We will work with whoever wins: Nick
AUSTRALIA'S most powerful minor party leader has promised to co-operate with what he expects to be a re-elected federal Coalition govern-ment. 
Senator Nick Xenophon's fledgling Nick Xenophon Team last night captured the blue-ribbon Liberal seat of   Mayo from former minister Jamie Briggs.
There were also big swings to the NXT in other Liberal-held South Australian seats.
Senator Xenophon was hopeful of winning three or four Senate seats. The party ran Senate candidates in all states.
Senator Xenophon said   Mayo candidate Rebekha Sharkie celebrated a breathtaking result with hundreds of supporters at the Palace Cinemas East End complex.
"We always thought it would go down to the wire," he said.
Earlier, as he cast his vote in Adelaide, Senator Xenophon predicted Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull would lead the Liberals to victory.
"Malcolm Turnbull will be returned with a reduced -majority," he said. "We will work with him constructively, but we will drive a hard bargain on the things that matter in the national interest and that also align with manufacturing jobs to make sure that this state and people around Australia aren't forgotten on mainstream issues." It felt like a revival meeting as Senator Xenophon arrived to vote at the Zion Lutheran Church at Glynde in Industry Minister Christopher Pyne's electorate of Sturt. As the 57-year-old stepped off the back of an -orange three-wheeled motorbike powered by a Kombi van engine, passing motorists beeped their horns and shouted "Go Nick".
"There could be a real sea change here in South Australia where the people of this state reject the tribal politics of Liberal and Labor and go to the political centre," Senator Xenophon said.
In the final days of the campaign, Mr Turnbull repeatedly warned Australians that voting for the NXT or other minor parties could lead to a repeat of the chaos that erupted after a hung parliament was elected in 2010.
Support for Senator Xenophon surged in SA following Holden's decision to close its Elizabeth factory and after former prime minister Tony Abbott wobbled over honouring a promise to build 12 submarines in Adelaide.
Closing power plants at Port   Augusta and financial troubles at Whyalla steelmaker Arrium prompted extra support for Senator Xenophon, who has championed government support for manufacturing. He said if a hung parliament was elected, NXT MPs would consult their supporters before deciding which major party to back.Senator Xenophon's political career began in 1997 when he was elected to the Upper House of the SA state parliament on a "No Pokies" platform. A decade later, he successfully ran for the Senate.