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NSW Legislative Council Election 2015

by

Antony Green

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New South Wales Legislative Council Election 2015

by

Antony Green

Symbols and Abbreviations .. Nil or rounded to zero * Sitting MP GRP Group

Party Abbreviations - Unaffiliated Candidates ACP Australian Cyclists Party AJP ALP AMP Australian Motorists Party BAP Building Party CDP Christian ( Group) CLR Country Labor CP #Country Party DEM FP The Fishing Party FUT #Future Party IND Independents GRN The Greens LIB Liberal Party L/NP Liberal / National NAT The Nationals NLT No Land Tax NPM No Parking Meters Party ORP OTH Others SA Socialist Alliance SFP Shooters and Fishers Party (re-named Shooters, Fishers and Farmers since 2015) STR #Strata Party VEP Voluntary Euthanasia Party

(# – not registered parties)

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the staff of the State Electoral Office for their assistance in providing election results used in the production of this publication.

The Author

Antony Green is an Election Analyst with ABC Television and has worked for the ABC on every state and federal election coverage since 1989. Antony studied at University, obtaining a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and computing, and a Bachelor of Economics with Honours in politics. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Government and International Relations at the .

Antony has prepared numerous publications for the Parliamentary Library on election, redistributions and other electoral matters.

CONTENTS

Table Page

Introduction ...... 1

Statistical Highlights ...... 2

Section 1 - Summaries of Results 1.1 Summary of Vote by Party ...... 4 1.2 Party Composition of Retiring and Continuing Legislative Councillors ...... 4 New and Departing Members at 2015 Election ...... 5 Legislative Council Membership – May 2018 ...... 6 1.3 Detail of First Preferences by Party and Candidate ...... 7 1.4 Distribution of Preferences (Tables 1.4 to 1.20) ...... 16 1.21 Summary of Preference Distributions ...... 26 1.22 Incidence of Above and Below the Line voting ...... 27 1.23 Register of Group Second Preferences ...... 28 1.24 Party Percentage by Vote Type ...... 29

Section 2 - Legislative Council Results by Electorate 2.1 Comparison of Assembly and Council Party Vote by Electorate ...... 30 Regional Classification of Electorates ...... 33 2.2 Summary of Legislative Council Vote by Region ...... 34 2.3 Detail of Legislative Council Vote by Electorate ...... 35

Section 3 - Summary of Party Vote by Electorate (Ordered by % Vote) 3.1 Liberal / Nationals (Group E) ...... 59 3.2 Labor / Country Labor (Group K) ...... 60 3.3 The Greens (Group S) ...... 61 3.4 Shooters and Fishers Party (Group N) ...... 62 3.5 Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) (Group Q) ...... 63 3.6 No Land Tax (Group A) ...... 64 3.7 Animal Justice Party (Group C) ...... 65 3.8 Voluntary Euthanasia Party (Group L) ...... 66 3.9 No Parking Meters Party (Group I) ...... 67 3.10 The Fishing Party (Group R) ...... 68 3.11 Outdoor Recreation Party (Group D) ...... 69 3.12 Australian Motorists Party (Group F) ...... 70 3.13 Australian Democrats (Group T) ...... 71 3.14 Australian Cyclists Party (Group X) ...... 72 3.15 Building (Group G) ...... 73 3.16 Socialist Alliance (Group O) ...... 74 3.17 Buttell (Ind) (Group D) ...... 75 3.18 Liu (Ind) (Group J) ...... 76 3.19 #Strata Party (Group H) ...... 77 3.20 #Future Party (Group M) ...... 78 3.21 Thaler (Ind) (Group P) ...... 79 3.22 Ungrouped ...... 80 3.23 #Country Party (Group V) ...... 81 3.24 Erwin (Ind) (Group W) ...... 82 3.25 Stefanac (Ind) (Group U)...... 83 3.26 Total Vote ...... 84 3.27 Percentage of Above the Line voting ...... 85

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Section 4 - Comparison of Council and Assembly Vote 4.1 Difference in Liberal/National Party Vote ...... 86 4.2 Difference in Labor Party Vote ...... 87 4.3 Difference in Green Vote...... 88 4.4 Difference in Christian Democratic Party Vote ...... 89 4.5 Difference in No Land Tax Vote ...... 90 4.6 Difference in Non-Major Party Vote ...... 91

Section 5 – Legislative Council Results 1978-2015 5.1 Percentage Vote by Party 1978-2015 ...... 92 5.2 Seats Won by Party 1978-2015 ...... 92 5.3 Composition of Legislative Council 1978-2015 ...... 92

NSW Legislative Council Election 2015

Introduction

This paper summarises the results of the 2015 election for 21 members to serve in the New South Wales Legislative Council. The 2015 election was the fourth conducted since the abolition of group voting tickets after the 1999 ‘tablecloth’ ballot paper election.

The new system introduced in 2003 retained the format of the ballot paper in use since 1988. A thick line divides the ballot paper horizontally (see below). Voters can choose to vote ‘below the line’ for candidates or ‘above the line’ for parties. Above the line a candidate must mark a first preference, all further preferences being optional. Below the line a voter must indicate at least 15 preferences, though some ballot papers with fewer preferences may be remain in the count due to savings provisions.

From 1988 to 1999, only a single '1' above the line was counted. Such a vote adopted the lodged '' of the selected party, the ticket being a list of preferences for the candidates of the selected party followed by preferences to other parties on the ballot paper. The abolition of group voting tickets ended party control over between-party preferences. Since 2003, the only between- party preferences in the count have been those completed by voters themselves.

This publication provides detailed analysis of the 2015 Legislative Council election, with breakdown of above and below the line voting, of the distribution of preferences, as well as detailed Legislative Council party results by lower house electorates.

The publication is divided into five sections.

Section 1 contains the overall state-wide count, details of the distribution of preferences and details of members elected. Section 2 lists the Legislative Council results by party for each electoral district, also providing a summary of party vote by region. Section 3 provides more detail on the vote for each party by electoral district, with ordered tables of electorate results by party. Section 4 consists of summary tables comparing the vote for selected parties by electorate between the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council. Section 5 tables of past results 1978-2015

While all details in this publication are based on results published by the NSW Electoral Office, all calculations and analysis are the responsibility of the author.

Antony Green May 2018

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Statistical Highlights

• A record 394 candidates contested the Legislative Council, up from 311 in 2011 and surpassing the previous record of 333 candidates in 2007. There were 25 columns on the ballot paper, more than at previous elections under the current system. There were only 21 group voting squares 'above the line' on the ballot paper, there being no square for the ungrouped column, nor for three groups that nominated with fewer than the 15 candidates required for the inclusion of a group voting square. Despite the increase in candidates, the ballot paper was smaller than the 1999 'tablecloth' ballot paper with 264 candidates and 81 columns.

Candidates and Groups contesting Legislative Council elections 1978-2011 Election 19781 19811 19841 19882 19912 Vacancies 15 15 15 15 15 Groups 8 9 8 13 12 Candidates 46 48 43 56 54 Election 19952 19992 20033 20073 20113 20153 Vacancies 21 21 21 21 21 21 Groups 28 81 16 20 17 25 Candidates 99 264 284 333 311 394 Note: The total number of groups includes an ‘Ungrouped’ column at each election. 1 – Elections conducted before the introduction of a divided ballot paper. 2 – Elections with a divided ballot paper and preferenced group voting tickets. 3 – Elections with a divided ballot paper after abolition of preferenced group voting tickets.

• The 2015 election was for Legislative Council positions last contested in 2007. Compared to the 2007 election, the Labor Party lost two seats, the Liberal Party gained one, and the Animal Justice Party elected its first member.

• 98.3% of all ballot papers were counted as 'above the line' votes, with only 1.7% 'below the line'. 83.0% of ballot papers counted as single '1' above the line votes, and 15.3% as above the line votes with preferences. (See Table 1.22, page 27)

• The parties with the highest proportion of above the line votes with preferences were the Greens 29.4%, Socialist Alliance 28.7%, Australian Cyclists Party 27.8%, Animal Justice Party 23.9% and Outdoor Recreation Party 23.5%. The group with the lowest proportion was the Liberal/National 10.9%. (See Table 1.22, page 27)

• As at previous elections since 2003, more than 80% of ballot papers exhausted their sequence of numbers during the distribution of preferences. Seventeen vacancies were filled on the initial counts with full quotas, the final four vacancies filled by the four remaining candidates at the end of the count with less than a quota of votes. Once the exclusion of parties with group voting squares began, 83.4% of ballot papers exhausted. (See Table 1.21, page 26)

• The lowest rate of exhaustion at any exclusion took place at Count 389 when the third Green candidate was excluded. Only 59.6% of ballot papers exhausted at this count, 21.3% of preferences flowing to Labor, and 11.5% to the Animal Justice Party, putting that party ahead of No Land Tax in the contest for the final vacancy. (See Table 1.19)

• The Animal Justice Party polled 1.78% (0.29 quotas) and reached 2.12% (0.47 quotas) after preferences. This was the lowest first preference vote for a successful candidate since the current electoral system was introduced in 2003. It was lower than the 2.05% for the elected Shooters Party in 2003, equal to the unsuccessful Australian Democrats in 2007 (1.78%) and lower than for 's unsuccessful contests in 2003 (1.92%) and 2011 (2.41%). The after preferences percentage of 2.12% was also lower than the previous lowest successful count after preferences, 2.25% for the Shooters Party in 2003, and lower than Pauline Hanson's unsuccessful after preferences count of 2.53% in 2011.

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• Of the 394 candidates, three had zero votes, 126 had 10 or fewer votes, 202 had 20 or fewer votes, 275 had 50 or fewer, and 314 candidates had fewer than 100 votes.

• The candidates with the most below-the-line first preference votes appeared on the ballot paper as the lead candidate on the highest polling party tickets, John Kaye (Greens) with 11,781, Sophie Cotsis (Labor) 9,974 and (Liberal) 6,921.

• The Candidate with the most votes who did not lead a party ticket was Ben Franklin (National) 1,229, who was the first National but second listed candidate on the Liberal/National ticket. Steve Yang (Liberal) in the 16th and final position on the Liberal/National ticket had the second highest non-lead candidate vote with 1,045 votes.

• As implemented at the 2015 election, the NSW Electoral Commission's iVote system defaulted to display the first four columns of the electronic ballot paper. Results indicate that some voters were unaware that the electronic ballot paper could be scrolled right to see other parties. This led to parties and groups in the first four columns receiving a significantly higher iVote percentage than for any other category of vote. The first columns displayed on iVote will be randomised at the 2019 election. (See Table 1.24 page 29)

• Non-party Group D received 0.60% of the vote for iVotes compared with 0.11% for all other categories of votes. Group D received 6,251 votes overall, with 1,647 completed using iVote. iVotes represented 6.3% of all ballot papers, but 26.3% of total votes for Group D.

• The Shooters and Fishers Party recorded 8.0% of the vote in rural seats compared to 4.9% in Hunter/Illawarra seats and 2.0% in Metropolitan seats. (See Table 2.2, page 34).

• The Greens recorded their strongest vote in Inner City seats (21.1%), the North Coast (14.4%) and the North Shore (12.7%). (See Table 2.2, page 34).

• Support for the Christian Democrats was strongest in Southern Sydney (4.1%) and Western Sydney (4.4%). Support for No Land Tax was also strongest in these two regions, 2.5% and 2.8% respectively. (See Table 2.2, page 34).

• Of the 25 columns on the ballot paper, sixteen were for registered parties. Five columns were for non-party groups with a group voting square but no party label, three were non-party groups with no group voting square, and the final column was the ungrouped column with no group voting square. There were 112 candidates in the nine columns with no party label. Together these columns represented more than a third of the ballot paper width (36%), more than a quarter of the candidates (28%) yet attracted only one in 200 votes (0.50%).

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Table 1.1: Legislative Council - Summary of Vote by Party MLCs Party (Group) Votes % Vote Swing Quotas Elected Change Liberal / Nationals (E) 1,839,452 42.61 -5.06 9.3752 9 +1 Labor / Country Labor (K) 1,341,943 31.09 +7.36 6.8395 7 -2 The Greens (S) 428,036 9.92 -1.20 2.1816 2 .. Shooters and Fishers (N) 167,871 3.89 +0.19 0.8556 1 .. Christian Democratic Party (Q) 126,305 2.93 -0.20 0.6437 1 .. No Land Tax (A) 82,054 1.90 +1.90 0.4182 .. .. Animal Justice Party (C) 76,819 1.78 +1.78 0.3915 1 +1 Voluntary Euthanasia Party (L) 40,710 0.94 +0.94 0.2075 .. .. No Parking Meters Party (I) 34,852 0.81 -0.41 0.1776 .. .. The Fishing Party (R) 31,882 0.74 -0.59 0.1625 .. .. Outdoor Recreation Party (B) 31,445 0.73 -0.04 0.1603 .. .. Australian Motorists Party (F) 27,785 0.64 +0.64 0.1416 .. .. Australian Democrats (T) 23,466 0.54 -0.29 0.1196 .. .. Australian Cyclists Party (X) 21,280 0.49 +0.49 0.1085 .. .. Building Australia Party (G) 12,466 0.29 +0.07 0.0635 .. .. Socialist Alliance (O) 8,489 0.20 -0.06 0.0433 .. .. Independents (D) 6,251 0.14 +0.14 0.0319 .. .. Independents (J) 4,361 0.10 +0.10 0.0222 .. .. #Strata Party (H) 3,024 0.07 +0.07 0.0154 .. .. #Future Party (M) 2,782 0.06 +0.06 0.0142 .. .. Independents (P) 2,767 0.06 +0.06 0.0141 .. .. Ungrouped Candidates 1,273 0.03 -0.08 0.0065 .. .. #Country Party (V) 959 0.02 +0.02 0.0049 .. .. Independents (U) 113 0.00 +0.00 0.0006 .. .. Independents (W) 113 0.00 +0.00 0.0006 .. .. Others -5.92 Formal 4,316,498 Informal 258,368 5.65 +0.30 Total Vote / Turnout 4,574,866 90.76 -2.13 Enrolment 5,040,662 Quota 196,205

# - Not a registered party. No affiliation shown on the ballot paper.

Note: in the above table, swing is calculated compared to the results of the 2011 election. Change in Seats Won is compared to the 2007 election.

Table 1.2: Party Composition of Retiring and Continuing Legislative Councillors LIB NAT ALP GRN CDP SFP AJP Seats Retiring 5 3 9 2 1 1 .. 21 Newly elected 6 3 7 2 1 1 1 21 Continuing 7 4 5 3 1 1 .. 21 Old Council 12 7 14 5 2 2 .. 42 New Council 13 7 12 5 2 2 1 42 Note – Party affiliation based on party membership at time of election.

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New and Departing Members at 2015 Election

The 2015 NSW Legislative Council election was conducted for the 21 positions that had last faced election in 2007. Members elected in 2011 retain their seats until 2019.

Compared to 2007, the 2015 election saw the Labor Party lose two seats, the Liberal Party gain one seat and the Animal Justice Party win its first seat.

Fourteen members were re-elected in 2015, seven either retired or were defeated, and seven new members were elected. The changes in membership are shown below.

Changes to Legislative Council Membership at 2015 Election Departing MLCs New MLCs (ALP) 2 Louis Amato (LIB) Marie Ficarra (LIB) 2 (LIB) (ALP) 3 Ben Franklin (NAT) Jenny Gardiner (NAT) 2 (ALP) Charlie Lynn (LIB) 2 (LIB) (NAT) 3 Mark Pearson (AJP) Helen Westwood (ALP) 1 (NAT) 1 Defeated at election from unwinnable position on Labor Party ticket. 2 Did not contest re-election 3 Elected to Legislative Assembly, Luke Foley for Auburn and Melinda Pavey for Oxley.

Two continuing Labor members resigned from the Legislative Council to contest the Legislative Assembly at the 2015 election. was defeated contesting the lower house seat of Newtown and was subsequently re-appointed to her Council vacancy. was defeated contesting the lower house seat of Monaro and was replaced in the Council by , who had been eighth on the Labor/Country Labor ticket at the 2015 election.

John Williams, the National MP for the abolished Legislative Assembly seat of Murray-Darling, failed to win election from 11th position on the Liberal/National Legislative Council ticket.

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Legislative Council Membership – May 2018

Terms End with 56th Parliament (2019) LIB (7) David Clark, Catherine Cusack, Scot MacDonald, Natasha Maclaren-Jones, 5, Peter Phelps, Natalie Ward 7 NAT (4) , Richard Colless, 6, ALP (5) , Daniel Mookhey 2, , Penny Sharpe 3, 1 GRN (3) , , Dawn Walker 4 SFF (1) Robert Brown CDP (1) Paul Green 1 Elected May 2013 to fill vacancy caused by resignation of . 2 Elected May 2015 to replace Steve Whan who unsuccessfully contested Monaro at 2015 election. 3 Elected May 2015 to fill vacancy caused by her resignation to unsuccessfully contest Newtown at 2015 election 4 Elected February 2017 to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Jan Barham. 5 Elected May 2017 to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Michael Gallagher. 6 Elected August 2017 to fill vacancy caused by resignation of 7 Elected November 2017 to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Greg Pearce.

Terms End with 57th Parliament (2023) LIB (6) John Ajaka, , Scott Farlow, , Shayne Mallard, Matthew Mason-Cox NAT (3) Ben Franklin, , Bronnie Taylor ALP (7) John Graham 2, Courtney Houssos, , , , , GRN (2) Mehreen Faruqi, 1 SFF (1) CDP (1) Fred Nile AJP (1) Mark Pearson 1 Elected August 2016 to fill vacancy caused by the death of Dr John Kaye. 2 Elected October 2016 to replace Sophie Cotsis, who was elected to the lower house at the Canterbury by- election in November 2016.

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Table 1.3: Detail of First Preferences by Party and Candidate

Group Party / Candidate Votes % Vote Quotas % Ticket

A NO LAND TAX 82,054 1.90 0.4182 94.24 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 59,661 1.38 0.3041 72.71 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 17,667 0.41 0.0900 21.53 JONES Peter 2474 0.06 0.0126 CARBONE Pat 333 0.01 0.0017 MACRI Gus 223 0.01 0.0011 RUBEN James 223 0.01 0.0011 ADAMSON Gary 182 .. 0.0009 O'TOOLE Cathy 177 .. 0.0009 FITZPATRICK Sharon 179 .. 0.0009 WILSON Ron 155 .. 0.0008 LOPREIATO Joe 70 .. 0.0004 ARMER Jezza 64 .. 0.0003 CACCIOTTI Emma 99 .. 0.0005 AUSTIN James 79 .. 0.0004 FRANZONE Frank 49 .. 0.0002 MACLAREN Ulysses 67 .. 0.0003 LYNCH Kate 158 .. 0.0008 COOK Patria 194 .. 0.0010

B OUTDOOR RECREATION PARTY 31,445 0.73 0.1603 96.67 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 23,005 0.53 0.1172 73.16 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 7,394 0.17 0.0377 23.51 WHELAN Peter 623 0.01 0.0032 ELLIS Mark 89 .. 0.0005 WHELAN James 59 .. 0.0003 BELL S 38 .. 0.0002 DE LIMA Joaquim 20 .. 0.0001 BERNER Richard 21 .. 0.0001 FROST Adam 61 .. 0.0003 NICKOLS Graham 12 .. 0.0001 MUSGRAVE Jim 17 .. 0.0001 PETERSEN Terje 22 .. 0.0001 KOLHATKAR Vinay 14 .. 0.0001 DENTON Stephen 19 .. 0.0001 GAREMYN Keith 12 .. 0.0001 BEREGSZASZI Janos 10 .. 0.0001 DAWSON R W 29 .. 0.0001

C ANIMAL JUSTICE PARTY 76,819 1.78 0.3915 97.06 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 56,188 1.30 0.2864 73.14 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 18,374 0.43 0.0936 23.92 PEARSON Mark (Elected 21) 1280 0.03 0.0065 STONER Lynda 397 0.01 0.0020 KEENAN Tracey 90 .. 0.0005 GARLICK Rosemary 81 .. 0.0004 WOOLFE Marcel 58 .. 0.0003 RISELEY Julia 49 .. 0.0002 DINGLE WALL Sally 48 .. 0.0002 DAVISON Douglas 31 .. 0.0002 ROBERTSON Ellie 49 .. 0.0002 ERICKSEN Wayne 10 .. 0.0001 ERICKSEN Joanna 17 .. 0.0001 BELLENGER Carol 13 .. 0.0001 TOMASUMS Debbie 9 .. ..

