Labor MP Mike Kelly is set to concede defeat on Friday in the tight contest for the bellwether seat of Eden-Monaro.
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He continues to trail Liberal candidate Peter Hendy as counting continues, with postal votes not favouring Labor as much as expected.
Dr Kelly, who was Minister for Defence Materiel in the Labor government, is expected to blame the Coalition's concerted campaign on debt and deficit, and Labor's leadership problems, for his defeat.
He supported the return of Kevin Rudd to the leadership shortly before the election.
Labor and Liberal MPs meet at Parliament House on Friday for the first time since Tony Abbott's convincing victory.
Canberra Liberal Zed Seselja will attend the meeting of Liberal and National Party MPs, as counting continues in the close ACT Senate race.
It is believed Mr Seselja's decision to attend the meeting, made late Thursday night, is based on his confidence that he can win the ACT Senate spot usually held by the Liberals.
However Greens candidate Simon Sheikh remains confident that he will make up ground as counting continues of tens of thousands of below-the-line ballots.
With 79 per cent of the primary vote counted, Mr Seselja has one third of the votes so far.
The quota to win one of the ACT's two Senate seats is one third of the vote.
