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Exit Poll: Howard Loses Oz Election
Updated:07:07, Saturday November 24, 2007
Australian Prime Minister John Howard has lost his bid for a fifth successive term in power, a Sky News Australia exit poll predicts.
PM confident as he votesThe Conservative leader has been in power for 11 years, but was trailing in opinion polls behind opposition Labour leader Kevin Rudd.
The result will be revealed in the next few hours.
The Sky exit poll of 31 marginal government seats forecast a 30-seat gain for Rudd, more than enough for him to form a Government.
The exit poll of 2,787 voters by Auspoll gave Labour 53% of the vote and the ruling Liberal party 47%.
“Its very likely that Labor has won this election. Something in the order of 30-odd seats,” said Auspoll’s John Armitage.
Is this like the exit polls that were saying Kerry Wins?
The sample of the exit polls is not large enough. Remember the exit polls said Kerry was going to win in 2004.