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Federal election latest: Which seats are still in doubt? And when will counting finish?

Labor has a lot riding on them. (ABC News: Timothy Stevens)

Since Saturday's election took place, four seats remain in doubt.

As vote counting continues, the Labor Party currently has 75 lower house seats and it is inches away from reaching the 76 it needs to govern without the help of crossbenchers. 

Of the four seats that remain in doubt, Labor is projected to be ahead or considered likely to win in four of them. 

When will vote counting finish?

Australian Electoral Commission staff have been sorting and counting votes since polls closed at 6pm on May 21. 

But alongside the votes made in person, there is also a mountain of postal votes to sort through, with many of these taking up to two weeks to arrive before being counted. 

Which is why these postal votes could be vital in determining the outcome in some extremely close seats.

Here's how things are currently looking on a national level:

These are the seats still in doubt

Brisbane, QLD

Liberal National Party's Trevor Evans is the current member for Brisbane. Although, it's looking like he has not won his seat back.

It's unclear as to whether the Green or the Labor Party will win it. At the moment it looks as though the seat will be decided on preferences.  

"Some of the postals look to be favouring Labor. Absent votes in that seat look to be favouring the Greens," the ABC's Casey Briggs says. 

"It's on the left of politics. Which party holds it? We don't know.

"I think that this is one that we're going to be waiting a long time to know the results of."

Deakin, VIC

The seat of outgoing Liberal assistant treasurer Michael Sukkar is still too close to call.

Mr Sukkar is ahead of the Labor Party's Matt Gregg by 55 votes.

At this stage, there is a projected 4.7 per cent swing against him.

But Briggs says the result is lineball with 70 per cent of votes counted.

"This one is a really close one that we're going to have to see some more votes on," Briggs says.

Gilmore, NSW

Former NSW transport minister Andrew Constance is ahead of current Labor MP Fiona Phillips by 306 votes. 

Macnamara, VIC

The Greens still have a path to victory in this seat.

But Briggs says it seems more likely that Labor's Josh Burns could take it.

"Josh Burns pulled a little ahead. You would favour him. But the Greens have done well," he says.

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