The Australian Financial Review | Labor needs 19 seats to make history The Australian Financial Review Labor starts the campaign with a notional count of 57 seats which is 19 short of a bare majority. Alex Ellinghausen. Phillip Coorey. Share on twitter. by Phillip Coorey. If Labor is to win the July 2 election it will become the first Opposition in 85 ... WA may be another disaster for ALP in 2016 Election 2016: the numbers that matter Both sides need to win majority in NSW |