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Group Party / Candidate Votes % Vote Quotas % Ticket PATERSON Kate 39 .. 0.0002 AKKANEN Laurie 10 .. 0.0001 TAYLOR Theresa 76 .. 0.0004

D Group D 6,251 0.14 0.0319 95.33 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 4,698 0.11 0.0239 75.16 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 1,261 0.03 0.0064 20.17 BUTTEL Christopher 130 .. 0.0007 STRATTON Sean 27 .. 0.0001 RENSHAW Nicholas 8 .. .. STRONG Kristy 13 .. 0.0001 BRENNAN Peter 19 .. 0.0001 AMBROSE Jamie 14 .. 0.0001 FISHER-WEBSTER Mark 12 .. 0.0001 ROUSELL Thomas 6 .. .. LAW Bradley 8 .. .. GEORGE Andrew 8 .. .. IMSIES Philip 1 .. .. ZAMMIT Simon 10 .. 0.0001 HOWARD Mark 8 .. .. GREENTREE Darrel 2 .. .. ROUSELL Joshua 2 .. .. MILLER Lynette 24 .. 0.0001

E LIBERAL / NATIONAL 1,839,452 42.61 9.3752 99.24 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 1,625,238 37.65 8.2834 88.35 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 200,242 4.64 1.0206 10.89 *AJAKA John (LIB) (Elected 1) 6921 0.16 0.0353 FRANKLIN Ben (NAT) (Elected 4) 1229 0.03 0.0063 *MASON-COX Matthew (LIB) (Elected 7) 629 0.01 0.0032 *HARWIN Don (LIB) (Elected 9) 413 0.01 0.0021 TAYLOR Bronnie (NAT) (Elected 11) 498 0.01 0.0025 AMATO Louis (LIB) (Elected 13) 243 0.01 0.0012 MALLARD Shayne (LIB) (Elected 15) 302 0.01 0.0015 *KHAN Trevor (NAT) (Elected 16) 227 0.01 0.0012 FARLOW Scott (LIB) (Elected 17) 370 0.01 0.0019 HUGHES Hollie (LIB) 431 0.01 0.0022 WILLIAMS John (NAT) 517 0.01 0.0026 JETHI Reena (LIB) 179 .. 0.0009 CHUNG Craig (LIB) 194 .. 0.0010 CARPENTER Jennifer (LIB) 408 0.01 0.0021 CONNOLLY Matthew (NAT) 366 0.01 0.0019 YANG Steve (LIB) 1045 0.02 0.0053

F AUSTRALIAN MOTORISTS PARTY 27,785 0.64 0.1416 97.29 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 21,043 0.49 0.1073 75.74 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 5,988 0.14 0.0305 21.55 WALFORD Denis 479 0.01 0.0024 HONEYBROOK Bob 47 .. 0.0002 WALFORD Grant 26 .. 0.0001 DI MEGLIO Paul 14 .. 0.0001 KYLE Lindy 34 .. 0.0002 HOGAN Anthony 26 .. 0.0001 SUTHERLAND Christine 20 .. 0.0001 BRIDGE Ross 12 .. 0.0001 WARD Robert 8 .. .. BLANCH Neil 14 .. 0.0001

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Group Party / Candidate Votes % Vote Quotas % Ticket MUNN Brendon 8 .. .. FOSTER Terry 14 .. 0.0001 DIIORIO Phillip 8 .. .. WARDLE John 5 .. .. WARD Wes 10 .. 0.0001 WALFORD Nicole 12 .. 0.0001 WARD Kath 17 .. 0.0001

G BUILDING AUSTRALIA PARTY 12,466 0.29 0.0635 96.63 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 9,904 0.23 0.0505 79.45 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 2,142 0.05 0.0109 17.18 BROWN Ray 233 0.01 0.0012 EMRICH Eva 22 .. 0.0001 O'DONNELL Michael 28 .. 0.0001 WALTER David 9 .. .. ATKINS Nikki 25 .. 0.0001 CRAIG Geoff 15 .. 0.0001 HARWOOD Ross 11 .. 0.0001 MURRAY Christine 7 .. .. HEARN Bob 8 .. .. JONES Neville 8 .. .. VELLENGA John 7 .. .. BOLAND Helen 8 .. .. ERICOLI Chris 5 .. .. ROSTIROLLA John 9 .. .. COSTIGAN Simon 6 .. .. ATKINS Gregory 5 .. .. CRANFIELD Kevin 14 .. 0.0001

H #STRATA PARTY 3,024 0.07 0.0154 94.81 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 2,460 0.06 0.0125 81.35 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 407 0.01 0.0021 13.46 BYRNE Christine 78 .. 0.0004 RASHBROOK Jan 6 .. .. DILWORTH Pamela 11 .. 0.0001 HUTCHINSON John 7 .. .. PARKES Ken 6 .. .. CLARK Brent 7 .. .. DERWENT Luke 7 .. .. HOY Allan 7 .. .. JONES Adam 4 .. .. HATCHER S 2 .. .. DONALD Janet 4 .. .. GIBSON Tonja 3 .. .. DRISCOLL Peter 3 .. .. AITKEN Bruce 7 .. .. JOHNSON W 5 .. ..

I NO PARKING METERS PARTY 34,852 0.81 0.1776 97.86 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 27,421 0.64 0.1398 78.68 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 6,685 0.15 0.0341 19.18 MATTHEWS Charles 431 0.01 0.0022 MORRIS Robert 52 .. 0.0003 SAYLE Jeff 37 .. 0.0002 BROOKING Victor 29 .. 0.0001 NASR Eddie 18 .. 0.0001 BARRON Kevin 23 .. 0.0001

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Group Party / Candidate Votes % Vote Quotas % Ticket

MORRISEY Louise 16 .. 0.0001 BENNETT Frank 16 .. 0.0001 DEAN Paul 16 .. 0.0001 MORRISEY Michael 16 .. 0.0001 SINGH Ranbir 15 .. 0.0001 GOHIL Hasmukhlal 7 .. .. MORRISEY Jo-Anne 8 .. .. MORRISEY Michelle 8 .. .. MATTHEWS Carol 8 .. .. DOWNEY John 12 .. 0.0001 PAINE Neil 5 .. .. GARNETT Michael 5 .. .. BISARO Susan 6 .. .. QUINANE Christopher 0 .. .. QUINANE Eileen 18 .. 0.0001

J Group J 4,361 0.10 0.0222 96.10 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 3,577 0.08 0.0182 82.02 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 614 0.01 0.0031 14.08 LIU James 94 .. 0.0005 JING Wei 13 .. 0.0001 FOUNTAIN Cerelia 5 .. .. XIAN Bao Ming 3 .. .. LIANG Jie 4 .. .. RUAN Hua Mei 3 .. .. ZHOU Xiao Fang 8 .. .. GUO Xiao Yi 5 .. .. CHEUNG Lam Chong 15 .. 0.0001 NG Iok Long 3 .. .. PAN Xue Ming 1 .. .. NG Kim Fong 6 .. .. MA Yingxi 0 .. .. YIN Nan 2 .. .. NI Feng Yi 8 .. ..

K LABOR / COUNTRY LABOR 1,341,943 31.09 6.8395 98.79 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 1,122,913 26.01 5.7232 83.68 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 202,846 4.70 1.0338 15.12 *COTSIS Sophie (ALP) (Elected 2) 9974 0.23 0.0508 *SECORD Walt (ALP) (Elected 5) 672 0.02 0.0034 *VOLTZ Lynda (ALP) (Elected 8) 475 0.01 0.0024 *MOSELMANE Shaoquett (ALP) (Elected 10) 265 0.01 0.0014 *VEITCH Mick (CLR) (Elected 12) 477 0.01 0.0024 *SEARLE Adam (ALP) (Elected 14) 505 0.01 0.0026 HOUSSOS Courtney (ALP) (Elected 18) 322 0.01 0.0016 MOOKHEY Daniel (ALP) 236 0.01 0.0012 *WESTWOOD Helen (ALP) 531 0.01 0.0027 AMJAD Aisha (ALP) 371 0.01 0.0019 PRIEST Annette (CLR) 268 0.01 0.0014 LAY Jill (ALP) 236 0.01 0.0012 LAM Floris (ALP) 149 .. 0.0008 MOONEY Blake (CLR) 186 .. 0.0009 WILLIAMS Keith (CLR) 234 0.01 0.0012 ALAFACI Frank (ALP) 198 .. 0.0010 HUANG Kun (ALP) 172 .. 0.0009 McKENNA Lucille (ALP) 152 .. 0.0008 CLAPHAM Jennifer 134 .. 0.0007

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Group Party / Candidate Votes % Vote Quotas % Ticket

MAKER Rosemary (ALP) 163 .. 0.0008 BARBAR Daniel (ALP) 464 0.01 0.0024

L VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA PARTY 40,710 0.94 0.2075 95.61 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 30,486 0.71 0.1554 74.89 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 8,437 0.20 0.0430 20.72 HIGSON Shayne 1444 0.03 0.0074 MILLS Richard 39 .. 0.0002 JOHNSON Deirdre 59 .. 0.0003 BEAUMONT OWLES Brian 16 .. 0.0001 DALEY Judith 37 .. 0.0002 KING Bill 27 .. 0.0001 MULHALL Natasha 35 .. 0.0002 BRITT Joshua 11 .. 0.0001 SCHILLING Kath 13 .. 0.0001 MACKENZIE John 18 .. 0.0001 STEEP Sandi 17 .. 0.0001 MEYER Ken 5 .. .. BAYLEY Donald 4 .. .. DRISCOLL Patricia 17 .. 0.0001 WILLIAMS Geoffrey 45 .. 0.0002

M #FUTURE PARTY 2,782 0.06 0.0142 90.58 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 2,083 0.05 0.0106 74.87 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 437 0.01 0.0022 15.71 JANSSON James 129 .. 0.0007 FINNO Andrea 6 .. .. MANICKAM Saritha 5 .. .. POWELL Daniel 5 .. .. BILL Cory 8 .. .. PFISTER Markus 9 .. .. GORDON Thomas 9 .. .. SIMMER Colin 2 .. .. ACKERMAN Jared 15 .. 0.0001 COVER Myles 20 .. 0.0001 SLAVICH Eve 5 .. .. WALSH Cameron 3 .. .. ROCKOFF Todd 7 .. .. HAGGERTY James 11 .. 0.0001 BYRT T 3 .. .. PAGE Nathan 25 .. 0.0001

N SHOOTERS AND FISHERS 167,871 3.89 0.8556 97.89 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 142,978 3.31 0.7287 85.17 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 21,352 0.49 0.1088 12.72 *BORSAK Robert (Elected 19) 2509 0.06 0.0128 JOHNSON Peter 201 .. 0.0010 HOUSEMAN Karl 44 .. 0.0002 LEE Steve 127 .. 0.0006 SPEARS Daniel 59 .. 0.0003 WOOD Jacqui 62 .. 0.0003 NOUJAIM Alain 36 .. 0.0002 VAN DER NEUT Dane 33 .. 0.0002 PALMER L 48 .. 0.0002 CANNULI Sam 24 .. 0.0001 NEVILLE Danielle 33 .. 0.0002 SARKIS Nadrra 107 .. 0.0005

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Group Party / Candidate Votes % Vote Quotas % Ticket

LESAGE Jason 23 .. 0.0001 STEEL Craig 44 .. 0.0002 McMANUS Tony 34 .. 0.0002 CROCKFORD Mike 15 .. 0.0001 RICHARDS Peter 16 .. 0.0001 BAKER Arthur 6 .. .. PATCHETT Linda 18 .. 0.0001 SHAW Bob 37 .. 0.0002 COOK Dave 65 .. 0.0003

O SOCIALIST ALLIANCE 8,489 0.20 0.0433 92.64 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 5,426 0.13 0.0277 63.92 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 2,438 0.06 0.0124 28.72 LEROY-DYER Sharlene 413 0.01 0.0021 RAINFORD John 17 .. 0.0001 SANDERS Mia 18 .. 0.0001 BYRNES Howard 7 .. .. HINMAN Pip 26 .. 0.0001 McFARLANE Gregory 17 .. 0.0001 EVANS Rachel 34 .. 0.0002 COLEMAN John 12 .. 0.0001 WYNTER Coral 11 .. 0.0001 KOHLER Ben 4 .. .. NOTT Jemma 10 .. 0.0001 BENEDEK Paul 5 .. .. FAIRFAX Kathryn 7 .. .. RODEN Duncan 0 .. .. ALLAN Margaret 6 .. .. McGREGOR Nicole 38 .. 0.0002

P Group P 2,767 0.06 0.0141 90.86 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 2,178 0.05 0.0111 78.71 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 336 0.01 0.0017 12.14 THALER Andrew 84 .. 0.0004 SCHWAGER Kate 50 .. 0.0003 QUINCE David 19 .. 0.0001 KENNEDY Anne 37 .. 0.0002 HILL Peter 2 .. .. WILSON Venecia 17 .. 0.0001 ROBINSON Mark 12 .. 0.0001 HESLOP Benjamin 3 .. .. MARSHALL Sonya 6 .. .. CAMPEY Ron 5 .. .. GOLDSMITH Pam 5 .. .. SIMMONS Drew 6 .. .. HILL Rusan 2 .. .. THALER Alisa 4 .. .. SCHWAGER Bill 1 .. ..

Q CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY 126,305 2.93 0.6437 96.24 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 96,089 2.23 0.4897 76.08 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 25,466 0.59 0.1298 20.16 *NILE Fred (Elected 20) 4048 0.09 0.0206 CLIFFORD Ross 314 0.01 0.0016 TADROS Peter 41 .. 0.0002 KHOURY Simon 89 .. 0.0005 KWON Soon-Hyung 23 .. 0.0001

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Group Party / Candidate Votes % Vote Quotas % Ticket

COLEFAX Stan 13 .. 0.0001 SHEPPARD Elwyn 20 .. 0.0001 TARELA-MOYES Valerie 19 .. 0.0001 SMITH Beth 32 .. 0.0002 CHIRCOP Joe 20 .. 0.0001 BOLLING Roger 6 .. .. BOLLING Kay 4 .. .. WADDELL Elwynne 2 .. .. WADDELL Graham 10 .. 0.0001 GREEN Andrew 21 .. 0.0001 PEEBLES Robyn 14 .. 0.0001 GESLING Bernie 4 .. .. GESLING Leeanne 7 .. .. MOORE A 8 .. .. THEW Diana 55 .. 0.0003

R FISHING PARTY 31,882 0.74 0.1625 97.94 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 27,037 0.63 0.1378 84.80 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 4,189 0.10 0.0214 13.14 SMITH Bob 475 0.01 0.0024 STOCKER Liz 13 .. 0.0001 OATEN Craig 18 .. 0.0001 GOODBAR Chris 20 .. 0.0001 SHEPHERD Deanne 14 .. 0.0001 PATERSON Stewart 16 .. 0.0001 VITNELL Luke 8 .. .. PURCELL Adrian 11 .. 0.0001 SHEPHERD Miranda 7 .. .. ATKINS Scott 7 .. .. McCARTNEY Craig 8 .. .. MACKAY Ted 8 .. .. JOHNSON Kevin 10 .. 0.0001 JOHNS Vicki 4 .. .. McCARTNEY Dave 5 .. .. O'CONNOR Michael 4 .. .. DERRICK Paul 3 .. .. CALLAGHAN Adrian 1 .. .. SMALL Matt 8 .. .. SHEN Victor 16 .. 0.0001

S THE GREENS 428,036 9.92 2.1816 96.41 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 286,981 6.65 1.4627 67.05 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 125,679 2.91 0.6405 29.36 *KAYE John (Elected 3) 11781 0.27 0.0600 *FARUQI Mehreen (Elected 6) 825 0.02 0.0042 FIELD Justin 259 0.01 0.0013 WALKER Dawn 398 0.01 0.0020 RYAN James 173 .. 0.0009 BLATCHFORD Penny 335 0.01 0.0017 BROOKS Melissa 258 0.01 0.0013 DAVIS Jan 88 .. 0.0004 DONAYRE Christine 84 .. 0.0004 COX Mithra 103 .. 0.0005 KONTELLIS Marika 60 .. 0.0003 ELLSMORE Sylvie 67 .. 0.0003 DOYLE Therese 85 .. 0.0004 SWIFT Harriett 97 .. 0.0005

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Group Party / Candidate Votes % Vote Quotas % Ticket

DUNCAN Darelle 27 .. 0.0001 JARNASON Susan 33 .. 0.0002 BLOCH Barbara 36 .. 0.0002 THOMPSON Matthew 69 .. 0.0004 STOCK Sue 69 .. 0.0004 BRIERLEY NEWTON De 41 .. 0.0002 TURNER Kylie 488 0.01 0.0025

T AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATS 23,466 0.54 0.1196 95.13 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 18,114 0.42 0.0923 77.19 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 4,210 0.10 0.0215 17.94 WAGNER Rendall 846 0.02 0.0043 VILLAVER Ronaldo 27 .. 0.0001 LOVELL Simon 15 .. 0.0001 MELLAND Julia 70 .. 0.0004 WALLACE Andrew 13 .. 0.0001 OLSEN Sue-Maree 23 .. 0.0001 MATERAZZO Mayo 6 .. .. KING David 25 .. 0.0001 ELLIOTT-HALLS Samantha 22 .. 0.0001 LUXFORD Glenn 6 .. .. BINGLE Stephen 12 .. 0.0001 DALRYMPLE Garry 10 .. 0.0001 WIGGIN John 4 .. .. BARCA Thomas 4 .. .. RIDINGS Chris 59 .. 0.0003

U Group U 113 .. 0.0006 0.00 STEFANAC Jennifer 90 .. 0.0005 COOLEY Tucky 23 .. 0.0001

V #COUNTRY PARTY 959 0.02 0.0049 0.00 PIKE Ron 829 0.02 0.0042 SNAIDERO Paul 14 .. 0.0001 PIEROTTI Paul 21 .. 0.0001 MAILLER Pete 33 .. 0.0002 BARTON Alan 8 .. .. DAVIDSON Ross 8 .. .. EGAN John 2 .. .. HARKER-MORTLOCK James 22 .. 0.0001 HOPPER Brian 7 .. .. McLACHLAN Ellemarie 4 .. .. MOUAFI Lorraine 2 .. .. PIKE Julie 2 .. .. WILLS Jenny 2 .. .. WOODS Carmen 5 .. ..

