Prospects for reelection are slim as Australian government loses by-elections

The Australian Conservative government won none of the five elections this weekend, defeats largely seen as an indication that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is facing a difficult battle to be reelected in a national poll scheduled for May 2019.

"We will look very seriously and with humility the way in which voters reacted, "Turnbull told reporters in Sydney on Sunday.

In what was invented "Super Saturday", five-seat voters went to the polls after a handful of Labor opposition legislators were forced to leave the public service

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) said Sunday that four seats were held by the Labor Party and a fifth by the small party of the Central Alliance. o Turnbull, who is under pressure to demonstrate a viable path to re-election with his coalition shuffling work in opinion polls.

Political badysts say Turnbull must gain marginal seats in the state of Queensland, traditionally a conservative center, though he

But his government failed to win a seat Key election in Queensland, despite the support of the powerful right wing One Nation of Australia.

The AEC said Labor retained the Longman headquarters in Queensland. with a greater majority than in 2016.

Not winning at least one by-election seat means that Turnbull will continue to fight to pbad a law with a majority of seats only.

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