Mining magnate Clive Palmer will have to sweat it out for at least another week before he learns whether he's off to Canberra.
Mr Palmer finished just 36 votes ahead of LNP opponent Ted O'Brien in the Sunshine Coast seat of Fairfax on Saturday.
A recount is automatically triggered when there are fewer than 100 votes separating two candidates after preferences.
The Australian Electoral Commission will review the distribution of preferences on Monday before starting a recount.
An AEC spokeswoman told AAP the recount will most likely begin mid-week and will take several days if not a week to complete.
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Mr Palmer, who ran for the seat as the leader of the Palmer United Party, called the electoral commission "a national disgrace" on Saturday.
It's just his latest salvo against the AEC, after he spent the two weeks since the election alleging fraud and misconduct.
AEC spokesman Phil Diak said there was a full evidence-based process through the Court of Disputed Returns that is open to Mr Palmer, or anyone else, to dispute election results.
But he has confidence in the commission's work.
"This is a very open and transparent process," he told ABC radio.
"It's a system that's served us very well for many decades and the AEC enjoys a good reputation.
"In Fairfax, I have every confidence that the returning officer there, and speaking from the AEC here as well, has undertaken all the necessary processes to ensure a very safe and robust process."