W Group W 113 .. 0.0006 0.00 ERWIN Warwick 95 .. 0.0005 ROBINSON Ray 18 .. 0.0001

X AUSTRALIAN CYCLISTS PARTY 21,280 0.49 0.1085 93.91 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 14,074 0.33 0.0717 66.14 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 5,911 0.14 0.0301 27.78 KHALIFA Omar 926 0.02 0.0047 NEW Anthony 55 .. 0.0003 RALPH Ingrid 38 .. 0.0002

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Group Party / Candidate Votes % Vote Quotas % Ticket THOMPSON Ken 21 .. 0.0001 PAXINOS George 35 .. 0.0002 PAXINOS Yvette 25 .. 0.0001 PENNEFATHER James 15 .. 0.0001 GRIFFITHS Philip 18 .. 0.0001 BONICH Nick 27 .. 0.0001 MASON Chloe 33 .. 0.0002 DENTON David 10 .. 0.0001 GARDINER Dave 12 .. 0.0001 CIURPITA Roman 5 .. .. HICKSON Barbara 25 .. 0.0001 HARKER-SMITH Angus 50 .. 0.0003

UNGROUPED CANDIDATES 1273 0.03 0.0065 NUTHALL Ramsay 266 0.01 0.0014 WARD Jane 118 .. 0.0006 HOOD Alan 62 .. 0.0003 COLLINS PJ 233 0.01 0.0012 CRAIG Anthony 39 .. 0.0002 CRISP Gordon 28 .. 0.0001 SPREADBOROUGH Robert 20 .. 0.0001 BAANSTRA Stuart 23 .. 0.0001 SCEVOLA Sal 111 .. 0.0006 BRIX-NIELSEN Alain 38 .. 0.0002 ASH David 83 .. 0.0004 CHEN David 70 .. 0.0004 JUSTICE John 18 .. 0.0001 BALDWIN Aaron 20 .. 0.0001 COX Geoff 21 .. 0.0001 BENNETT Tony 42 .. 0.0002 PUNDPAL Mahesh 81 .. 0.0004

Formal Votes 4,316,498 Informal Votes 258,368 5.65 Total Votes / Turnout 4,574,866 90.76 Enrolment 5,040,662 Quota 196,205

Ticket Votes 4,243,629 98.31 Ticket Votes (no preferences) 3,581,554 82.97 Ticket Votes (with preferences) 662,075 15.34 Below the line votes 72,869 1.69

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Counts 1-18

Counts 2-18 distributed the preferences of the leading candidates on the Liberal/National Coalition, Labor and Green tickets. This elected nine Coalition, six Labor and two Green MLCs in the order shown below. (* indicates sitting members)

Order Elected Candidate Party 1 *John Ajaka Liberal 2 *Sophie Cotsis Labor 3 *John Kaye Greens 4 Ben Franklin National 5 *Walt Secord Labor 6 *Mehreen Faruqi Greens 7 *Matthew Mason-Cox Liberal 8 *Lynda Voltz Labor 9 *Don Harwin Liberal 10 *Shaoquett Moselmane Labor 11 Bronnie Taylor National 12 *Mick Veitch Country Labor 13 Louis Amato Liberal 14 *Adam Searle Labor 15 Shayne Mallard Liberal 16 *Trevor Khan National 17 Scott Farlow Liberal

Only below-the-line votes could ‘leak’ from the party tickets during these counts. By count 18 the Liberal/National ticket had lost 741 votes (0.04% of the party’s vote), Labor 1,024 votes (0.08%) and the Greens 133 votes (0.03%).

Counts 19-374

At the end of Count 18, no candidate remained with more than a quota of votes. From this point the count proceeded by the successive exclusion of the lowest polling candidates and the distribution of their ballot papers as preferences to candidates remaining in the count.

Each of Counts 19 to 21 excluded candidates with zero votes. It was count 111 before the first candidate with 10 votes was excluded, Count 170 before the first candidate with 20 votes was excluded, Count 246 before the first candidate with 50 votes was excluded, and it was Count 296 before the exclusion of the first candidate with 100 votes.

All Ungrouped candidates as well as candidates from three groups without a group voting square were excluded before the final stages of the count. The final candidate from these groups were excluded as follows. Warwick Erwin (Group W) 121 votes at Count 308, Jennifer Stefanac (Group U) 152 votes at Count 317, Ramsay Nuthall (Ungrouped) 612 votes at Count 359, and Ron Pike (Group V) 1004 votes at Count 368. Pike’s exclusion was the first for a candidate with more than one thousand votes.

Count 374 excluded Labor’s Helen Westwood, at which point only 21 candidates remained in the count, one from each of the 21 groups on the ballot paper with a group voting square. These candidates were the 10th Coalition candidate, 7th Labor candidate, 3rd Green candidate and the lead candidate for the other 18 groups. All ‘above the line’ votes that had not been set aside with an elected candidate were held by these 21 candidates.

Candidate names, party, total votes, quotas held and changes in party total since Count 1 and Count 18 are shown in the next table.

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Table 1.4: Totals at the Completion of Count 374 Change in Group Vote since Candidate (Party) Votes Quota Count 1 Count 18 *Robert Borsak (SFP) 167,855 0.8555 -16 -173 Courtney Houssos (ALP) 162,995 0.8307 -1,718 -694 *Fred Nile (CDP) 126,695 0.6457 +390 +59 Peter Jones (NLT) 81,161 0.4137 -893 -1,042 Mark Pearson (AJP) 76,782 0.3913 -37 -216 Hollie Hughes (L/NP) 72,915 0.3716 -692 +49 Shayne Higson (VEP) 41,077 0.2094 +367 +112 Justin Field (GRN) 35,091 0.1788 -535 -402 Charles Matthews (NPM) 34,888 0.1778 +36 -16 Bob Smith (FP) 31,959 0.1629 +77 +36 Peter Whelan (ORP) 31,469 0.1604 +24 -15 Denis Walford (AMP) 27,784 0.1416 -1 -69 Rendall Wagner (DEM) 23,780 0.1212 +314 +50 Omar Khalifa (CYC) 21,395 0.1090 +115 -40 Ray Brown (BAP) 12,512 0.0638 +46 +4 Sharlene Leroy-Dyer (SAL) 8,563 0.0436 +74 +4 Christopher Buttel (Grp D) 6,250 0.0319 -1 -27 James Liu (Grp J) 4,464 0.0228 +103 +85 Christine Byrne (Grp H) 3,072 0.0157 +48 +34 Andrew Thaler (Grp P) 2,760 0.0141 -7 -13 James Jansson (Grp M) 2,759 0.0141 -23 -33 Ungrouped 0 -1,273 -1,286 Group V 0 -959 -963 Group U 0 -113 -117 Group W 0 -113 -114 Exhausted 4,787 0.0244 +4,787 +4,787

In Table 1.4, the column headed 'Change in Group Vote' shows the change in vote tally at Count 374 for each party’s remaining candidates. The comparisons are with party totals at Count 1, the initial tally of first preferences, and at Count 18, after the election of 17 members. The ‘Votes’ column in Table 1.4 does not include the total votes set aside as quotas for elected Coalition, Labor and Greens members, but the change in vote total does. The Change columns represent the leakage of below the line votes from the total first preference votes for each group.

Count 375 excluded the first candidate whose total votes included above the line votes. James Jansson (Group M) represented the unregistered Future Party. Of his 2,759 votes (0.06%), 79.6% exhausted with the highest flow to another party being 6.3% to the Greens. The Future Party registered a how-to-vote with only a first preference but suggested further preferences could be completed.

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Table 1.5: At the Completion of Count 375: James Jansson (Group M) excluded Preferences Total Change since Candidate (Party) Votes % Vote Quota Count 1 *Robert Borsak (SFP) +48 1.7 167,903 0.8558 +32 Courtney Houssos (ALP) +47 1.7 163,042 0.8310 -1,671 *Fred Nile (CDP) +5 0.2 126,700 0.6458 +395 Peter Jones (NLT) +7 0.3 81,168 0.4137 -886 Mark Pearson (AJP) +25 0.9 76,807 0.3915 -12 Hollie Hughes (L/NP) +33 1.2 72,948 0.3718 -659 Shayne Higson (VEP) +39 1.4 41,116 0.2096 +406 Justin Field (GRN) +173 6.3 35,264 0.1797 -362 Charles Matthews (NPM) +11 0.4 34,899 0.1779 +47 Bob Smith (FP) +7 0.3 31,966 0.1629 +84 Peter Whelan (ORP) +10 0.4 31,479 0.1604 +34 Denis Walford (AMP) +3 0.1 27,787 0.1416 +2 Rendall Wagner (DEM) +25 0.9 23,805 0.1213 +339 Omar Khalifa (CYC) +29 1.1 21,424 0.1092 +144 Ray Brown (BAP) +14 0.5 12,526 0.0638 +60 Sharlene Leroy-Dyer (SAL) +32 1.2 8,595 0.0438 +106 Christopher Buttel (Grp D) +5 0.2 6,255 0.0319 +4 James Liu (Grp J) +17 0.6 4,481 0.0228 +120 Christine Byrne (Grp H) +9 0.3 3,081 0.0157 +57 Andrew Thaler (Grp P) +25 0.9 2,785 0.0142 +18 James Jansson (Grp M) -2,759 0 Exhausted +2,195 79.6 6,982 0.0356 +6,982

Count 376 excluded Andrew Thaler (Group P). His 2,785 votes (0.06%) were again largely exhausted, with 83.8% exhausting and the strongest flow being 4.4% to the Greens. Group P registered a how-to-vote with only a single first preference.

Table 1.6: At the Completion of Count 376: Andrew Thaler (Group P) Excluded Preferences Total Change since Candidate (Party) Votes % Vote Quota Count 1 *Robert Borsak (SFP) +37 1.3 167,940 0.8559 +69 *Courtney Houssos (ALP) +38 1.4 163,080 0.8312 -1,633 Fred Nile (CDP) +23 0.8 126,723 0.6459 +418 Peter Jones (NLT) +6 0.2 81,174 0.4137 -880 Mark Pearson (AJP) +13 0.5 76,820 0.3915 +1 Hollie Hughes (L/NP) +30 1.1 72,978 0.3719 -629 Shayne Higson (VEP) +21 0.8 41,137 0.2097 +427 Justin Field (GRN) +123 4.4 35,387 0.1804 -239 Charles Matthews (NPM) +6 0.2 34,905 0.1779 +53 Bob Smith (FP) +15 0.5 31,981 0.1630 +99 Peter Whelan (ORP) +11 0.4 31,490 0.1605 +45 Denis Walford (AMP) +4 0.1 27,791 0.1416 +6 Rendall Wagner (DEM) +22 0.8 23,827 0.1214 +361 Omar Khalifa (CYC) +20 0.7 21,444 0.1093 +164 Ray Brown (BAP) +2 0.1 12,528 0.0639 +62 Sharlene Leroy-Dyer (SAL) +16 0.6 8,611 0.0439 +122 Christopher Buttel (Grp D) +11 0.4 6,266 0.0319 +15 James Liu (Grp J) +41 1.5 4,522 0.0230 +161 Christine Byrne (Grp H) +11 0.4 3,092 0.0158 +68 Andrew Thaler (Grp P) -2,785 0 Exhausted +2,335 83.8 9,317 0.0475 +9,317

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Count 377 excluded Christine Byrne (Group H) who represented the unregistered #Strata Party. Of her 3,092 votes (0.07%), 84.3% exhausted with no significant flows to other parties. The party registered a how-to-vote with only a first preference and no suggestion that further preferences could be completed.

Table 1.7: At the Completion of Count 377: Christine Byrne (Group H) excluded Preferences Total Change since Candidate (Party) Votes % Vote Quota Count 1 *Robert Borsak (SFP) +8 0.3 167,948 0.8560 +77 Courtney Houssos (ALP) +66 2.1 163,146 0.8315 -1,567 *Fred Nile (CDP) +9 0.3 126,732 0.6459 +427 Peter Jones (NLT) +12 0.4 81,186 0.4138 -868 Mark Pearson (AJP) +18 0.6 76,838 0.3916 +19 Hollie Hughes (L/NP) +49 1.6 73,027 0.3722 -580 Shayne Higson (VEP) +23 0.7 41,160 0.2098 +450 Justin Field (GRN) +44 1.4 35,431 0.1806 -195 Charles Matthews (NPM) +55 1.8 34,960 0.1782 +108 Bob Smith (FP) +3 0.1 31,984 0.1630 +102 Peter Whelan (ORP) +11 0.4 31,501 0.1606 +56 Denis Walford (AMP) +16 0.5 27,807 0.1417 +22 Rendall Wagner (DEM) +16 0.5 23,843 0.1215 +377 Omar Khalifa (CYC) +8 0.3 21,452 0.1093 +172 Ray Brown (BAP) +46 1.5 12,574 0.0641 +108 Sharlene Leroy-Dyer (SAL) +6 0.2 8,617 0.0439 +128 Christopher Buttel (Grp D) +41 1.3 6,307 0.0321 +56 James Liu (Grp J) +55 1.8 4,577 0.0233 +216 Christine Byrne (Grp H) -3,092 0 Exhausted +2,606 84.3 11,923 0.0608 +11,923

Count 378 excluded James Liu (Group J). His 4,577 votes (0.11%) were again largely exhausted, with 84.1% exhausting and small flows to adjacent columns, 3.3% to Labor (Group K) and 2.9% to No Parking Meters (Group I). The party registered a how-to-vote that recommended a second preference for No Parking Meters.

Table 1.8: At the Completion of Count 378: James Liu (Group J) excluded Preferences Total Change since Candidate (Party) Votes % Vote Quota Count 1 *Robert Borsak (SFP) +18 0.4 167,966 0.8561 +95 Courtney Houssos (ALP) +150 3.3 163,296 0.8323 -1,417 *Fred Nile (CDP) +15 0.3 126,747 0.6460 +442 Peter Jones (NLT) +41 0.9 81,227 0.4140 -827 Mark Pearson (AJP) +11 0.2 76,849 0.3917 +30 Hollie Hughes (L/NP) +79 1.7 73,106 0.3726 -501 Shayne Higson (VEP) +45 1.0 41,205 0.2100 +495 Justin Field (GRN) +74 1.6 35,505 0.1810 -121 Charles Matthews (NPM) +132 2.9 35,092 0.1789 +240 Bob Smith (FP) +9 0.2 31,993 0.1631 +111 Peter Whelan (ORP) +6 0.1 31,507 0.1606 +62 Denis Walford (AMP) +16 0.3 27,823 0.1418 +38 Rendall Wagner (DEM) +15 0.3 23,858 0.1216 +392 Omar Khalifa (CYC) +10 0.2 21,462 0.1094 +182 Ray Brown (BAP) +27 0.6 12,601 0.0642 +135 Sharlene Leroy-Dyer (SAL) +13 0.3 8,630 0.0440 +141 Christopher Buttel (Grp D) +68 1.5 6,375 0.0325 +124 James Liu (Grp J) -4,577 0 Exhausted +3,848 84.1 15,771 0.0804 +15,771

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Count 379 excluded Christopher Buttel (Group D). Buttel registered a how to vote with only a single preference. Of his 6,375 votes (0.15%), 78.4% exhausted, 5.1% flowed to the Coalition in Column E, 4.2% to Animal Justice in Column C, and 2.9% to No Land Tax in Column A.

Group D’s results were influenced by problems with the implementation of iVote. iVote opened on the first four columns on the ballot paper, six columns on larger screens. Some voters seemed unaware they could scroll their screen right to see other columns on the ballot paper. This appears to have boosted both the vote for Group D, and the preference flows noted in the previous paragraph. Group D polled 0.60% with iVoters but only 0.11% across all other categories of votes. iVotes represented 6.3% of overall ballot papers, but 26.3% of all votes for Group D.

Table 1.9: At the Completion of Count 379: Christopher Buttel (Group D) excluded Preferences Total Change since Candidate (Party) Votes % Vote Quota Count 1 *Robert Borsak (SFP) +27 0.4 167,993 0.8562 +122 Courtney Houssos (ALP) +70 1.1 163,366 0.8326 -1,347 *Fred Nile (CDP) +41 0.6 126,788 0.6462 +483 Peter Jones (NLT) +185 2.9 81,412 0.4149 -642 Mark Pearson (AJP) +269 4.2 77,118 0.3930 +299 Hollie Hughes (L/NP) +322 5.1 73,428 0.3742 -179 Shayne Higson (VEP) +27 0.4 41,232 0.2101 +522 Justin Field (GRN) +57 0.9 35,562 0.1812 -64 Charles Matthews (NPM) +44 0.7 35,136 0.1791 +284 Bob Smith (FP) +17 0.3 32,010 0.1631 +128 Peter Whelan (ORP) +120 1.9 31,627 0.1612 +182 Denis Walford (AMP) +80 1.3 27,903 0.1422 +118 Rendall Wagner (DEM) +18 0.3 23,876 0.1217 +410 Omar Khalifa (CYC) +26 0.4 21,488 0.1095 +208 Ray Brown (BAP) +64 1.0 12,665 0.0645 +199 Sharlene Leroy-Dyer (SAL) +10 0.0 8,640 0.0440 +151 Christopher Buttel (Grp D) -6,375 0 Exhausted +4,998 78.4 20,769 0.1059 +20,769

Count 380 excluded Sharlene Leroy-Dyer (Socialist Alliance) in Group O on the ballot paper, 8,640 votes (0.20%). The Socialist Alliance registered a how-to-vote recommending a second preference for the Greens, and suggesting that Labor be put before the Liberals/Nationals. A much lower 65.5% of ballot papers exhausted, 17.7% flowing to the Greens and 4.2% to Labor.

Table 1.10: At the Completion of Count 380: Sharlene Leroy-Dyer (Socialist Alliance) excluded Preferences Total Change since Candidate (Party) Votes % Vote Quota Count 1 *Robert Borsak (SFP) +115 1.3 168,108 0.8568 +237 Courtney Houssos (ALP) +367 4.2 163,733 0.8345 -980 *Fred Nile (CDP) +86 1.0 126,874 0.6466 +569 Peter Jones (NLT) +36 0.4 81,448 0.4151 -606 Mark Pearson (AJP) +167 1.9 77,285 0.3939 +466 Hollie Hughes (L/NP) +75 0.9 73,503 0.3746 -104 Shayne Higson (VEP) +189 2.2 41,421 0.2111 +711 Justin Field (GRN) +1,530 17.7 37,092 0.1890 +1,466 Charles Matthews (NPM) +65 0.8 35,201 0.1794 +349 Bob Smith (FP) +39 0.5 32,049 0.1633 +167 Peter Whelan (ORP) +30 0.3 31,657 0.1613 +212 Denis Walford (AMP) +26 0.3 27,929 0.1423 +144 Rendall Wagner (DEM) +126 1.5 24,002 0.1223 +536 Omar Khalifa (CYC) +93 1.1 21,581 0.1100 +301 Ray Brown (BAP) +33 0.4 12,698 0.0647 +232 Sharlene Leroy-Dyer (SAL) -8,640 0 Exhausted +5,663 65.5 26,432 0.1347 +26,432

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Count 381 excluded Ray Brown (Building Australia Party) in Column G, 12,698 votes (0.29%). The party registered a how-to-vote recommending only a first preference. 81.1% of preferences exhausted, with only small flows to parties in nearby ballot paper columns.

Table 1.11: At the Completion of Count 381: Ray Brown (Building Australia) excluded Preferences Total Change since Candidate (Party) Votes % Vote Quota Count 1 *Robert Borsak (SFP) +184 1.4 168,292 0.8577 +421 Courtney Houssos (ALP) +295 2.3 164,028 0.8360 -685 *Fred Nile (CDP) +95 0.7 126,969 0.6471 +664 Peter Jones (NLT) +236 1.9 81,684 0.4163 -370 Mark Pearson (AJP) +179 1.4 77,464 0.3948 +645 Hollie Hughes (L/NP) +334 2.6 73,837 0.3763 +230 Shayne Higson (VEP) +108 0.9 41,529 0.2117 +819 Justin Field (GRN) +101 0.8 37,193 0.1896 +1,567 Charles Matthews (NPM) +307 2.4 35,508 0.1810 +656 Bob Smith (FP) +56 0.4 32,105 0.1636 +223 Peter Whelan (ORP) +132 1.0 31,789 0.1620 +344 Denis Walford (AMP) +310 2.4 28,239 0.1439 +454 Rendall Wagner (DEM) +38 0.3 24,040 0.1225 +574 Omar Khalifa (CYC) +24 0.2 21,605 0.1101 +325 Ray Brown (BAP) -12,698 0 Exhausted +10,299 81.1 36,731 0.1872 +36,731

Count 382 excluded Omar Khalifa (Australian Cyclists Party) in Column X at the far end of the ballot paper beyond the three groups with no above the line voting square, 21,605 votes (0.50%). The party registered a how-to-vote with 2nd preference for the Greens, 3rd preference for Animal Justice and 4th preference for Labor. A lower 67.2% of preferences exhausted with 14.2% flowing to the Greens.

