{"id":25937,"date":"2022-05-23T09:52:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T23:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/?p=25937"},"modified":"2022-05-23T09:52:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T23:52:50","slug":"clive-palmers-uap-united-australia-party-failed-to-win-any-seats-craig-kelly-loses-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/clive-palmers-uap-united-australia-party-failed-to-win-any-seats-craig-kelly-loses-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Clive Palmer&#8217;s UAP United Australia Party failed to win any seats &#038; Craig Kelly loses seat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&amp;authornamef=Tita+Smith+For+Daily+Mail+Australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tita Smith For Daily Mail Australia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&amp;authornamef=Tess+Ikonomou+For+Australian+Associated+Press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tess Ikonomou For Australian Associated Press<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Published: 17:47 AEST, 22 May 2022 | Updated: 18:35 AEST, 22 May 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Billionaire Clive Palmer somehow wins NO lower house seats despite a six month election campaign and renting out what felt like EVERY billboard in Australia\u2026 and Craig Kelly lost<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>United Australia Party (UAP) failed to win any House of Representatives seats<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Clive Palmer&#8217;s far-right group spent almost $100million on its election campaign<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>There are now only one or two senate spots up for grabs for UAP in QLD and VIC<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Billionaire Clive Palmer&#8217;s United Australia Party failed to win any seats in the House of Representatives despite an almost $100 million six-month election campaign.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mining magnate&#8217;s advertising blitz proved fruitless on Saturday as his party fizzled with a national primary vote of just 4.3% and Liberal-defector-turned-UAP -leader Craig Kelly was ousted from his seat of Hughes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However the party is likely to have one or two senators elected, with Ralph Babet leading in the count for Victoria&#8217;s sixth and final Senate position, and Michael Arbon in contention in a tight race for the last Senate position from South Australia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palmer ran UAP candidates in all lower house seats this year and had touted Mr Kelly as the future prime minister of Australia during his party&#8217;s campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The disastrous results are a far cry from predictions, with experts fearing Palmer&#8217;s exorbitant advertising spend would threaten democracy by giving him a massive upper hand to beat both major parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a 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18:35 AEST, 22 May 2022 Billionaire Clive Palmer somehow wins NO lower house seats despite a six month election campaign and renting out what felt like EVERY billboard in Australia\u2026 and Craig Kelly&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/clive-palmers-uap-united-australia-party-failed-to-win-any-seats-craig-kelly-loses-seat\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Clive Palmer&#8217;s UAP United Australia Party failed to win any seats &#038; Craig Kelly loses 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