Pauline Hanson's One Nation doubles its Senate representation following federal election

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Surprise Senate results will see Pauline Hanson's One Nation double its representation in the next parliament.
Labor looked set to win a third Senate seat in both Western Australia and New South Wales but fell short with One Nation collecting each state's final seat in the upper house.
It means One Nation will return to the record heights it reached after the 2016 double dissolution election.
But, given Labor's victories in other states, the government will only need the Greens to pass legislation if it doesn't strike an agreement with the Coalition.
With four senators, One Nation will have the same representation as the Nationals in the upper house.
The final results see Labor increasing its fortunes in the Senate.
The government will hold 28 seats, one more than the Coalition. The Greens retained 11 senators.
The crossbench will have four One Nation senators, along with the ACT's David Pocock, Jacqui Lambie and Tammy Tyrrell from Tasmania, Victoria's Lidia Thorpe, and Ralph Babet and Fatima Payman from WA.
For legislation to pass in the Senate, 39 votes are required. It means Labor and the Greens have the slimmest margin to pass bills.
If Labor or the Greens were to lose a senator, the government would need support from a crossbencher, if the Coalition was opposing the legislation.
Senator Hanson and Malcolm Roberts were the party's only senators in the last term.
On Friday, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) declared Warwick Stacey had won NSW's final seat in the Senate. A day earlier, One Nation's Tyron Whitten won the final WA seat.
In both cases, Labor was ahead in earlier counting and on track to win up to 30 seats.
The last time One Nation had four senators, infighting and the citizenship saga led to the loss of members of the party besides Senator Hanson.