Five fewer missing WA Senate votes: AEC

THE prospect of a fresh Senate election in Western Australia is stronger than ever, an election expert says

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) on Friday released details of the preferences on 1370 missing votes, which are the subject of an investigation by former federal police commissioner Mick Keelty.

The WA Senate result, as it currently stands, gives the Liberals three spots, Labor one, the Australian Greens one and the Australian Sports Party (ASP) one.

But ABC election analyst Antony Green said based on his calculations of the newly released preference data, the Palmer United Party (PUP) would win a seat and Labor would pick up a second seat.

The Greens and ASP would miss out.

Mr Green said the margin of the win would be one vote - the closest result in the history of Senate elections.

"This is so close that even if the votes were not missing, the result would go to the Court of Disputed Returns to adjudicate," Mr Green said on his blog.

"With votes being missing and modelling indicating the result is so close, the chances of the court overturning the result and calling a fresh election are even higher than before."

The AEC, Labor and PUP are now considering whether to petition the Court of Dispute Returns.

Mr Keelty will visit Perth on Monday to start gathering evidence and interviewing witnesses.

The investigation is expected to take two weeks.

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