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Labor Party faces a major blow, set to lose power in its last state of South Australia after the Liberals claim victory in Tasmania. Nine News.

The South Australian Liberal Party is pinning last-minute hopes on a record number of pre-poll and postal votes to scrape into government, but Labor believes it can still win the support of independents to retain power in the state.

Voters will have to wait days for Saturday's election to be decided, but the most likely prospect is a minority government relying on two independents.

The government and the opposition in Canberra are watching the wash-up with keen interest. If Labor holds on to government in the state after the Liberal Party swept to power in Tasmania at the weekend, South Australia would have denied the conservative parties a clean sweep across the federal and state landscapes.

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Liberals pin hopes on postal votes for the South Australian election