The fight for the Fairfax continues, with the Queensland seat going to a recount after Clive Palmer finished just seven votes ahead of Liberal National Party candidate Ted O'Brien following a full distribution of preferences.
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The Australian Electoral Commission announced on Tuesday that a formal recount would begin first thing on Thursday morning.
Recounts are automatically triggered if there is less than 100 votes between the two leading candidates.
This will see the commission go through more than 89,000 votes cast in the Queensland seat.
The recount comes after a full distribution of preferences for Fairfax, which began on September 23 and wrapped up on Tuesday.
This saw the AEC reexamine about 27,000 formal votes cast for the six candidates ranked behind Mr Palmer and Mr O'Brien.
Before the full distribution of preferences, Mr Palmer was 36 votes ahead of his LNP competition.
In statment released on Tuesday afternoon, Mr Palmer renewed his call for a review of Australia's voting system, saying the AEC was archaic, and lacked proper transparency.
"It's been nearly four weeks since the people spoke in Fairfax and still they are waiting on an outcome,'' Mr Palmer said.
Almost all lower house seats have been declared by the commission, with Fairfax the only one where the winner is uncertain.