Table 1.12: At the Completion of Count 382: Omar Khalifa (Cyclists Party) excluded Preferences Total Change since Candidate (Party) Votes % Vote Quota Count 1 *Robert Borsak (SFP) +158 0.7 168,450 0.8585 +579 Courtney Houssos (ALP) +768 3.6 164,796 0.8399 +83 *Fred Nile (CDP) +172 0.8 127,141 0.6480 +836 Peter Jones (NLT) +114 0.5 81,798 0.4169 -256 Mark Pearson (AJP) +300 1.4 77,764 0.3963 +945 Hollie Hughes (L/NP) +816 3.8 74,653 0.3805 +1,046 Shayne Higson (VEP) +445 2.1 41,974 0.2139 +1,264 Justin Field (GRN) +3,074 14.2 40,267 0.2052 +4,641 Charles Matthews (NPM) +195 0.9 35,703 0.1820 +851 Bob Smith (FP) +215 1.0 32,320 0.1647 +438 Peter Whelan (ORP) +277 1.3 32,066 0.1634 +621 Denis Walford (AMP) +94 0.4 28,333 0.1444 +548 Rendall Wagner (DEM) +468 2.2 24,508 0.1249 +1,042 Omar Khalifa (CYC) -21,605 0 Exhausted +14,509 67.2 51,240 0.2612 +51,240

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Count 383 excluded Rendall Wagner (Australian Democrats) in Column T of the ballot paper, 24,508 votes (0.57%). The party registered a how-to-vote recommending only a first preferences. 11.0% of preferences flowed to the Greens. Importantly for later in the count, this pushed the Greens ahead of the Voluntary Euthanasia Party.

Table 1.13: At the Completion of Count 383: Rendall Wagner (Australian Democrats) excluded Preferences Total Change since Candidate (Party) Votes % Vote Quota Count 1 *Robert Borsak (SFP) +152 0.6 168,602 0.8593 +731 Courtney Houssos (ALP) +940 3.8 165,736 0.8447 +1,023 *Fred Nile (CDP) +315 1.3 127,456 0.6496 +1,151 Peter Jones (NLT) +116 0.5 81,914 0.4175 -140 Mark Pearson (AJP) +232 0.9 77,996 0.3975 +1,177 Hollie Hughes (L/NP) +581 2.4 75,234 0.3834 +1,627 Justin Field (GRN) +2,694 11.0 42,961 0.2190 +7,335 Shayne Higson (VEP) +345 1.4 42,319 0.2157 +1,609 Charles Matthews (NPM) +92 0.4 35,795 0.1824 +943 Bob Smith (FP) +153 0.6 32,473 0.1655 +591 Peter Whelan (ORP) +87 0.4 32,153 0.1639 +708 Denis Walford (AMP) +77 0.3 28,410 0.1448 +625 Rendall Wagner (DEM) -24,508 0 Exhausted +18,724 76.4 69,964 0.3566 +69,964

Count 384 excluded Denis Walford (Australian Motorist Party) in Column F, 28,410 votes (0.66%). The party does not appear to have registered a how-to-vote, 77.0% of votes exhausted preferences and no flow to other parties passed the 4.0% to the Shooters and Fishers Party.

Table 1.14: At the Completion of Count 384: Denis Walford (Motorists Party) excluded Preferences Total Change since Candidate (Party) Votes % Vote Quota Count 1 *Robert Borsak (SFP) +1,141 4.0 169,743 0.8651 +1,872 Courtney Houssos (ALP) +716 2.5 166,452 0.8484 +1,739 *Fred Nile (CDP) +200 0.7 127,656 0.6506 +1,351 Peter Jones (NLT) +417 1.5 82,331 0.4196 +277 Mark Pearson (AJP) +610 2.1 78,606 0.4006 +1,787 Hollie Hughes (L/NP) +1,011 3.6 76,245 0.3886 +2,638 Justin Field (GRN) +229 0.8 43,190 0.2201 +7,564 Shayne Higson (VEP) +187 0.7 42,506 0.2166 +1,796 Charles Matthews (NPM) +1,070 3.8 36,865 0.1879 +2,013 Peter Whelan (ORP) +724 2.5 32,877 0.1676 +1,432 Bob Smith (FP) +239 0.8 32,712 0.1667 +830 Denis Walford (AMP) -28,410 0 Exhausted +21,866 77.0 91,830 0.4680 +91,830

Count 385 excluded Bob Smith (The Fishing Party) in Column R, 32,712 votes (0.76%). The party does not appear to have registered a how-to-vote. 85.3% of preferences exhausted and 6.4% flowed to the Shooters and Fishers Party.

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Table 1.15: At the Completion of Count 385: Bob Smith (Fishing Party) excluded Preferences Total Change since Candidate (Party) Votes % Vote Quota Count 1 *Robert Borsak (SFP) +2,097 6.4 171,840 0.8758 +3,969 Courtney Houssos (ALP) +390 1.2 166,842 0.8503 +2,129 *Fred Nile (CDP) +201 0.6 127,857 0.6517 +1,552 Peter Jones (NLT) +150 0.5 82,481 0.4204 +427 Mark Pearson (AJP) +235 0.7 78,841 0.4018 +2,022 Hollie Hughes (L/NP) +326 1.0 76,571 0.3903 +2,964 Justin Field (GRN) +617 1.9 43,807 0.2233 +8,181 Shayne Higson (VEP) +121 0.4 42,627 0.2173 +1,917 Charles Matthews (NPM) +302 0.9 37,167 0.1894 +2,315 Peter Whelan (ORP) +371 1.1 33,248 0.1695 +1,803 Bob Smith (FP) -32,712 0 Exhausted +27,902 85.3 119,732 0.6102 +119,732

Count 386 excluded Peter Whelan (Outdoor Recreation Party) in Column B, 33,248 votes (0.77%). The party registered a how-to-vote recommending only a single preference. 85.3% of preferences exhausted and 6.4% flowed to the Shooters and Fishers Party.

Table 1.16: At the Completion of Count 386: Peter Whelan (Outdoor Recreation) excluded Preferences Total Change since Candidate (Party) Votes % Vote Quota Count 1 *Robert Borsak (SFP) +1,674 5.0 173,514 0.8844 +5,643 Courtney Houssos (ALP) +618 1.9 167,460 0.8535 +2,747 *Fred Nile (CDP) +117 0.4 127,974 0.6522 +1,669 Peter Jones (NLT) +1,490 4.5 83,971 0.4280 +1,917 Mark Pearson (AJP) +2,056 6.2 80,897 0.4123 +4,078 Hollie Hughes (L/NP) +992 3.0 77,563 0.3953 +3,956 Justin Field (GRN) +492 1.5 44,299 0.2258 +8,673 Shayne Higson (VEP) +363 1.1 42,990 0.2191 +2,280 Charles Matthews (NPM) +952 2.9 38,119 0.1943 +3,267 Peter Whelan (ORP) -33,248 0 Exhausted +24,494 73.7 144,226 0.7351 +144,226

Count 387 excluded Charles Matthews (No Parking Meters Party) in Column I, 38,119 votes (0.88%). The party’s registered how-to-vote had a second preference for the already excluded James Liu in Group J. 77.4% of preferences exhausted, the highest flow of preferences being to the Labor Party in nearby Column K.

Table 1.17: At the Completion of Count 387: Charles Matthews (No Parking Meters) excluded Preferences Total Change since Candidate (Party) Votes % Vote Quota Count 1 *Robert Borsak (SFP) +1,138 3.0 174,652 0.8902 +6,781 Courtney Houssos (ALP) +1,547 4.1 169,007 0.8614 +4,294 *Fred Nile (CDP) +267 0.7 128,241 0.6536 +1,936 Peter Jones (NLT) +1,411 3.7 85,382 0.4352 +3,328 Mark Pearson (AJP) +1,393 3.7 82,290 0.4194 +5,471 Hollie Hughes (L/NP) +997 2.6 78,560 0.4004 +4,953 Justin Field (GRN) +949 2.5 45,248 0.2306 +9,622 Shayne Higson (VEP) +906 2.4 43,896 0.2237 +3,186 Charles Matthews (NPM) -38,119 0 Exhausted +29,511 77.4 173,737 0.8855 +173,737

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Count 388 excluded Shayne Higson (Voluntary Euthanasia Party) in Column L, 43,896 votes (1.02%). The party’s registered how-to-vote recommended a second preference be given to the voter’s second preferred party but did not suggest another party. 74.0% of votes exhausted, 8.1% flowed to the Greens and 4.7% to Labor in neighbouring Column K.

Table 1.18: At the Completion of Count 388: Shayne Higson (Voluntary Euthanasia) excluded Preferences Total Change since Candidate (Party) Votes % Vote Quota Count 1 *Robert Borsak (SFP) +1,151 2.6 175,803 0.8960 +7,932 Courtney Houssos (ALP) +2,071 4.7 171,078 0.8719 +6,365 *Fred Nile (CDP) +262 0.6 128,503 0.6549 +2,198 Peter Jones (NLT) +711 1.6 86,093 0.4388 +4,039 Mark Pearson (AJP) +1,799 4.1 84,089 0.4286 +7,270 Hollie Hughes (L/NP) +1,855 4.2 80,415 0.4099 +6,808 Justin Field (GRN) +3,567 8.1 48,815 0.2488 +13,189 Shayne Higson (VEP) -43,896 0 Exhausted +32,480 74.0 206,217 1.0510 +206,217

Count 389 excluded Justin Field (The Greens) with 48,815 votes (1.13%). At Count 374 the Greens had 35,091 votes, but the party gained 13,724 votes as preferences at later exclusions, allowing the Green total to pass Voluntary Euthanasia. As well as preferences received, The Greens first preference vote had included the highest proportion of ballot papers marked with more than a single preference above the line (29.4%).

The Green’s registered how-to-vote had a 2nd preference for the Cyclist Party (already excluded), 3rd preference Animal Justice, 4th preference Voluntary Euthanasia (already excluded), 5th preference Socialist Alliance (already excluded) and 6th preference for Labor.

On exclusion, only 59.6% of ballot papers exhausted their preferences. 11.5% flowed to the Animal Justice Party in line with the Green and Cyclist Party how-to-votes, but the strongest flow or preferences was 21.3% to Labor.

Table 1.19: At the Completion of Count 389: Justin Field (Greens) excluded Preferences Total Change since Candidate (Party) Votes % Vote Quota Count 1 Courtney Houssos (ALP) +10,415 21.3 181,493 0.9250 +16,780 *Robert Borsak (SFP) +737 1.5 176,540 0.8998 +8,669 *Fred Nile (CDP) +806 1.7 129,309 0.6591 +3,004 Mark Pearson (AJP) +5,631 11.5 89,720 0.4573 +12,901 Peter Jones (NLT) +744 1.5 86,837 0.4426 +4,783 Hollie Hughes (L/NP) +1,410 2.9 81,825 0.4170 +8,218 Justin Field (GRN) -48,815 0 Exhausted +29,072 59.6 235,289 1.1992 +235,289

The Green preference had a critical impact on the result. First it put Courtney Houssos (Labor) ahead of Robert Borsak (Shooters and Fishers), though both were already assured of victory. More importantly, where at Count 388 Peter Jones (No Land Tax) led Mark Pearson (Animal Justice Party) by 2,004 votes, after the distribution of Green preferences Pearson led by 2,883 with only one more candidate to be excluded.

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Count 390 now excluded the tenth and final Coalition candidate, Hollie Hughes (Liberal), in Column E with 81,825 votes (1.90%). Both the Liberal and National Parties registered how-to-vote material recommending a Legislative Council second preference for the Christian Democrats. In a small number of electorates, including Coogee and Sydney, the recommendation was for only a single ‘1’.

In total 86.1% of Liberal preferences exhausted and only 5.7% of votes added the recommended second preference for the Christian Democrat’s Fred Nile. Robert Pearson (Animal Justice) extended his lead over Peter Jones (No Land Tax) by a further 294 votes.

Table 1.20: At the Completion of Count 390: Hollie Hughes (Liberal) excluded Preferences Total Change since Candidate (Party) Votes % Vote Quota Count 1 Courtney Houssos (ALP) +2,561 3.1 184,054 0.9381 +19,341 *Robert Borsak (SFP) +1,023 1.3 177,563 0.9050 +9,692 *Fred Nile (CDP) +4,680 5.7 133,989 0.6829 +7,684 Mark Pearson (AJP) +1,700 2.1 91,420 0.4659 +14,601 Peter Jones (NLT) +1,406 1.7 88,243 0.4497 +6,189 Hollie Hughes (L/NP) -81,825 0 Exhausted +70,455 86.1 305,744 1.5583 +305,744

With only five candidates remaining and four vacancies to fill, Peter Jones (No Land Tax) in Column A was excluded with 88,243 votes (2.04%). His preferences were not distributed, the remaining four candidates with less than a quota of votes declared elected in the following order.

Order Elected Candidate Party Pct Quotas 18 Courtney Houssos Labor 4.26 0.9381 19 *Robert Borsak Shooters and Fishers 4.11 0.9050 20 *Fred Nile Christian Democrats 3.10 0.6829 21 Mark Pearson Animal Justice 2.12 0.4659

As in 2011, the filling of the final vacancies compared to the initially tally of votes was altered by the distribution of preferences. In 2011 it was Pauline Hanson who was passed on preferences by the final Green and Coalition candidates in the race for the final two vacancies. In 2015 Peter Jones (No Land Tax) was passed by Robert Pearson (Animal Justice Party). This was despite support for Jones being boosted by the advantage of drawing Column A on the ballot paper.

Summary of Counts 374-390

As explained in the description of the counts provided on the preceding pages, the last remaining candidates for 16 parties/groups were excluded between Counts 374 and 390. The consequence of the voting system introduced at the 2003 election is that the number of preferences flowing between groups has fallen dramatically compared to the preference flows that applied when group voting tickets were in use between 1988 and 1999. Table 1.21 summarises the overall flow of preferences between Counts 374 and 390.

A total of 360,738 votes were distributed during these counts. 300,957 or 83.43% exhausted before reaching one of the five remaining candidates at Count 390. Of the 59,781 votes that reached one of the five remaining candidates, 21,059 or 5.84% reached Labor (35.2% of votes with preferences) and 14,638 or 4.06% reached the Animal Justice Party (24.5% of votes with preferences).

At Count 1 the No Land Tax group total was 5,235 votes higher than Animal Justice’s. At Count 374 the lead of Peter Jones (No Land Tax) over Mark Pearson (Animal Justice) had shrunk to 4,379 votes. Between Count 374 and the end of the count Pearson gained 7,556 more preferences than Jones to win the final seat by 3,177 votes.

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Table 1.21: Summary of Final Preference Distributions Change to Totals Count 374 Counts 374-390 Totals Count 390 Party (Group) Count 374 Votes Quotas Change % Votes Quotas Shooters and Fishers (N) -173 167,855 0.8555 +9,708 2.69 177,563 0.9050 Labor/Country Labor (K) -694 162,995 0.8307 +21,059 5.84 184,054 0.9381 Christian Democrats (Q) +59 126,695 0.6457 +7,294 2.02 133,989 0.6829 No Land Tax (A) -1042 81,161 0.4137 +7,082 1.96 88,243 0.4497 Animal Justice (C) -216 76,782 0.3913 +14,638 4.06 91,420 0.4659 Liberal/Nationals (E) +49 72,915 0.3716 Voluntary Euthanasia (L) +112 41,077 0.2094 The Greens (S) -402 35,091 0.1788 No Parking Meters (I) -16 34,888 0.1778 The Fishing Party (R) +36 31,959 0.1629 Outdoor Recreation (B) -15 31,469 0.1604 Australian Motorists (F) -69 27,784 0.1416 Australian Democrats (T) +50 23,780 0.1212 Australian Cyclists (X) -40 21,395 0.1090 Building Australia (G) +4 12,512 0.0638 Socialist Alliance (O) +4 8,563 0.0436 Independents (D) -27 6,250 0.0319 Independents (J) +85 4,464 0.0228 # Strata Party (H) +34 3,072 0.0157 # Future Party (M) -33 2,759 0.0141 Independents (P) -13 2,760 0.0141 Ungrouped / Others -2480 0 Exhausted +4787 4787 0.0244 300,957 83.43 305,744 1.5583 Note: Table excludes 17 quotas for nine Liberal/National, six Labor and two Green MLCs elected on the initial tally of first preferences.

The Animal Justice Party polled 1.78% (0.29 quotas) on first preferences and reached 2.12% (0.47 quotas) after preferences. This was the lowest vote for a successful candidate since the current electoral system was introduced in 2003. It was lower than the 2.05% for the elected Shooters Party in 2003, equal to the unsuccessful Australian Democrats in 2007 (1.78%) and lower than for Pauline Hanson's unsuccessful contests in 2003 (1.92%) and 2011 (2.41%).

The after preferences percentage of 2.12% was also lower than the previous lowest successful count after preferences, 2.25% for the Shooters Party in 2003, and lower than Pauline Hanson's unsuccessful after preferences count of 2.53% in 2011.

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Table 1.22: Incidence of Above and Below the Line Voting No. Above the Line Votes Below the Line Votes Party (Group) Cands. % Vote No Prefs With Prefs No.1 Cand Others Liberal / Nationals (E) 16 42.61 88.4 10.9 0.4 0.4 Labor / Country Labor (K) 21 31.09 83.7 15.1 0.7 0.5 The Greens (S) 21 9.92 67.0 29.4 2.8 0.8 Shooters and Fishers (N) 21 3.89 85.2 12.7 1.5 0.6 Christian Democratic Party (Q) 20 2.93 76.1 20.2 3.2 0.6 No Land Tax (A) 16 1.90 72.7 21.5 3.0 2.7 Animal Justice Party (C) 16 1.78 73.1 23.9 1.7 1.3 Voluntary Euthanasia Party (L) 15 0.94 74.9 20.7 3.5 0.8 No Parking Meters Party (I) 21 0.81 78.7 19.2 1.2 0.9 The Fishing Party (R) 20 0.74 84.8 13.1 1.5 0.6 Outdoor Recreation Party (B) 15 0.73 73.2 23.5 2.0 1.3 Australian Motorists Party (F) 17 0.64 75.7 21.6 1.7 1.0 Australian Democrats (T) 15 0.54 77.2 17.9 3.6 1.3 Australian Cyclists Party (X) 15 0.49 66.1 27.8 4.4 1.7 Building Australia Party (G) 17 0.29 79.4 17.2 1.9 1.5 Socialist Alliance (O) 16 0.20 63.9 28.7 4.9 2.5 Independents (D) 16 0.14 75.2 20.2 2.1 2.6 Independents (J) 15 0.10 82.0 14.1 2.2 1.7 # Strata Party (H) 15 0.07 81.3 13.5 2.6 2.6 # Future Party (M) 16 0.06 74.9 15.7 4.6 4.8 Independents (P) 15 0.06 78.7 12.1 3.0 6.1 Ungrouped Candidates 17 0.03 0.0 0.0 20.9 79.1 # Country Party (V) 14 0.02 0.0 0.0 86.4 13.6 Independents (U) 2 0.00 0.0 0.0 79.6 20.4 Independents (w) 2 0.00 0.0 0.0 84.1 15.9 Election Totals 394 83.0 15.3 1.1 0.6

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Table 1.23 – Register of Group Second Preferences Group Second Preference Party (Group) A No Land Tax Liberal/Nationals (Group E) B Outdoor Recreation Party Fishing Party (Group R) C Animal Justice Party Australian Democrats (Group T) D The Greens (Group S) E Liberal/Nationals Christian Democratic Party (Group Q) F Australian Motorist Party Australian Democrats (Group T) G Building Australia Party Group M H Group M I No Parking Meters Party Group J J No Parking Meters Party (Group I) K Labor/Country Labor The Greens (Group S) L Voluntary Euthanasia Party Labor/Country Labor (Group K) M Building Australia Party (Group G) N Shooters and Fishers Christian Democratic Party (Group Q) O Socialist Alliance The Greens (Group S) P No Parking Meters (Group I) Q Christian Democratic Party Liberal/Nationals (Group E) R The Fishing Party Outdoor Recreation Party (Group B) S The Greens Labor/Country Labor (Group K) T Australian Democrats Animal Justice party (Group C) U (not applicable) V (not applicable) W (not applicable) X Australian Cyclists Party The Greens (Group S)

Group second preferences are lodged by parties so that if the disqualification or death of a candidate causes a group to have less than a full list of 15 candidates, a second group can be specified to receive the flow of preferences from the first group. This requirement is a consequence of the constitution requiring 15 preferences for a formal vote. Groups U, V and W did not nominate enough candidates to qualify for a group voting square and were not required to lodge a group second preference.

