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Senate election count nears its end

Tasmania and the Northern Territory will declare their Senate election results next week, ahead of other states finalising their counting.

The Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra

Tasmania and the Northern Territory will declare their Senate election results next week. (AAP)

The federal election result for the Senate will be known within the next two weeks.

Forty Senate spots were up for grabs at the September 7 poll and new senators are due to take their seats from July 1, 2014.

The formal declaration of the Senate vote for Tasmania will happen next Thursday, a day after the final distribution of preferences is calculated by the Australian Electoral Commission.

The Northern Territory result is also set to be declared early next week.

But other states and territories are not expected to finalise their results until early October.

As of Friday morning, Labor was likely to hold two seats in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and Queensland, one each in the ACT and the Northern Territory and one in WA and SA.

The coalition was on track for three senators in NSW, Queensland and WA, two in Victoria, Tasmania and SA, and one each in the NT and ACT.

The Australian Greens are likely to retain Senate seats in Tasmania, WA and SA and pick up an extra seat in Victoria.

Other crossbench parties in the Senate could include the Liberal Democrats (NSW), Palmer United Party (Queensland), Nick Xenophon (SA), Family First (SA), Australian Sex Party (Tasmania), Australian Motoring Enthusiasts Party (Victoria) and the Australian Sports Party (WA).

But the final result will depend on preference flows.


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