The coalition is on track to hold 90 seats in the House of Representatives, as counting of federal election votes continues.
Labor was in line for 55 seats, with the crossbench including Clive Palmer (Fairfax), Bob Katter (Kennedy), Andrew Wilkie (Denison), Cathy McGowan (Indi) and the Greens' Adam Bandt.
At 3pm (AEST) on Wednesday there were six seats listed as "close".
The tightest tussle is between the Liberals' Nic Varvaris and Labor's Steve McMahon in the NSW seat of Barton, with Mr Varvaris leading by 27 votes.
In the NSW Central Coast seat of Dobell, the Liberals' Karen McNamara was 626 votes ahead of Labor's Emma McBride.
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Labor's Peter Freeleagus leads the Liberal National Party's Michelle Landry in the central Queensland seat of Capricornia by 237 votes.
Labor MP for McEwen Rob Mitchell is 110 votes behind his challenger, Liberal candidate Donna Petrovich.
In the traditionally bellwether NSW seat of Eden-Monaro, the Liberals' Peter Hendy leads Labor frontbencher Mike Kelly by 506 votes.
NSW Labor MP John Murphy trails the Liberals' Craig Laundy by 575 votes in Reid.
One of the most closely watched battles is in the Victorian seat of Indi, where Liberal frontbencher Sophie Mirabella is 771 votes behind independent Ms McGowan.