As no candidate was disqualified in 2015, none of the above flows of preferences were required.

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Table 1.24: Legislative Council - Party Percentage by Vote Type New Provisional Declared Party (Group) Votes Ordinary Pre-Poll Absent iVote Postal Enrolment /Silent Institution Total Liberal/Nationals (E) 1,839,452 42.40 43.73 38.46 41.98 50.61 32.48 36.01 57.52 42.61 Labor/Country Labor (K) 1,341,943 31.33 33.98 29.50 25.04 28.97 32.10 31.93 31.08 31.09 Greens (S) 428,036 10.18 7.35 12.88 11.79 6.65 13.39 13.91 3.06 9.92 Shooters and Fishers (N) 167,871 3.97 4.13 4.38 3.05 2.48 5.07 3.79 0.59 3.89 Christian Democratic Party (Q) 126,305 3.00 2.94 3.04 1.97 3.04 2.81 3.01 2.67 2.93 No Land Tax (A) 82,054 1.79 1.41 2.29 ** 4.06 1.32 2.82 2.11 1.11 1.90 Animal Justice (C) 76,819 1.63 1.34 2.37 ** 3.56 1.75 3.18 2.58 0.60 1.78 Voluntary Euthanasia Party (L) 40,710 0.90 0.89 0.96 1.16 1.42 0.81 0.84 0.80 0.94 No parking Meters Party (I) 34,852 0.78 0.64 1.14 1.21 0.54 1.59 0.92 0.37 0.81 Fishing Party (R) 31,882 0.76 0.73 0.96 0.56 0.41 1.12 0.64 0.20 0.74 Outdoor Recreation (B) 31,445 0.66 0.60 0.93 ** 1.66 0.42 1.23 0.78 0.19 0.73 Australian Motorist Party (F) 27,785 0.64 0.54 0.77 0.90 0.46 1.06 0.78 0.32 0.64 Australian Democrats (T) 23,466 0.53 0.51 0.55 0.69 0.63 0.39 0.64 0.50 0.54 Australian Cyclists Party (X) 21,280 0.48 0.38 0.61 0.80 0.50 0.48 0.53 0.07 0.49 Building Australia Party (G) 12,466 0.28 0.26 0.40 0.37 0.20 0.47 0.31 0.31 0.29 Socialist Alliance (O) 8,489 0.20 0.14 0.27 0.24 0.12 0.36 0.31 0.09 0.20 Group D 6,251 0.11 0.11 0.13 ** 0.60 0.08 0.17 0.20 0.18 0.14 Group J 4,361 0.10 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.13 0.15 0.12 0.12 0.10 #Strata Party (H) 3,024 0.07 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.11 0.07 0.09 0.07 #Future Party (M) 2,782 0.07 0.05 0.08 0.05 0.04 0.10 0.02 0.07 0.06 Group P 2,767 0.06 0.08 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.47 0.04 0.06 Ungrouped 1,273 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.05 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.03 #Country Party (V) 959 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.01 .. 0.01 0.02 Group U 113 ...... 0.01 .. .. Group W 113 ...... 0.01 .. .. Informal 258,368 6.31 5.18 4.61 3.61 1.71 5.60 4.64 4.29 5.65 % completed as BTL votes Type as % of Total Vote 4,574,866 67.18 14.06 6.39 6.20 4.47 1.05 0.34 0.31

** As implemented at the 2015 election, iVote always displayed the first four columns of the electronic ballot paper. Results indicate that some voters were unaware that the electronic ballot paper could be scrolled right to see other parties. This led to parties and groups in the first four columns receiving a significantly higher percentage vote with iVote than for other categories of vote. To prevent this happening again, the first columns displayed on iVote will be randomised at future elections.

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Section 2: Legislative Council Results by Electorate

Table 2.1: Comparison of % Vote in Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council by Electorate Liberal/National Labor Greens Christian Dems Shooters No Land Tax Others Informal Electorate LA LC LA LC LA LC LA LC LA LC LA LC LA LC LA LC Albury 57.8 47.8 31.7 25.6 5.6 5.8 2.7 2.6 .. 8.0 2.2 1.6 .. 8.6 3.5 5.7 Auburn 35.3 34.6 44.5 43.5 6.1 6.1 4.2 4.0 .. 1.3 4.2 3.3 5.6 7.2 5.5 7.7 Ballina 36.6 34.1 24.7 25.2 27.0 28.5 1.4 2.1 .. 2.7 0.6 0.9 9.6 6.6 2.3 4.2 Balmain 24.9 29.2 31.8 27.5 37.4 33.1 0.8 0.9 .. 0.6 1.1 1.1 4.0 7.6 2.1 3.3 Bankstown 31.2 29.2 56.3 50.0 4.4 4.3 4.2 3.9 .. 1.7 2.6 3.7 1.2 7.1 6.1 9.7 Barwon 49.1 42.1 24.0 27.9 6.2 4.8 2.5 2.5 .. 12.1 1.4 1.8 16.9 8.9 3.4 6.0 Bathurst 59.9 43.9 27.4 29.2 9.1 7.9 2.1 2.2 .. 7.9 1.5 1.1 .. 7.8 2.6 5.0 Baulkham Hills 64.5 60.0 22.2 20.2 7.9 7.1 3.4 3.4 .. 1.4 2.0 1.9 .. 5.9 2.7 4.1 Bega 53.2 44.4 32.8 29.0 10.1 10.3 1.4 1.5 .. 6.5 2.4 1.2 .. 7.1 2.9 4.9 Blacktown 30.8 32.2 53.9 44.5 6.3 5.0 5.9 5.0 .. 2.8 3.0 2.9 .. 7.6 4.7 7.4 Blue Mountains 35.5 33.6 41.2 33.0 16.2 18.7 3.1 3.7 .. 2.8 0.9 0.8 3.0 7.5 2.5 3.8 Cabramatta 28.2 27.2 59.9 52.3 5.2 3.2 4.1 3.7 .. 1.6 2.6 4.3 .. 7.7 4.5 7.8 Camden 61.4 54.3 27.2 25.0 5.3 4.1 3.0 2.9 .. 4.3 3.1 2.6 .. 6.8 3.6 5.6 Campbelltown 37.9 34.9 50.3 43.0 5.6 4.8 3.6 3.2 .. 3.3 2.6 2.4 .. 8.5 4.2 6.8 Canterbury 27.0 30.1 50.2 42.8 9.7 9.3 10.2 5.1 .. 1.5 2.9 3.3 .. 7.8 4.8 8.7 Castle Hill 71.0 67.1 16.0 15.0 7.0 5.8 3.2 3.0 .. 1.9 2.9 1.8 .. 5.3 2.7 3.8 Cessnock 23.2 20.5 62.2 49.3 8.4 6.1 2.9 1.9 .. 10.7 3.2 1.7 .. 9.7 4.4 6.2 Charlestown 30.3 31.5 48.2 41.3 11.0 10.4 2.2 2.3 .. 3.3 1.1 1.4 7.2 9.8 3.9 6.3 Clarence 50.4 41.0 28.5 28.3 9.1 9.4 2.4 2.8 .. 10.2 0.9 1.2 8.6 7.2 3.1 5.4 Coffs Harbour 54.6 45.0 25.9 25.8 13.6 12.0 4.3 3.7 .. 4.7 1.6 1.3 .. 7.5 3.2 5.3 Coogee 46.6 44.3 32.5 25.6 18.6 19.7 1.0 0.9 .. 0.7 1.3 1.5 .. 7.3 2.4 3.6 Cootamundra 65.9 51.7 26.0 24.2 3.5 3.1 2.3 2.5 .. 10.2 2.4 1.4 .. 6.9 2.7 5.1 Cronulla 61.9 58.4 21.9 20.3 9.1 8.3 5.1 3.1 .. 1.9 1.9 1.6 .. 6.5 3.0 5.0 Davidson 69.6 65.2 12.7 11.8 13.5 12.3 2.2 1.9 .. 1.0 2.1 1.5 .. 6.3 2.2 3.2 Drummoyne 61.1 54.9 23.7 23.0 11.0 11.0 1.5 1.7 .. 1.0 1.5 2.3 1.2 6.0 2.5 5.1 Dubbo 60.5 49.2 23.5 24.2 4.4 4.2 2.5 3.2 .. 10.1 2.8 1.4 6.3 7.7 3.3 5.3 East Hills 44.2 41.5 42.1 38.0 6.6 4.7 4.9 4.3 .. 2.2 2.3 2.5 .. 6.8 4.3 6.9 Epping 54.3 53.7 19.7 19.7 14.1 13.6 3.8 4.2 .. 0.9 1.3 1.8 6.7 6.3 2.5 3.9 Fairfield 24.1 25.4 53.7 48.9 5.2 3.6 9.8 8.0 .. 1.6 7.1 4.8 .. 7.6 5.4 9.4 Gosford 42.5 39.9 38.7 36.2 9.0 9.6 2.3 2.1 .. 2.9 1.9 1.3 5.6 8.0 3.2 5.4 Goulburn 48.7 44.5 34.3 29.7 7.9 7.8 2.5 2.4 .. 7.0 1.4 1.1 5.2 7.6 2.7 4.6 Granville 37.7 37.7 41.0 38.4 5.4 4.7 12.4 8.5 .. 1.6 1.6 2.6 1.9 6.4 4.7 8.3 Hawkesbury 56.6 54.6 22.4 18.8 7.5 7.2 2.7 2.9 .. 6.0 2.0 1.6 8.7 8.9 4.2 5.6

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Table 2.1: Comparison of % Vote in Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council by Electorate (continued) Liberal/National Labor Greens Christian Dems Shooters No Land Tax Others Informal Electorate LA LC LA LC LA LC LA LC LA LC LA LC LA LC LA LC Heathcote 50.0 47.7 32.7 28.7 9.2 8.8 3.0 3.3 .. 2.8 1.4 1.0 3.7 7.6 3.1 4.6 Heffron 29.7 31.4 44.3 35.8 21.1 20.2 1.9 1.6 .. 0.9 3.0 2.3 .. 7.7 3.3 5.5 Holsworthy 49.5 43.7 36.4 35.5 4.5 3.8 4.1 3.9 .. 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.0 7.6 4.9 7.7 Hornsby 58.4 52.8 19.4 18.7 13.9 14.3 2.5 3.2 .. 2.0 1.1 1.5 4.8 7.6 2.3 4.1 Keira 27.6 29.2 53.1 40.7 14.0 14.2 3.4 2.9 .. 3.5 1.8 1.4 .. 8.0 2.9 5.2 Kiama 51.6 41.8 32.1 31.2 11.1 10.5 3.2 3.5 .. 4.4 2.1 1.3 .. 7.4 2.8 4.6 Kogarah 34.2 35.4 45.4 43.0 6.5 6.3 3.5 3.5 .. 1.4 2.5 3.5 7.9 6.8 4.6 7.7 Ku-ring-gai 62.5 60.8 16.4 14.2 15.8 13.6 2.8 2.5 .. 0.9 2.5 1.7 .. 6.5 2.4 3.3 Lake Macquarie 16.8 32.2 30.7 39.6 5.0 7.6 1.9 2.8 .. 5.4 0.9 1.6 44.9 10.8 3.2 6.3 Lakemba 20.7 24.5 57.3 51.2 7.5 4.8 12.8 8.4 .. 1.4 1.7 3.2 .. 6.6 5.5 9.2 Lane Cove 57.1 54.5 20.1 19.1 14.8 14.9 2.2 1.7 .. 1.0 1.6 1.6 4.2 7.1 2.6 4.2 Lismore 42.5 35.8 25.6 25.6 26.4 24.2 2.8 2.7 .. 5.2 1.1 0.8 1.5 5.9 2.2 3.8 Liverpool 23.7 26.5 60.2 50.8 4.3 3.3 8.0 4.7 .. 2.3 3.9 4.4 .. 8.0 5.4 10.4 Londonderry 36.0 35.6 50.8 41.7 4.9 3.3 5.1 3.3 .. 4.9 3.3 2.7 .. 8.5 5.4 7.2 Macquarie Fields 36.5 34.3 50.8 45.3 3.8 3.7 3.1 3.3 .. 2.9 1.8 2.7 3.9 7.9 4.3 7.1 Maitland 24.8 28.8 42.4 44.8 6.4 6.6 1.9 2.3 .. 6.2 1.2 1.6 23.3 9.7 3.4 5.7 Manly 68.0 60.0 12.9 12.5 17.1 17.5 0.9 1.0 .. 1.0 1.1 1.4 .. 6.7 2.1 4.0 Maroubra 35.4 37.6 52.4 39.9 8.8 9.3 1.4 1.7 .. 1.7 2.0 2.4 .. 7.4 2.9 6.3 Miranda 55.3 53.7 29.6 26.1 7.0 6.7 4.3 3.4 .. 1.8 1.6 1.7 2.2 6.6 3.3 5.2 Monaro 48.7 41.8 40.6 33.4 7.8 8.2 1.3 1.3 .. 6.2 1.5 1.2 .. 7.9 2.6 4.5 Mount Druitt 29.2 28.3 56.6 49.6 5.1 3.5 5.5 4.3 .. 2.9 3.6 3.6 .. 7.7 5.3 8.0 Mulgoa 53.3 49.3 35.0 29.4 4.2 3.4 4.5 3.9 .. 3.6 3.0 2.9 .. 7.3 4.2 6.6 Murray 55.5 52.7 16.2 20.5 2.2 2.3 1.4 1.8 .. 10.9 2.0 2.1 22.7 9.8 3.7 7.0 Myall Lakes 46.9 45.5 27.9 27.9 6.6 7.7 2.4 2.6 .. 6.8 1.1 1.3 15.1 8.3 3.0 5.3 Newcastle 35.5 32.1 40.1 36.0 18.3 16.8 1.6 1.5 .. 2.5 1.5 1.2 2.9 9.9 3.7 5.6 Newtown 17.8 19.7 30.8 28.1 45.6 41.6 1.0 0.9 .. 0.5 0.9 1.2 4.0 8.1 2.5 3.6 North Shore 58.1 58.6 13.8 14.3 14.6 16.8 0.8 1.0 .. 0.6 0.8 1.1 11.9 7.7 2.0 2.8 Nrthn Tablelands 66.7 48.6 15.7 19.8 7.1 8.2 2.3 2.7 .. 12.1 1.0 1.1 7.2 7.6 2.2 4.9 Oatley 51.1 47.1 36.4 32.4 7.4 7.3 3.1 3.6 .. 1.5 1.9 2.1 .. 6.0 3.3 5.7 Orange 65.6 51.2 23.4 22.1 6.8 5.8 2.6 3.0 .. 8.4 1.7 1.5 .. 8.0 2.9 5.2 Oxley 52.7 43.3 26.7 24.5 15.1 12.7 3.0 2.5 .. 8.1 2.6 1.3 .. 7.6 3.3 4.9 Parramatta 53.8 48.5 28.8 28.9 8.4 8.4 3.4 3.5 .. 1.6 1.4 2.1 4.2 7.1 3.7 6.2 Penrith 45.6 44.2 32.9 32.2 5.5 5.9 3.9 4.0 .. 3.9 2.0 1.5 10.1 8.4 4.0 6.1 Pittwater 67.8 61.2 12.8 12.2 16.1 15.3 1.8 1.5 .. 1.7 1.6 1.3 .. 6.9 2.4 3.9 Port Macquarie 62.1 50.9 24.1 23.4 8.9 8.3 3.2 2.9 .. 5.5 1.7 1.1 .. 8.0 2.8 4.6

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Table 2.1: Comparison of % Vote in Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council by Electorate (continued) Liberal/National Labor Greens Christian Dems Shooters No Land Tax Others Informal Electorate LA LC LA LC LA LC LA LC LA LC LA LC LA LC LA LC Port Stephens 41.0 39.4 47.1 38.2 6.7 6.1 2.4 2.1 .. 5.5 2.8 1.4 .. 7.4 3.3 5.2 Prospect 38.5 37.2 44.8 40.3 6.8 4.6 7.1 5.9 .. 2.2 2.8 3.3 .. 6.6 4.8 7.9 Riverstone 55.2 50.8 31.6 29.6 5.4 4.6 5.4 3.8 .. 2.3 2.5 2.4 .. 6.6 3.2 5.1 Rockdale 39.3 37.4 45.9 40.7 6.9 6.7 3.2 3.1 .. 1.6 2.5 3.8 2.2 6.7 4.4 7.4 Ryde 53.7 47.9 28.9 26.6 11.5 11.4 4.2 4.2 .. 1.2 1.7 2.1 .. 6.6 3.0 5.3 Seven Hills 49.7 46.7 32.5 30.9 7.1 6.8 4.5 4.2 .. 2.3 2.2 1.8 3.9 7.2 3.9 5.9 Shellharbour 25.7 27.3 52.7 46.8 9.3 6.7 2.9 3.0 .. 5.0 1.7 1.8 7.6 9.4 4.4 6.5 South Coast 52.5 43.6 30.4 28.9 12.9 10.1 2.6 2.8 .. 5.8 1.5 1.4 .. 7.4 3.1 5.7 Strathfield 42.7 42.4 42.4 35.6 9.2 8.5 3.4 3.4 .. 1.2 2.3 2.6 .. 6.3 3.2 5.4 Summer Hill 23.8 25.0 43.3 35.9 27.3 26.9 1.7 1.5 .. 1.0 1.8 2.1 2.1 7.7 3.3 5.6 Swansea 25.9 32.2 45.0 44.6 5.8 6.2 2.7 2.1 .. 4.1 1.3 1.4 19.2 9.3 3.7 6.0 Sydney 32.8 42.9 14.7 20.8 9.7 24.2 0.9 0.9 .. 0.5 1.2 1.8 40.7 8.9 2.4 4.2 Tamworth 55.1 49.6 5.8 19.5 2.1 4.9 1.3 3.4 .. 12.5 0.7 1.4 35.0 8.7 2.3 5.3 Terrigal 51.8 49.7 31.4 28.0 11.8 10.2 3.2 2.3 .. 1.9 1.8 1.1 .. 6.8 3.2 4.6 The Entrance 43.9 40.1 41.9 37.1 9.4 7.6 2.7 2.5 .. 3.1 2.1 1.3 .. 8.3 3.7 5.8 Tweed 47.1 42.1 35.9 33.6 13.3 12.2 1.4 1.5 .. 2.2 2.4 1.4 .. 7.0 3.4 5.9 Upper Hunter 38.9 37.7 32.5 31.9 5.5 5.4 2.1 2.1 .. 13.0 1.6 1.4 19.4 8.5 3.1 4.9 Vaucluse 65.6 61.6 13.2 12.4 18.5 16.3 0.8 0.7 .. 0.5 1.9 1.9 .. 6.6 2.4 3.9 Wagga Wagga 53.8 47.8 28.1 25.3 5.0 5.1 2.4 3.1 .. 8.4 1.1 1.2 9.7 9.2 3.2 5.0 Wakehurst 63.9 58.8 15.4 15.7 12.0 12.3 2.6 2.1 .. 1.8 1.8 1.7 4.3 7.4 3.5 5.0 Wallsend 24.7 25.6 58.4 46.0 10.7 9.6 3.4 2.5 .. 4.3 2.7 1.6 .. 10.4 3.9 6.3 Willoughby 63.6 57.4 15.9 14.8 15.9 16.0 1.5 1.6 .. 0.8 1.4 1.9 1.8 7.6 2.4 4.0 Wollondilly 58.0 51.3 24.2 22.0 8.4 7.7 3.3 2.9 .. 6.1 2.3 1.7 3.9 8.3 3.8 5.2 Wollongong 21.0 26.0 40.4 42.7 9.5 11.5 2.9 3.1 .. 4.1 4.4 2.2 21.7 10.5 4.1 7.4 Wyong 36.8 35.1 51.1 42.3 6.7 5.7 2.0 2.0 .. 4.3 2.0 1.7 1.4 8.8 4.3 6.3 Election totals 45.6 42.6 34.1 31.1 10.3 9.9 3.2 2.9 .. 3.9 2.0 1.9 4.8 7.7 3.4 5.6

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Regional Classification of Electorates

The party code in brackets indicates the party that won each electorate at the 2015 Legislative Assembly election. Electorates that changed party status at the 2015 election are underlined.

