2022 elections on Saturday (May 21)
More than 8 million Australians are expected to cast their votes
The voting will end at 6 pm when the counting will start
Australia is facing possibility of a hung parliament as over 11 million ballots counted for the poll showed a close race with neither Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's conservative coalition nor opposition Labor bagging enough seats to form a majority government.
On the current count, the coalition was projected to hold 69 seats, against the opposition Labor Party`s 70 seats and five to independents and the Greens Party.
A poll showed conservative leader Malcolm Turnbull's Liberal/National coalition 50.5 to 49.5 percent in front on a two-party basis.
The Indian-origin candidates in the fray include two women of Indian background.
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