Most analysts were predicting a Coalition win but with a small majority, or even a hung parliament.

“In Mallee, we look like we have won every polling booth that’s come in,” Mr Broad said.

With more than 65 per cent of the vote counted, Mr Broad had won 64.6 per cent of the primary vote and was projected to win 71.3 per cent two-party preferred.

“I said to my staff three years ago to keep a real servant attitude, leadership through servant-hood,” Mr Broad said.

“Then at the end of three years, win or lose, we could hold our heads up high and say we have done our best.

“I think that sort of way of dealing with politics has resonated, has worked, and that is what people are looking for in their parliamentarians at the moment.”

Labor candidate for Mallee Lydia Senior has conceded defeat.

“It’s pretty safe to say I have lost,” she said.

The Liberal Party was predicted to have a net loss of seats.

“The Liberals seem to be losing seats but the Nations seem to be holding- and gaining, if we can gain the seat of Murray,” Mr Broad said.

“So that puts us in an even more powerful position within the Coalition.”

Mr Broad said it was too early to say whether the National Party would be able to request that more senior ministerial positions go towards its Members of Parliament. 

“We’ll look at the numbers but let’s not get ahead of ourselves; the national result is still unknown at this stage,” Mr Broad said.

Mr Broad said late on Saturday night that he had no idea who would win government 

““I never thought it would be that close. At this point in time there is no guarantee that we are going to hold government or not,” he said.

“I haven’t had enough time to sit and watch it.

“I’ve done a lot of other things like give my six-year-old a shower and putting her to bed, as well as having a big party at my place.”

Mr Broad said people around the electorate, including in Horsham, had approached him with ideas that eventually become policy.

He said the idea for better diabetes monitoring, national intervention orders, working visas for refugees, Longerenong College accommodation upgrade and the new oncology centre came from face-to-face meeting with constituents.

“That’s harnessing the ideas of people from Wimmera-Mallee and pushing them up to the national level,” he said.

“I don’t ever claim to be the epitome of knowledge, but I do know the people of Mallee are fantastic and we can harness their ideas.”