Regional/Rural Seats (24)

North Coast (8) Ballina (GRN), Clarence (NAT), Coffs Harbour (NAT), Lismore (NAT), Myall Lakes (NAT), Oxley (NAT), Port Macquarie (NAT), Tweed (NAT)

Southern Country (7) Albury (LIB), Bega (LIB), Goulburn (LIB), Monaro (NAT), South Coast (LIB), Wagga Wagga (LIB), Wollondilly (LIB)

Western Country (9) Barwon (NAT), Bathurst (NAT), Cootamundra (NAT), Dubbo (NAT), Murray (NAT), Northern Tablelands (NAT), Orange (NAT), Tamworth (NAT), Upper Hunter (NAT)

Hunter/Illawarra (12)

Hunter Valley (8) Cessnock (ALP), Charlestown (ALP), Lake Macquarie (IND), Maitland (ALP), Newcastle (ALP), Port Stephens (ALP), Swansea (ALP), Wallsend (ALP)

Illawarra (4) Keira (ALP), Kiama (LIB), Shellharbour (ALP), Wollongong (ALP)

Sydney Metropolitan (57)

Central Coast (4) Gosford (ALP), Terrigal (LIB), The Entrance (ALP), Wyong (ALP)

Inner-City (10) Balmain (GRN), Coogee (LIB), Drummoyne (LIB), Heffron (ALP), Maroubra (ALP), Newtown (GRN), Strathfield (ALP), Summer Hill (ALP), Sydney (IND), Vaucluse (LIB)

North Shore (14) Baulkham Hills (LIB), Castle Hill (LIB), Davidson (LIB), Epping (LIB), Hawkesbury (LIB), Hornsby (LIB), Ku-ring-gai (LIB), Lane Cove (LIB), Manly (LIB), North Shore (LIB), Pittwater (LIB), Ryde (LIB), Wakehurst (LIB), Willoughby (LIB)

Southern Suburbs (8) Canterbury (ALP), Cronulla (LIB), Heathcote (LIB), Kogarah (ALP), Lakemba (ALP), Miranda (LIB), Oatley (LIB), Rockdale (ALP)

Western Suburbs (21) Auburn (ALP), Bankstown (ALP), Blacktown (ALP), Blue Mountains (ALP), Cabramatta (ALP), Camden (LIB), Campbelltown (ALP), East Hills (LIB), Fairfield (ALP), Granville (ALP), Holsworthy (LIB), Liverpool (ALP), Londonderry (ALP), Macquarie Fields (ALP), Mount Druitt (ALP), Mulgoa (LIB), Parramatta (LIB), Penrith (LIB), Prospect (ALP), Riverstone (LIB), Seven Hills (LIB)

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Table 2.2: Summary of Legislative Council Party Percentage Vote by Region North Southern Western Rural Hunter/ Central Inner North Southern Western Party Coast Country Country Regional Hunter Illawarra Illawarra Coast City Shore Suburbs Suburbs Sydney (Electorates) (8) (7) (9) (24) (8) (4) (12) (4) (10) (14) (8) (21) (57) Liberal / Nationals (E) 42.2 45.9 47.4 45.2 30.3 30.9 30.5 41.3 38.9 58.0 42.3 38.1 44.1 Labor/County Labot (K) 26.7 27.7 24.4 26.1 42.5 40.5 41.8 35.8 28.5 16.7 35.1 39.3 30.9 Greens (S) 14.4 7.9 5.2 9.0 8.7 10.7 9.4 8.3 21.1 12.7 7.3 5.3 10.4 Shooters and Fishers (N) 5.7 6.9 10.8 8.0 5.2 4.3 4.9 3.0 0.9 1.6 1.8 2.6 2.0 Christian Democrats (Q) 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.2 3.1 2.5 2.2 1.4 2.4 4.1 4.4 3.2 No Land Tax (A) 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.9 1.6 2.5 2.8 2.2 Animal Justice (C) 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.7 2.4 1.9 2.2 2.2 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.8 1.7 Voluntary Euthanasia (L) 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.8 No Parking Meters (I) 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.5 1.1 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.9 Fishing Party (R) 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 Outdoor Recreation (B) 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 Motorists Party (F) 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.6 Australian Democrats (T) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 Cyclists Party (X) 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.3 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.6 Building Australia Party (G) 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 Socialist Alliance (O) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Group D 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 Group J .. 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 #Strata Party (H) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 .. 0.1 0.1 0.1 #Future Party (M) .. 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 .. 0.1 0.1 0.1 Group P .. .. 0.2 0.1 .. 0.1 ...... 0.1 .. Ungrouped ...... 0.1 ...... #Country Party (V) .. .. 0.2 0.1 ...... Group U ...... Group W ......

Informal 4.9 5.1 5.4 5.2 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.5 4.7 4.1 6.6 7.2 5.8 Turnout 89.6 90.8 90.7 90.4 92.1 91.9 92.0 91.1 88.4 92.2 91.4 90.4 90.7

Note: See regional classification of electorate on previous page.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Albury Auburn Ballina Balmain Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 21668 47.76 14672 34.59 16011 34.14 13595 29.16 Labor Party 11606 25.58 18431 43.46 11811 25.18 12827 27.51 The Greens 2619 5.77 2604 6.14 13346 28.45 15446 33.13 Shooters and Fishers 3624 7.99 566 1.33 1265 2.70 297 0.64 Christian Democrats 1191 2.62 1712 4.04 964 2.06 406 0.87 No Land Tax 746 1.64 1392 3.28 401 0.85 533 1.14 Animal Justice 917 2.02 558 1.32 840 1.79 870 1.87 Voluntary Euthanasia 510 1.12 222 0.52 433 0.92 529 1.13 No Parking Meters 230 0.51 505 1.19 170 0.36 404 0.87 Fishing Party 524 1.15 229 0.54 413 0.88 94 0.20 Outdoor Recreation 438 0.97 232 0.55 262 0.56 163 0.35 Motorists Party 442 0.97 260 0.61 195 0.42 98 0.21 Australian Democrats 250 0.55 234 0.55 289 0.62 242 0.52 Cyclists Party 202 0.45 167 0.39 164 0.35 676 1.45 Building Australia 165 0.36 161 0.38 106 0.23 58 0.12 Socialist Alliance 68 0.15 90 0.21 63 0.13 160 0.34 Group D 57 0.13 110 0.26 50 0.11 50 0.11 Group J 30 0.07 125 0.29 13 0.03 28 0.06 #Strata Party (H) 25 0.06 68 0.16 26 0.06 31 0.07 #Future Party (M) 32 0.07 46 0.11 43 0.09 41 0.09 Group P 13 0.03 22 0.05 16 0.03 16 0.03 Ungrouped 7 0.02 3 0.01 15 0.03 56 0.12 #Country Party (V) 5 0.01 1 0.00 8 0.02 3 0.01 Group W .. 0.00 1 0.00 .. 0.00 1 0.00 Group U 3 0.01 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 3 0.01

Formal 45372 42411 46904 46627 Informal 2732 5.68 3536 7.70 2066 4.22 1607 3.33 Total / Turnout 48104 88.04 45947 86.27 48970 89.10 48234 88.85

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Bankstown Barwon Bathurst Baulkham Hills Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 12013 29.23 19451 42.09 20902 43.91 29215 60.00 Labor Party 20559 50.03 12873 27.86 13902 29.20 9820 20.17 The Greens 1781 4.33 2219 4.80 3779 7.94 3477 7.14 Shooters and Fishers 715 1.74 5576 12.07 3763 7.90 697 1.43 Christian Democrats 1589 3.87 1174 2.54 1036 2.18 1670 3.43 No Land Tax 1535 3.74 811 1.76 522 1.10 921 1.89 Animal Justice 539 1.31 647 1.40 849 1.78 755 1.55 Voluntary Euthanasia 215 0.52 468 1.01 497 1.04 307 0.63 No Parking Meters 560 1.36 189 0.41 230 0.48 361 0.74 Fishing Party 206 0.50 628 1.36 469 0.99 182 0.37 Outdoor Recreation 194 0.47 412 0.89 455 0.96 243 0.50 Motorists Party 261 0.64 343 0.74 410 0.86 211 0.43 Australian Democrats 201 0.49 238 0.52 227 0.48 213 0.44 Cyclists Party 129 0.31 89 0.19 154 0.32 236 0.48 Building Australia 166 0.40 191 0.41 147 0.31 124 0.25 Socialist Alliance 111 0.27 58 0.13 60 0.13 67 0.14 Group D 99 0.24 75 0.16 51 0.11 61 0.13 Group J 89 0.22 35 0.08 21 0.04 55 0.11 #Strata Party (H) 55 0.13 54 0.12 40 0.08 20 0.04 #Future Party (M) 44 0.11 38 0.08 20 0.04 23 0.05 Group P 26 0.06 631 1.37 25 0.05 11 0.02 Ungrouped 6 0.01 7 0.02 39 0.08 18 0.04 #Country Party (V) .. 0.00 3 0.01 7 0.01 2 0.00 Group W .. 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 Group U 3 0.01 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 1 0.00

Formal 41096 46210 47605 48690 Informal 4428 9.73 2965 6.03 2520 5.03 2071 4.08 Total / Turnout 45524 86.65 49175 87.26 50125 92.64 50761 94.00

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Bega Blacktown Blue Mountains Cabramatta Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 20774 44.35 14474 32.20 16153 33.64 12315 27.23 Labor Party 13593 29.02 19987 44.46 15836 32.98 23652 52.31 The Greens 4817 10.28 2243 4.99 8957 18.65 1428 3.16 Shooters and Fishers 3064 6.54 1267 2.82 1324 2.76 707 1.56 Christian Democrats 688 1.47 2266 5.04 1783 3.71 1684 3.72 No Land Tax 563 1.20 1310 2.91 384 0.80 1939 4.29 Animal Justice 691 1.48 823 1.83 926 1.93 670 1.48 Voluntary Euthanasia 709 1.51 249 0.55 731 1.52 200 0.44 No Parking Meters 181 0.39 426 0.95 190 0.40 680 1.50 Fishing Party 451 0.96 317 0.71 184 0.38 280 0.62 Outdoor Recreation 352 0.75 371 0.83 361 0.75 280 0.62 Motorists Party 278 0.59 394 0.88 269 0.56 352 0.78 Australian Democrats 211 0.45 210 0.47 321 0.67 223 0.49 Cyclists Party 159 0.34 131 0.29 249 0.52 139 0.31 Building Australia 100 0.21 145 0.32 102 0.21 212 0.47 Socialist Alliance 65 0.14 108 0.24 130 0.27 94 0.21 Group D 55 0.12 65 0.14 35 0.07 136 0.30 Group J 19 0.04 54 0.12 12 0.02 70 0.15 #Strata Party (H) 24 0.05 43 0.10 16 0.03 50 0.11 #Future Party (M) 19 0.04 35 0.08 14 0.03 58 0.13 Group P 13 0.03 23 0.05 13 0.03 47 0.10 Ungrouped 8 0.02 9 0.02 21 0.04 2 0.00 #Country Party (V) 1 0.00 .. 0.00 3 0.01 .. 0.00 Group W 1 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 Group U 1 0.00 2 0.00 1 0.00 .. 0.00

Formal 46837 44952 48015 45218 Informal 2434 4.94 3586 7.39 1885 3.78 3817 7.78 Total / Turnout 49271 90.39 48538 89.07 49900 93.49 49035 89.03

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Camden Campbelltown Canterbury Castle Hill Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 25668 54.34 15425 34.90 13816 30.13 32087 67.12 Labor Party 11796 24.97 19006 43.00 19615 42.77 7186 15.03 The Greens 1942 4.11 2104 4.76 4280 9.33 2768 5.79 Shooters and Fishers 2034 4.31 1452 3.28 704 1.54 897 1.88 Christian Democrats 1361 2.88 1427 3.23 2349 5.12 1443 3.02 No Land Tax 1212 2.57 1045 2.36 1512 3.30 883 1.85 Animal Justice 975 2.06 1120 2.53 622 1.36 643 1.35 Voluntary Euthanasia 254 0.54 344 0.78 275 0.60 249 0.52 No Parking Meters 311 0.66 352 0.80 581 1.27 329 0.69 Fishing Party 263 0.56 350 0.79 204 0.44 165 0.35 Outdoor Recreation 355 0.75 418 0.95 227 0.49 237 0.50 Motorists Party 408 0.86 382 0.86 261 0.57 250 0.52 Australian Democrats 197 0.42 229 0.52 246 0.54 191 0.40 Cyclists Party 116 0.25 114 0.26 234 0.51 143 0.30 Building Australia 126 0.27 147 0.33 142 0.31 143 0.30 Socialist Alliance 69 0.15 87 0.20 143 0.31 46 0.10 Group D 47 0.10 81 0.18 84 0.18 59 0.12 Group J 32 0.07 31 0.07 407 0.89 27 0.06 #Strata Party (H) 20 0.04 34 0.08 41 0.09 13 0.03 #Future Party (M) 22 0.05 22 0.05 48 0.10 19 0.04 Group P 15 0.03 18 0.04 35 0.08 9 0.02 Ungrouped 4 0.01 9 0.02 9 0.02 15 0.03 #Country Party (V) 4 0.01 4 0.01 22 0.05 .. 0.00 Group W 1 0.00 .. 0.00 1 0.00 .. 0.00 Group U .. 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00

Formal 47232 44202 45859 47803 Informal 2821 5.64 3211 6.77 4353 8.67 1899 3.82 Total / Turnout 50053 93.29 47413 90.32 50212 90.01 49702 93.69

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Cessnock Charlestown Clarence Coffs Harbour Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 9279 20.55 15095 31.50 18948 40.98 19961 45.02 Labor Party 22261 49.30 19803 41.33 13083 28.29 11428 25.78 The Greens 2769 6.13 5006 10.45 4344 9.39 5322 12.00 Shooters and Fishers 4835 10.71 1558 3.25 4709 10.18 2084 4.70 Christian Democrats 856 1.90 1100 2.30 1294 2.80 1647 3.71 No Land Tax 759 1.68 660 1.38 536 1.16 589 1.33 Animal Justice 1174 2.60 1101 2.30 702 1.52 786 1.77 Voluntary Euthanasia 452 1.00 591 1.23 409 0.88 464 1.05 No Parking Meters 339 0.75 520 1.09 145 0.31 158 0.36 Fishing Party 658 1.46 466 0.97 667 1.44 482 1.09 Outdoor Recreation 536 1.19 388 0.81 369 0.80 352 0.79 Motorists Party 452 1.00 305 0.64 325 0.70 299 0.67 Australian Democrats 246 0.54 396 0.83 248 0.54 245 0.55 Cyclists Party 156 0.35 400 0.83 117 0.25 157 0.35 Building Australia 136 0.30 191 0.40 137 0.30 132 0.30 Socialist Alliance 51 0.11 118 0.25 49 0.11 60 0.14 Group D 75 0.17 77 0.16 58 0.13 56 0.13 Group J 21 0.05 29 0.06 22 0.05 20 0.05 #Strata Party (H) 35 0.08 36 0.08 32 0.07 28 0.06 #Future Party (M) 42 0.09 25 0.05 23 0.05 19 0.04 Group P 10 0.02 28 0.06 11 0.02 18 0.04 Ungrouped 4 0.01 18 0.04 11 0.02 10 0.02 #Country Party (V) .. 0.00 2 0.00 2 0.00 18 0.04 Group W .. 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 1 0.00 Group U 10 0.02 1 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00

Formal 45156 47914 46241 44336 Informal 2973 6.18 3211 6.28 2632 5.39 2493 5.32 Total / Turnout 48129 91.72 51125 93.31 48873 90.00 46829 89.19

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Coogee Cootamundra Cronulla Davidson Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 20309 44.28 23843 51.71 29037 58.40 31833 65.19 Labor Party 11753 25.63 11167 24.22 10084 20.28 5763 11.80 The Greens 9047 19.73 1427 3.09 4136 8.32 5983 12.25 Shooters and Fishers 341 0.74 4694 10.18 944 1.90 494 1.01 Christian Democrats 410 0.89 1131 2.45 1539 3.10 938 1.92 No Land Tax 668 1.46 645 1.40 775 1.56 742 1.52 Animal Justice 739 1.61 654 1.42 800 1.61 641 1.31 Voluntary Euthanasia 522 1.14 371 0.80 443 0.89 592 1.21 No Parking Meters 540 1.18 188 0.41 387 0.78 449 0.92 Fishing Party 112 0.24 558 1.21 247 0.50 131 0.27 Outdoor Recreation 216 0.47 365 0.79 335 0.67 212 0.43 Motorists Party 100 0.22 331 0.72 228 0.46 172 0.35 Australian Democrats 236 0.51 205 0.44 172 0.35 250 0.51 Cyclists Party 548 1.19 106 0.23 276 0.56 351 0.72 Building Australia 65 0.14 169 0.37 138 0.28 50 0.10 Socialist Alliance 98 0.21 70 0.15 66 0.13 60 0.12 Group D 62 0.14 62 0.13 45 0.09 43 0.09 Group J 17 0.04 27 0.06 14 0.03 48 0.10 #Strata Party (H) 17 0.04 29 0.06 18 0.04 17 0.03 #Future Party (M) 30 0.07 25 0.05 18 0.04 31 0.06 Group P 7 0.02 21 0.05 9 0.02 11 0.02 Ungrouped 23 0.05 6 0.01 8 0.02 11 0.02 #Country Party (V) 1 0.00 13 0.03 2 0.00 7 0.01 Group W 1 0.00 .. 0.00 2 0.00 1 0.00 Group U 1 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 2 0.00

