The calls for electronic voting follow a gruelling eight-day vote count, which is yet to deliver a formal result.
The Coalition is on track to win at least 74 seats, and is confident it can win two more, giving it enough seats to govern in its own right.
Mr Shorten this afternoon conceded defeat in a phone call to Mr Shorten, offering to work with Mr Turnbull to find "common ground" and make the parliament work.
