A record number of women are set to head to Parliament

Women could outnumber men in the next Parliament, as a record number of female MPs and Senators are set to head to Canberra.

Labor won the federal election over the weekend, defeating the Coalition.

Counting is still going and the Australian Electoral Commission has said it could take weeks to confirm some close races.

Parliament has two chambers: the House of Representatives (lower house) and the Senate (upper house).

At this election, all 150 lower house seats were up for grabs, as well as 40 upper house seats.

Labor has won at least 86 seats in the lower house, where the government is formed.

The Coalition is currently sitting on 39 seats, while independents and minor parties won 10. At least 16 seats are still in doubt.

As it stands, women will hold 60 of 134 confirmed seats in the lower house, representing 45% of elected MPs.

Female candidates are ahead in nine of the remaining 16 seats in doubt.

In the last Parliament, women occupied 38% of lower house seats.

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There are 76 Senators. Only 40 seats are up for grabs at each election.

The results in six seats are still pending. Of the remaining 70, women will hold 42, and men will hold 28.

So far, the results across both houses show the Parliament are likely have at least 111 women and 109 men.

Labor introduced a quota system in 1994 to ensure more women were selected as candidates.

Current projections show that of the 85 seats won by Labor, 46 will be held by women and 39 by men.

None of the parties which make up the Coalition have quota systems.

TDA’s analysis of the Coalition’s candidates leading up to the election showed around a third were women.

Of the 39 seats won by the Coalition, seven will be held by women.

The Coalition is ahead in at least five more races, two of which are being contested by female Liberal candidates.

Some women in the Coalition, including Bridget Archer in Bass and NSW Senator Perin Davey, are on track to lose their seats.

Half of Coalition Senators in the last Parliament were women.

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