Formal 45863 46107 49723 48832 Informal 1737 3.65 2476 5.10 2600 4.97 1628 3.23 Total / Turnout 47600 87.63 48583 92.05 52323 93.74 50460 92.82

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Drummoyne Dubbo East Hills Epping Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 25137 54.93 22552 49.22 19147 41.55 26269 53.65 Labor Party 10540 23.03 11077 24.18 17507 37.99 9651 19.71 The Greens 5045 11.02 1919 4.19 2159 4.69 6635 13.55 Shooters and Fishers 478 1.04 4636 10.12 1007 2.19 441 0.90 Christian Democrats 789 1.72 1466 3.20 1988 4.31 2034 4.15 No Land Tax 1051 2.30 661 1.44 1152 2.50 865 1.77 Animal Justice 561 1.23 762 1.66 739 1.60 690 1.41 Voluntary Euthanasia 309 0.68 433 0.95 251 0.54 338 0.69 No Parking Meters 442 0.97 201 0.44 473 1.03 396 0.81 Fishing Party 144 0.31 521 1.14 278 0.60 130 0.27 Outdoor Recreation 233 0.51 401 0.88 278 0.60 234 0.48 Motorists Party 168 0.37 391 0.85 288 0.62 223 0.46 Australian Democrats 205 0.45 226 0.49 208 0.45 298 0.61 Cyclists Party 328 0.72 161 0.35 152 0.33 299 0.61 Building Australia 74 0.16 147 0.32 121 0.26 94 0.19 Socialist Alliance 77 0.17 56 0.12 101 0.22 97 0.20 Group D 62 0.14 73 0.16 77 0.17 52 0.11 Group J 47 0.10 25 0.05 64 0.14 113 0.23 #Strata Party (H) 24 0.05 26 0.06 36 0.08 22 0.04 #Future Party (M) 13 0.03 36 0.08 22 0.05 25 0.05 Group P 13 0.03 38 0.08 24 0.05 13 0.03 Ungrouped 22 0.05 8 0.02 7 0.02 34 0.07 #Country Party (V) .. 0.00 .. 0.00 2 0.00 6 0.01 Group W .. 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 Group U 1 0.00 1 0.00 2 0.00 2 0.00

Formal 45763 45817 46083 48961 Informal 2461 5.10 2578 5.33 3393 6.86 1979 3.88 Total / Turnout 48224 91.96 48395 91.32 49476 91.89 50940 93.38

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Fairfield Gosford Goulburn Granville Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 11110 25.44 18923 39.92 21315 44.53 16318 37.68 Labor Party 21366 48.93 17178 36.23 14194 29.65 16645 38.44 The Greens 1571 3.60 4538 9.57 3731 7.80 2039 4.71 Shooters and Fishers 698 1.60 1353 2.85 3346 6.99 703 1.62 Christian Democrats 3501 8.02 984 2.08 1131 2.36 3691 8.52 No Land Tax 2097 4.80 622 1.31 503 1.05 1145 2.64 Animal Justice 709 1.62 1017 2.15 826 1.73 601 1.39 Voluntary Euthanasia 204 0.47 542 1.14 477 1.00 189 0.44 No Parking Meters 594 1.36 248 0.52 177 0.37 460 1.06 Fishing Party 253 0.58 401 0.85 384 0.80 196 0.45 Outdoor Recreation 242 0.55 371 0.78 677 1.41 212 0.49 Motorists Party 302 0.69 311 0.66 382 0.80 228 0.53 Australian Democrats 202 0.46 333 0.70 213 0.45 219 0.51 Cyclists Party 125 0.29 169 0.36 141 0.29 128 0.30 Building Australia 209 0.48 140 0.30 142 0.30 150 0.35 Socialist Alliance 141 0.32 87 0.18 56 0.12 97 0.22 Group D 106 0.24 60 0.13 63 0.13 87 0.20 Group J 78 0.18 32 0.07 16 0.03 74 0.17 #Strata Party (H) 59 0.14 28 0.06 38 0.08 44 0.10 #Future Party (M) 46 0.11 27 0.06 15 0.03 26 0.06 Group P 47 0.11 22 0.05 10 0.02 34 0.08 Ungrouped 5 0.01 19 0.04 12 0.03 18 0.04 #Country Party (V) .. 0.00 .. 0.00 14 0.03 1 0.00 Group W .. 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 Group U 2 0.00 3 0.01 1 0.00 1 0.00

Formal 43667 47408 47864 43306 Informal 4520 9.38 2697 5.38 2294 4.57 3942 8.34 Total / Turnout 48187 88.40 50105 91.10 50158 92.95 47248 88.79

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Hawkesbury Heathcote Heffron Holsworthy Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 25373 54.61 24103 47.68 14289 31.41 20013 43.70 Labor Party 8733 18.80 14496 28.68 16306 35.84 16254 35.50 The Greens 3351 7.21 4469 8.84 9187 20.19 1733 3.78 Shooters and Fishers 2792 6.01 1433 2.83 428 0.94 1160 2.53 Christian Democrats 1330 2.86 1675 3.31 735 1.62 1768 3.86 No Land Tax 766 1.65 528 1.04 1058 2.33 1375 3.00 Animal Justice 1178 2.54 937 1.85 797 1.75 916 2.00 Voluntary Euthanasia 431 0.93 443 0.88 383 0.84 239 0.52 No Parking Meters 283 0.61 319 0.63 532 1.17 516 1.13 Fishing Party 385 0.83 348 0.69 137 0.30 310 0.68 Outdoor Recreation 534 1.15 392 0.78 227 0.50 308 0.67 Motorists Party 420 0.90 384 0.76 174 0.38 384 0.84 Australian Democrats 230 0.50 308 0.61 283 0.62 204 0.45 Cyclists Party 129 0.28 284 0.56 477 1.05 136 0.30 Building Australia 153 0.33 135 0.27 84 0.18 161 0.35 Socialist Alliance 62 0.13 83 0.16 131 0.29 76 0.17 Group D 60 0.13 65 0.13 68 0.15 85 0.19 Group J 16 0.03 32 0.06 43 0.09 49 0.11 #Strata Party (H) 27 0.06 22 0.04 54 0.12 53 0.12 #Future Party (M) 31 0.07 16 0.03 48 0.11 25 0.05 Group P 153 0.33 13 0.03 26 0.06 11 0.02 Ungrouped 16 0.03 4 0.01 25 0.05 14 0.03 #Country Party (V) 2 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 2 0.00 Group W 1 0.00 61 0.12 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 Group U 2 0.00 .. 0.00 1 0.00 .. 0.00

Formal 46458 50550 45493 45792 Informal 2731 5.55 2428 4.58 2639 5.48 3833 7.72 Total / Turnout 49189 92.70 52978 94.58 48132 87.56 49625 91.39

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Hornsby Keira Kiama Kogarah Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 25889 52.83 14502 29.24 19607 41.77 15936 35.45 Labor Party 9146 18.66 20194 40.72 14633 31.17 19338 43.02 The Greens 7027 14.34 7020 14.16 4927 10.50 2819 6.27 Shooters and Fishers 969 1.98 1757 3.54 2087 4.45 651 1.45 Christian Democrats 1548 3.16 1421 2.87 1644 3.50 1586 3.53 No Land Tax 712 1.45 707 1.43 594 1.27 1585 3.53 Animal Justice 975 1.99 871 1.76 788 1.68 596 1.33 Voluntary Euthanasia 468 0.95 570 1.15 477 1.02 278 0.62 No Parking Meters 344 0.70 447 0.90 230 0.49 506 1.13 Fishing Party 231 0.47 286 0.58 400 0.85 184 0.41 Outdoor Recreation 351 0.72 372 0.75 414 0.88 243 0.54 Motorists Party 280 0.57 275 0.55 342 0.73 251 0.56 Australian Democrats 355 0.72 347 0.70 211 0.45 192 0.43 Cyclists Party 355 0.72 321 0.65 251 0.53 154 0.34 Building Australia 115 0.23 133 0.27 133 0.28 132 0.29 Socialist Alliance 73 0.15 165 0.33 67 0.14 83 0.18 Group D 36 0.07 61 0.12 34 0.07 83 0.18 Group J 63 0.13 21 0.04 27 0.06 232 0.52 #Strata Party (H) 19 0.04 32 0.06 22 0.05 41 0.09 #Future Party (M) 24 0.05 39 0.08 13 0.03 24 0.05 Group P 10 0.02 20 0.04 33 0.07 26 0.06 Ungrouped 14 0.03 15 0.03 6 0.01 12 0.03 #Country Party (V) 2 0.00 4 0.01 .. 0.00 2 0.00 Group W 1 0.00 12 0.02 2 0.00 .. 0.00 Group U 1 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00

Formal 49008 49593 46943 44955 Informal 2079 4.07 2699 5.16 2286 4.64 3743 7.69 Total / Turnout 51087 93.52 52292 91.91 49229 92.64 48698 90.61

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Ku-ring-gai Lake Macquarie Lakemba Lane Cove Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 29319 60.78 14989 32.19 10420 24.46 26244 54.47 Labor Party 6829 14.16 18423 39.57 21808 51.20 9219 19.13 The Greens 6539 13.56 3519 7.56 2040 4.79 7185 14.91 Shooters and Fishers 418 0.87 2518 5.41 580 1.36 483 1.00 Christian Democrats 1189 2.46 1314 2.82 3577 8.40 824 1.71 No Land Tax 823 1.71 747 1.60 1375 3.23 791 1.64 Animal Justice 678 1.41 1341 2.88 543 1.27 652 1.35 Voluntary Euthanasia 543 1.13 625 1.34 185 0.43 538 1.12 No Parking Meters 346 0.72 409 0.88 526 1.23 421 0.87 Fishing Party 103 0.21 553 1.19 215 0.50 176 0.37 Outdoor Recreation 233 0.48 456 0.98 222 0.52 225 0.47 Motorists Party 184 0.38 474 1.02 209 0.49 222 0.46 Australian Democrats 293 0.61 431 0.93 188 0.44 308 0.64 Cyclists Party 410 0.85 274 0.59 132 0.31 538 1.12 Building Australia 89 0.18 214 0.46 159 0.37 78 0.16 Socialist Alliance 69 0.14 92 0.20 91 0.21 95 0.20 Group D 68 0.14 62 0.13 98 0.23 56 0.12 Group J 39 0.08 20 0.04 119 0.28 51 0.11 #Strata Party (H) 19 0.04 33 0.07 39 0.09 33 0.07 #Future Party (M) 14 0.03 19 0.04 37 0.09 19 0.04 Group P 8 0.02 26 0.06 23 0.05 6 0.01 Ungrouped 14 0.03 19 0.04 8 0.02 17 0.04 #Country Party (V) 10 0.02 2 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00 Group W .. 0.00 1 0.00 .. 0.00 2 0.00 Group U 1 0.00 .. 0.00 1 0.00 .. 0.00

Formal 48238 46561 42596 48184 Informal 1631 3.27 3156 6.35 4323 9.21 2106 4.19 Total / Turnout 49869 93.22 49717 91.77 46919 86.10 50290 92.30

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Lismore Liverpool Londonderry Macquarie Fields Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 16630 35.81 11382 26.52 16077 35.60 15798 34.30 Labor Party 11867 25.55 21806 50.80 18844 41.73 20886 45.34 The Greens 11230 24.18 1403 3.27 1504 3.33 1707 3.71 Shooters and Fishers 2402 5.17 967 2.25 2218 4.91 1322 2.87 Christian Democrats 1241 2.67 2038 4.75 1468 3.25 1507 3.27 No Land Tax 349 0.75 1908 4.44 1220 2.70 1224 2.66 Animal Justice 630 1.36 781 1.82 1048 2.32 972 2.11 Voluntary Euthanasia 345 0.74 203 0.47 322 0.71 323 0.70 No Parking Meters 163 0.35 594 1.38 390 0.86 427 0.93 Fishing Party 404 0.87 263 0.61 422 0.93 326 0.71 Outdoor Recreation 272 0.59 302 0.70 415 0.92 388 0.84 Motorists Party 268 0.58 335 0.78 409 0.91 416 0.90 Australian Democrats 237 0.51 199 0.46 206 0.46 222 0.48 Cyclists Party 106 0.23 106 0.25 109 0.24 99 0.21 Building Australia 83 0.18 190 0.44 171 0.38 168 0.36 Socialist Alliance 82 0.18 121 0.28 84 0.19 67 0.15 Group D 49 0.11 118 0.27 108 0.24 64 0.14 Group J 17 0.04 60 0.14 33 0.07 49 0.11 #Strata Party (H) 21 0.05 67 0.16 46 0.10 43 0.09 #Future Party (M) 17 0.04 37 0.09 35 0.08 27 0.06 Group P 16 0.03 34 0.08 21 0.05 16 0.03 Ungrouped 9 0.02 8 0.02 9 0.02 8 0.02 #Country Party (V) 4 0.01 4 0.01 3 0.01 2 0.00 Group W .. 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 Group U 2 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 1 0.00

Formal 46444 42926 45162 46062 Informal 1849 3.83 4978 10.39 3506 7.20 3523 7.10 Total / Turnout 48293 90.12 47904 87.99 48668 89.19 49585 90.19

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Maitland Manly Maroubra Miranda Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 13498 28.84 27931 59.97 16920 37.63 26130 53.69 Labor Party 20966 44.80 5807 12.47 17963 39.95 12717 26.13 The Greens 3089 6.60 8155 17.51 4193 9.32 3238 6.65 Shooters and Fishers 2884 6.16 458 0.98 743 1.65 873 1.79 Christian Democrats 1077 2.30 448 0.96 757 1.68 1659 3.41 No Land Tax 727 1.55 660 1.42 1085 2.41 830 1.71 Animal Justice 1148 2.45 710 1.52 735 1.63 831 1.71 Voluntary Euthanasia 481 1.03 519 1.11 314 0.70 371 0.76 No Parking Meters 357 0.76 386 0.83 776 1.73 369 0.76 Fishing Party 589 1.26 136 0.29 190 0.42 239 0.49 Outdoor Recreation 561 1.20 304 0.65 226 0.50 291 0.60 Motorists Party 462 0.99 135 0.29 169 0.38 288 0.59 Australian Democrats 317 0.68 225 0.48 195 0.43 242 0.50 Cyclists Party 201 0.43 430 0.92 323 0.72 246 0.51 Building Australia 165 0.35 71 0.15 88 0.20 128 0.26 Socialist Alliance 78 0.17 83 0.18 70 0.16 63 0.13 Group D 69 0.15 47 0.10 39 0.09 61 0.13 Group J 33 0.07 12 0.03 35 0.08 38 0.08 #Strata Party (H) 31 0.07 13 0.03 28 0.06 22 0.05 #Future Party (M) 24 0.05 19 0.04 78 0.17 20 0.04 Group P 23 0.05 10 0.02 14 0.03 10 0.02 Ungrouped 11 0.02 11 0.02 22 0.05 5 0.01 #Country Party (V) 3 0.01 1 0.00 3 0.01 .. 0.00 Group W .. 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 1 0.00 Group U 2 0.00 1 0.00 2 0.00 .. 0.00

Formal 46796 46572 44968 48672 Informal 2835 5.71 1943 4.00 3044 6.34 2687 5.23 Total / Turnout 49631 92.78 48515 90.07 48012 90.23 51359 93.63

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Monaro Mount Druitt Mulgoa Murray Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 18938 41.78 12310 28.27 23322 49.35 23496 52.65 Labor Party 15128 33.37 21619 49.65 13916 29.44 9167 20.54 The Greens 3739 8.25 1533 3.52 1628 3.44 1010 2.26 Shooters and Fishers 2811 6.20 1271 2.92 1710 3.62 4847 10.86 Christian Democrats 593 1.31 1888 4.34 1866 3.95 785 1.76 No Land Tax 559 1.23 1563 3.59 1360 2.88 944 2.12 Animal Justice 696 1.54 824 1.89 924 1.96 663 1.49 Voluntary Euthanasia 466 1.03 217 0.50 232 0.49 520 1.17 No Parking Meters 279 0.62 409 0.94 410 0.87 277 0.62 Fishing Party 433 0.96 321 0.74 357 0.76 653 1.46 Outdoor Recreation 407 0.90 350 0.80 395 0.84 391 0.88 Motorists Party 423 0.93 424 0.97 416 0.88 376 0.84 Australian Democrats 256 0.56 201 0.46 180 0.38 245 0.55 Cyclists Party 192 0.42 108 0.25 102 0.22 106 0.24 Building Australia 121 0.27 137 0.31 158 0.33 208 0.47 Socialist Alliance 74 0.16 85 0.20 74 0.16 40 0.09 Group D 39 0.09 111 0.25 74 0.16 94 0.21 Group J 28 0.06 55 0.13 33 0.07 40 0.09 #Strata Party (H) 27 0.06 49 0.11 39 0.08 52 0.12 #Future Party (M) 26 0.06 32 0.07 32 0.07 36 0.08 Group P 60 0.13 23 0.05 19 0.04 42 0.09 Ungrouped 26 0.06 15 0.03 11 0.02 10 0.02 #Country Party (V) 6 0.01 .. 0.00 2 0.00 620 1.39 Group W 2 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 3 0.01 Group U 3 0.01 .. 0.00 2 0.00 1 0.00

Formal 45332 43545 47262 44626 Informal 2158 4.54 3799 8.02 3325 6.57 3364 7.01 Total / Turnout 47490 89.52 47344 88.27 50587 93.42 47990 87.12

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Myall Lakes Newcastle Newtown North Shore Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 21476 45.51 15162 32.06 8934 19.69 27028 58.56 Labor Party 13150 27.86 17039 36.02 12738 28.07 6595 14.29 The Greens 3638 7.71 7928 16.76 18864 41.57 7745 16.78 Shooters and Fishers 3189 6.76 1194 2.52 243 0.54 254 0.55 Christian Democrats 1229 2.60 719 1.52 422 0.93 480 1.04 No Land Tax 602 1.28 584 1.23 524 1.15 522 1.13 Animal Justice 894 1.89 1041 2.20 957 2.11 701 1.52 Voluntary Euthanasia 477 1.01 722 1.53 530 1.17 822 1.78 No Parking Meters 194 0.41 582 1.23 325 0.72 447 0.97 Fishing Party 694 1.47 326 0.69 100 0.22 83 0.18 Outdoor Recreation 402 0.85 354 0.75 197 0.43 205 0.44 Motorists Party 344 0.73 201 0.42 92 0.20 122 0.26 Australian Democrats 284 0.60 287 0.61 260 0.57 303 0.66 Cyclists Party 151 0.32 512 1.08 655 1.44 562 1.22 Building Australia 202 0.43 150 0.32 58 0.13 68 0.15 Socialist Alliance 66 0.14 303 0.64 274 0.60 73 0.16 Group D 76 0.16 55 0.12 48 0.11 46 0.10 Group J 22 0.05 26 0.05 30 0.07 33 0.07 #Strata Party (H) 41 0.09 29 0.06 12 0.03 26 0.06 #Future Party (M) 28 0.06 35 0.07 49 0.11 17 0.04 Group P 18 0.04 31 0.07 18 0.04 7 0.02 Ungrouped 14 0.03 14 0.03 46 0.10 11 0.02 #Country Party (V) 2 0.00 .. 0.00 1 0.00 4 0.01 Group W .. 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 Group U 1 0.00 5 0.01 1 0.00 1 0.00

Formal 47194 47299 45378 46155 Informal 2658 5.33 2792 5.57 1719 3.65 1317 2.77 Total / Turnout 49852 90.98 50091 90.52 47097 87.43 47472 88.72

