 The most recent federal election was held on 18 May 2019 and the 46th Parliament first sat in July.The outcome of the 2019 election saw the incumbent Liberal/National Coalition government re-elected for a third term with 77 seats in the 151-seat House of Representatives (an increase of 1 seat compared to the 2016 election), a two-seat majority government.The Shorten Labor opposition won 68 seats, a decrease of 1 seat.