“Labor made some important promises in Ballarat and I’m determined a Labor government will deliver them,” Ms King said speaking during a post-election office clean-up.

“And if it’s not a Labor government, I’ll be hammering the next government to make sure they are delivered.

“The most important thing is to get on with doing the job.”

Ms King said she had spoken to Labor leader Bill Shorten, who she said was working very hard in the wake of the possibility of a hung parliament.

“Even on his morning run, he was talking to people. And that he was very proud of his team is certainly what Bill was conveying.”

Ms King said she had also rung new colleagues, along with Anna Burke who announced she would not be standing at this election but whose former seat of Chisholm looks like falling to the Liberals.

Ms King said she had worked tirelessly to deserve Ballarat’s votes.

“You have to work hard and listen. You can’t solve every problem but you can promise to try.

“I also have a very strong team in my office and I want them to help people.

“It’s a privilege and a joy to do the job and it’s something you have to work hard to deliver for people.

“I’m not sure it (the vote) was about demographics but it was more about sheer hard work.”

Ms King retained the Ballarat seat during Saturday’s federal election with 43.19 per cent of the primary vote and 56.96 of the two-party preferred vote against the Liberal’s Sarah Wade, who received 35.7 per cent of the primary vote and 43.3 of the two-party preferred.

Ms King has now held the seat for 15 years and through six consecutive elections after first winning at the 2001 election. She is the second longest serving Ballarat member after the Liberal’s Dudley Erwin who held the seat for 20 years.