Australian PM speaks to 'aspirations' of voters to win election
TNN Bureau. Updated: 5/19/2019 10:19:40 AM
Politics
Canberra, May 19: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been hailed as a legend of his party after he led it to a surprise election victory on Saturday night.
Morrison's conservative Liberal National Party (LNP) Coalition defied opinion polls to win a third term in government in Saturday's general election.
Speaking to supporters in Sydney after Bill Shorten, who led the Opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP) to the election, conceded defeat, Morrison declared the result a "miracle."
On Sunday, Morrison - a devout evangelical Christian - attended mass at his regular church with his family where he told reporters that he was thankful for Australian's support.
"I particularly want to thank my local community here in southern Sydney," he said.
"You don't get to be a Prime Minister and serve in that capacity unless you're first a member for your local electorate and I want to thank everybody here in my local electorate."
Shortly after polls closed at 6 p.m. local time on Saturday night it became clear that Labor was not receiving the support projected by opinion polls, all of which predicted a Labor victory.