Candidates from the Greens and Australian Sports Party have been elected to the Senate in a WA recount.
Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss. Source: News Limited
Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss says any fresh Senate election in Western Australia should be held as soon as possible.
Mr Truss says a new poll would certainly carry many of the characteristics of a by-election.
"If there is a new election and that will be a matter for the courts to decide, it needs to happen as quickly as possible,'' he told ABC television on Sunday.
That way there would be as little distance as possible between the atmosphere and issues that decided the election in September and what would be on the table when a new poll is held, he said.
After a protracted count, the Australian Electoral Commission finally declared the WA Senate result on Saturday.
Because of the close result in the initial count, which gave the final two places to Labor and the Palmer United Party (PUP), there was a recount.
That gave the final two spots to Greens Senator Scott Ludlam and Wayne Dropulich of the Australian Sports Party.
But that recount didn't include 1375 missing votes and PUP head businessman Clive Palmer says he will launch a legal challenge to the result, likely to end with a fresh poll.
Mr Truss said the situation was a debacle.
"The whole event is a huge embarrassment for the Australian electoral system and we must make sure it doesn't happen again,'' he said.
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