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Northern Tablelands Oatley Orange Oxley Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 22929 48.60 22083 47.06 24475 51.23 19877 43.28 Labor Party 9319 19.75 15211 32.41 10535 22.05 11241 24.48 The Greens 3874 8.21 3415 7.28 2772 5.80 5846 12.73 Shooters and Fishers 5715 12.11 709 1.51 4000 8.37 3742 8.15 Christian Democrats 1260 2.67 1684 3.59 1439 3.01 1136 2.47 No Land Tax 500 1.06 1005 2.14 714 1.49 578 1.26 Animal Justice 668 1.42 671 1.43 833 1.74 708 1.54 Voluntary Euthanasia 456 0.97 256 0.55 450 0.94 785 1.71 No Parking Meters 204 0.43 387 0.82 249 0.52 159 0.35 Fishing Party 613 1.30 230 0.49 556 1.16 572 1.25 Outdoor Recreation 351 0.74 238 0.51 477 1.00 356 0.78 Motorists Party 329 0.70 234 0.50 426 0.89 296 0.64 Australian Democrats 272 0.58 209 0.45 256 0.54 189 0.41 Cyclists Party 144 0.31 202 0.43 132 0.28 92 0.20 Building Australia 161 0.34 98 0.21 168 0.35 128 0.28 Socialist Alliance 100 0.21 78 0.17 72 0.15 61 0.13 Group D 73 0.15 57 0.12 79 0.17 55 0.12 Group J 24 0.05 88 0.19 28 0.06 25 0.05 #Strata Party (H) 33 0.07 20 0.04 42 0.09 26 0.06 #Future Party (M) 26 0.06 30 0.06 30 0.06 25 0.05 Group P 30 0.06 15 0.03 30 0.06 17 0.04 Ungrouped 24 0.05 7 0.01 9 0.02 9 0.02 #Country Party (V) 73 0.15 1 0.00 1 0.00 4 0.01 Group W .. 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 1 0.00 Group U 1 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00

Formal 47179 46928 47773 45928 Informal 2452 4.94 2845 5.72 2602 5.17 2348 4.86 Total / Turnout 49631 90.48 49773 92.93 50375 91.79 48276 89.43

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Parramatta Penrith Pittwater Port Macquarie Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 22573 48.48 20715 44.15 29197 61.18 24732 50.87 Labor Party 13441 28.87 15121 32.23 5815 12.18 11377 23.40 The Greens 3910 8.40 2761 5.89 7302 15.30 4029 8.29 Shooters and Fishers 725 1.56 1807 3.85 829 1.74 2671 5.49 Christian Democrats 1631 3.50 1897 4.04 708 1.48 1415 2.91 No Land Tax 997 2.14 689 1.47 601 1.26 524 1.08 Animal Justice 751 1.61 1077 2.30 826 1.73 844 1.74 Voluntary Euthanasia 275 0.59 401 0.85 706 1.48 808 1.66 No Parking Meters 545 1.17 311 0.66 389 0.82 257 0.53 Fishing Party 169 0.36 360 0.77 248 0.52 548 1.13 Outdoor Recreation 281 0.60 475 1.01 249 0.52 371 0.76 Motorists Party 252 0.54 442 0.94 210 0.44 303 0.62 Australian Democrats 259 0.56 245 0.52 195 0.41 283 0.58 Cyclists Party 226 0.49 144 0.31 206 0.43 127 0.26 Building Australia 134 0.29 127 0.27 84 0.18 130 0.27 Socialist Alliance 109 0.23 93 0.20 61 0.13 61 0.13 Group D 82 0.18 61 0.13 44 0.09 49 0.10 Group J 99 0.21 21 0.04 8 0.02 19 0.04 #Strata Party (H) 33 0.07 45 0.10 18 0.04 24 0.05 #Future Party (M) 40 0.09 30 0.06 18 0.04 15 0.03 Group P 15 0.03 84 0.18 3 0.01 20 0.04 Ungrouped 12 0.03 7 0.01 6 0.01 5 0.01 #Country Party (V) 1 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00 Group W 1 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 Group U .. 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00

Formal 46561 46915 47725 48614 Informal 3081 6.21 3024 6.06 1914 3.86 2354 4.62 Total / Turnout 49642 89.98 49939 92.17 49639 91.49 50968 92.07

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Port Stephens Prospect Riverstone Rockdale Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 18277 39.44 16999 37.17 23552 50.78 16682 37.44 Labor Party 17701 38.20 18417 40.27 13706 29.55 18134 40.69 The Greens 2806 6.06 2099 4.59 2154 4.64 2996 6.72 Shooters and Fishers 2535 5.47 1007 2.20 1045 2.25 694 1.56 Christian Democrats 967 2.09 2689 5.88 1757 3.79 1375 3.09 No Land Tax 636 1.37 1517 3.32 1092 2.35 1690 3.79 Animal Justice 823 1.78 650 1.42 844 1.82 660 1.48 Voluntary Euthanasia 430 0.93 208 0.45 221 0.48 262 0.59 No Parking Meters 285 0.62 432 0.94 372 0.80 533 1.20 Fishing Party 508 1.10 252 0.55 233 0.50 220 0.49 Outdoor Recreation 419 0.90 264 0.58 342 0.74 216 0.48 Motorists Party 303 0.65 320 0.70 338 0.73 239 0.54 Australian Democrats 213 0.46 222 0.49 195 0.42 227 0.51 Cyclists Party 117 0.25 131 0.29 154 0.33 165 0.37 Building Australia 136 0.29 170 0.37 116 0.25 102 0.23 Socialist Alliance 60 0.13 101 0.22 66 0.14 109 0.24 Group D 45 0.10 108 0.24 65 0.14 74 0.17 Group J 17 0.04 49 0.11 37 0.08 84 0.19 #Strata Party (H) 23 0.05 40 0.09 37 0.08 38 0.09 #Future Party (M) 16 0.03 36 0.08 14 0.03 25 0.06 Group P 10 0.02 16 0.03 19 0.04 19 0.04 Ungrouped 9 0.02 8 0.02 19 0.04 14 0.03 #Country Party (V) 1 0.00 1 0.00 2 0.00 1 0.00 Group W 1 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 Group U .. 0.00 2 0.00 2 0.00 2 0.00

Formal 46338 45738 46382 44561 Informal 2525 5.17 3944 7.94 2495 5.10 3541 7.36 Total / Turnout 48863 92.76 49682 91.54 48877 93.75 48102 89.43

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Ryde Seven Hills Shellharbour South Coast Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 22672 47.92 22065 46.72 13700 27.29 19563 43.63 Labor Party 12597 26.62 14610 30.93 23495 46.80 12939 28.86 The Greens 5400 11.41 3234 6.85 3344 6.66 4517 10.07 Shooters and Fishers 554 1.17 1073 2.27 2519 5.02 2614 5.83 Christian Democrats 1986 4.20 2005 4.24 1497 2.98 1246 2.78 No Land Tax 985 2.08 860 1.82 910 1.81 645 1.44 Animal Justice 651 1.38 845 1.79 1043 2.08 723 1.61 Voluntary Euthanasia 363 0.77 309 0.65 604 1.20 430 0.96 No Parking Meters 456 0.96 427 0.90 485 0.97 177 0.39 Fishing Party 148 0.31 261 0.55 565 1.13 591 1.32 Outdoor Recreation 219 0.46 316 0.67 536 1.07 379 0.85 Motorists Party 205 0.43 294 0.62 457 0.91 332 0.74 Australian Democrats 298 0.63 284 0.60 348 0.69 189 0.42 Cyclists Party 296 0.63 214 0.45 157 0.31 133 0.30 Building Australia 99 0.21 129 0.27 206 0.41 149 0.33 Socialist Alliance 100 0.21 92 0.19 85 0.17 63 0.14 Group D 79 0.17 74 0.16 80 0.16 57 0.13 Group J 94 0.20 42 0.09 50 0.10 17 0.04 #Strata Party (H) 38 0.08 33 0.07 36 0.07 19 0.04 #Future Party (M) 33 0.07 31 0.07 62 0.12 28 0.06 Group P 16 0.03 17 0.04 17 0.03 19 0.04 Ungrouped 25 0.05 14 0.03 6 0.01 4 0.01 #Country Party (V) 1 0.00 1 0.00 2 0.00 .. 0.00 Group W 1 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 1 0.00 Group U .. 0.00 3 0.01 2 0.00 .. 0.00

Formal 47316 47233 50206 44835 Informal 2635 5.28 2977 5.93 3518 6.55 2704 5.69 Total / Turnout 49951 91.59 50210 92.54 53724 92.42 47539 90.74

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Strathfield Summer Hill Swansea Sydney Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 19408 42.42 11547 24.96 15201 32.19 18160 42.94 Labor Party 16273 35.57 16608 35.90 21057 44.59 8818 20.85 The Greens 3869 8.46 12459 26.93 2933 6.21 10226 24.18 Shooters and Fishers 541 1.18 476 1.03 1951 4.13 212 0.50 Christian Democrats 1553 3.39 677 1.46 996 2.11 379 0.90 No Land Tax 1203 2.63 961 2.08 682 1.44 753 1.78 Animal Justice 624 1.36 716 1.55 1239 2.62 910 2.15 Voluntary Euthanasia 236 0.52 423 0.91 502 1.06 711 1.68 No Parking Meters 526 1.15 400 0.86 358 0.76 400 0.95 Fishing Party 152 0.33 137 0.30 634 1.34 80 0.19 Outdoor Recreation 206 0.45 213 0.46 414 0.88 211 0.50 Motorists Party 185 0.40 160 0.35 343 0.73 102 0.24 Australian Democrats 214 0.47 285 0.62 291 0.62 330 0.78 Cyclists Party 246 0.54 459 0.99 180 0.38 494 1.17 Building Australia 104 0.23 90 0.19 187 0.40 74 0.17 Socialist Alliance 93 0.20 378 0.82 67 0.14 120 0.28 Group D 87 0.19 64 0.14 72 0.15 63 0.15 Group J 107 0.23 77 0.17 32 0.07 80 0.19 #Strata Party (H) 37 0.08 33 0.07 26 0.06 55 0.13 #Future Party (M) 48 0.10 57 0.12 29 0.06 48 0.11 Group P 15 0.03 23 0.05 16 0.03 18 0.04 Ungrouped 18 0.04 21 0.05 9 0.02 47 0.11 #Country Party (V) 1 0.00 2 0.00 3 0.01 3 0.01 Group W 2 0.00 .. 0.00 .. 0.00 1 0.00 Group U 1 0.00 2 0.00 .. 0.00 1 0.00

Formal 45749 46268 47222 42296 Informal 2610 5.40 2758 5.63 3015 6.00 1853 4.20 Total / Turnout 48359 91.20 49026 90.50 50237 92.29 44149 83.13

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Tamworth Terrigal The Entrance Tweed Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 23649 49.62 24059 49.68 18951 40.07 18153 42.12 Labor Party 9310 19.53 13560 28.00 17565 37.14 14482 33.61 The Greens 2322 4.87 4954 10.23 3588 7.59 5248 12.18 Shooters and Fishers 5968 12.52 930 1.92 1489 3.15 929 2.16 Christian Democrats 1601 3.36 1105 2.28 1167 2.47 660 1.53 No Land Tax 684 1.44 538 1.11 631 1.33 602 1.40 Animal Justice 799 1.68 895 1.85 1142 2.41 762 1.77 Voluntary Euthanasia 497 1.04 458 0.95 463 0.98 436 1.01 No Parking Meters 375 0.79 238 0.49 248 0.52 264 0.61 Fishing Party 642 1.35 312 0.64 464 0.98 388 0.90 Outdoor Recreation 454 0.95 362 0.75 430 0.91 301 0.70 Motorists Party 387 0.81 235 0.49 375 0.79 220 0.51 Australian Democrats 349 0.73 275 0.57 237 0.50 212 0.49 Cyclists Party 138 0.29 168 0.35 146 0.31 142 0.33 Building Australia 170 0.36 115 0.24 169 0.36 116 0.27 Socialist Alliance 51 0.11 55 0.11 62 0.13 51 0.12 Group D 74 0.16 47 0.10 65 0.14 52 0.12 Group J 23 0.05 26 0.05 15 0.03 19 0.04 #Strata Party (H) 25 0.05 21 0.04 26 0.05 24 0.06 #Future Party (M) 36 0.08 41 0.08 35 0.07 10 0.02 Group P 85 0.18 16 0.03 20 0.04 14 0.03 Ungrouped 18 0.04 16 0.03 6 0.01 6 0.01 #Country Party (V) 5 0.01 1 0.00 3 0.01 2 0.00 Group W 1 0.00 .. 0.00 1 0.00 .. 0.00 Group U .. 0.00 2 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00

Formal 47663 48429 47299 43094 Informal 2687 5.34 2347 4.62 2889 5.76 2695 5.89 Total / Turnout 50350 92.53 50776 91.53 50188 91.15 45789 85.60

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Upper Hunter Vaucluse Wagga Wagga Wakehurst Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 17587 37.73 28137 61.60 21922 47.78 27757 58.82 Labor Party 14871 31.90 5661 12.39 11609 25.30 7427 15.74 The Greens 2496 5.35 7465 16.34 2327 5.07 5822 12.34 Shooters and Fishers 6074 13.03 208 0.46 3841 8.37 869 1.84 Christian Democrats 974 2.09 336 0.74 1409 3.07 998 2.11 No Land Tax 630 1.35 850 1.86 544 1.19 812 1.72 Animal Justice 859 1.84 691 1.51 865 1.89 872 1.85 Voluntary Euthanasia 464 1.00 692 1.51 545 1.19 510 1.08 No Parking Meters 249 0.53 531 1.16 259 0.56 448 0.95 Fishing Party 683 1.47 78 0.17 645 1.41 263 0.56 Outdoor Recreation 499 1.07 164 0.36 472 1.03 288 0.61 Motorists Party 377 0.81 93 0.20 434 0.95 244 0.52 Australian Democrats 256 0.55 200 0.44 280 0.61 278 0.59 Cyclists Party 117 0.25 348 0.76 205 0.45 270 0.57 Building Australia 147 0.32 44 0.10 215 0.47 95 0.20 Socialist Alliance 65 0.14 59 0.13 73 0.16 81 0.17 Group D 71 0.15 40 0.09 93 0.20 45 0.10 Group J 29 0.06 14 0.03 30 0.07 33 0.07 #Strata Party (H) 37 0.08 21 0.05 34 0.07 16 0.03 #Future Party (M) 31 0.07 15 0.03 27 0.06 25 0.05 Group P 78 0.17 7 0.02 22 0.05 24 0.05 Ungrouped 7 0.02 24 0.05 15 0.03 7 0.01 #Country Party (V) 10 0.02 .. 0.00 15 0.03 5 0.01 Group W .. 0.00 .. 0.00 1 0.00 .. 0.00 Group U 2 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00

Formal 46613 45679 45883 47190 Informal 2391 4.88 1861 3.91 2400 4.97 2488 5.01 Total / Turnout 49004 91.62 47540 85.59 48283 90.49 49678 91.69

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Wallsend Willoughby Wollondilly Wollongong Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Liberal/National 12423 25.58 26865 57.36 23962 51.29 12716 26.02 Labor Party 22345 46.02 6929 14.79 10274 21.99 20857 42.68 The Greens 4674 9.63 7509 16.03 3609 7.72 5599 11.46 Shooters and Fishers 2096 4.32 360 0.77 2842 6.08 1984 4.06 Christian Democrats 1216 2.50 735 1.57 1358 2.91 1503 3.08 No Land Tax 776 1.60 875 1.87 808 1.73 1080 2.21 Animal Justice 1169 2.41 724 1.55 1056 2.26 1015 2.08 Voluntary Euthanasia 719 1.48 637 1.36 572 1.22 590 1.21 No Parking Meters 572 1.18 471 1.01 203 0.43 680 1.39 Fishing Party 494 1.02 108 0.23 343 0.73 435 0.89 Outdoor Recreation 488 1.00 203 0.43 464 0.99 476 0.97 Motorists Party 408 0.84 130 0.28 466 1.00 425 0.87 Australian Democrats 322 0.66 279 0.60 266 0.57 477 0.98 Cyclists Party 350 0.72 636 1.36 135 0.29 306 0.63 Building Australia 152 0.31 75 0.16 130 0.28 206 0.42 Socialist Alliance 138 0.28 71 0.15 71 0.15 213 0.44 Group D 67 0.14 53 0.11 53 0.11 99 0.20 Group J 40 0.08 82 0.18 28 0.06 49 0.10 #Strata Party (H) 38 0.08 29 0.06 31 0.07 50 0.10 #Future Party (M) 34 0.07 24 0.05 17 0.04 51 0.10 Group P 26 0.05 18 0.04 20 0.04 37 0.08 Ungrouped 9 0.02 18 0.04 12 0.03 13 0.03 #Country Party (V) 1 0.00 3 0.01 1 0.00 .. 0.00 Group W .. 0.00 1 0.00 .. 0.00 4 0.01 Group U 3 0.01 1 0.00 2 0.00 .. 0.00

Formal 48560 46836 46723 48865 Informal 3261 6.29 1948 3.99 2561 5.20 3923 7.43 Total / Turnout 51821 91.73 48784 90.92 49284 93.38 52788 90.72

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Table 2.3: Legislative Council Results by Electorate Wyong Votes % Liberal/National 15833 35.14 Labor Party 19051 42.28 The Greens 2576 5.72 Shooters and Fishers 1927 4.28 Christian Democrats 916 2.03 No Land Tax 781 1.73 Animal Justice 1090 2.42 Voluntary Euthanasia 468 1.04 No Parking Meters 282 0.63 Fishing Party 499 1.11 Outdoor Recreation 453 1.01 Motorists Party 423 0.94 Australian Democrats 198 0.44 Cyclists Party 115 0.26 Building Australia 158 0.35 Socialist Alliance 103 0.23 Group D 77 0.17 Group J 24 0.05 #Strata Party (H) 27 0.06 #Future Party (M) 27 0.06 Group P 15 0.03 Ungrouped 11 0.02 #Country Party (V) .. 0.00 Group W 1 0.00 Group U 4 0.01

Formal 45059 Informal 3026 6.29 Total / Turnout 48085 90.61

Note – Parties listed in descending order of state-wide vote.

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.1: Liberal/National (Group E) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Newtown 8934 19.69 South Coast 19563 43.63 Cessnock 9279 20.55 Holsworthy 20013 43.70 Lakemba 10420 24.46 Bathurst 20902 43.91 Summer Hill 11547 24.96 Penrith 20715 44.15 Fairfield 11110 25.44 Coogee 20309 44.28 Wallsend 12423 25.58 Bega 20774 44.35 Wollongong 12716 26.02 Goulburn 21315 44.53 Liverpool 11382 26.52 Coffs Harbour 19961 45.02 Cabramatta 12315 27.23 Myall Lakes 21476 45.51 Shellharbour 13700 27.29 Seven Hills 22065 46.72 Mount Druitt 12310 28.27 Oatley 22083 47.06 Maitland 13498 28.84 Heathcote 24103 47.68 Balmain 13595 29.16 Albury 21668 47.76 Bankstown 12013 29.23 Wagga Wagga 21922 47.78 Keira 14502 29.24 Ryde 22672 47.92 Canterbury 13816 30.13 Parramatta 22573 48.48 Heffron 14289 31.41 Northern Tablelands 22929 48.60 Charlestown 15095 31.50 Dubbo 22552 49.22 Newcastle 15162 32.06 Mulgoa 23322 49.35 Swansea 15201 32.19 Tamworth 23649 49.62 Lake Macquarie 14989 32.19 Terrigal 24059 49.68 Blacktown 14474 32.20 Riverstone 23552 50.78 Blue Mountains 16153 33.64 Port Macquarie 24732 50.87 Ballina 16011 34.14 Orange 24475 51.23 Macquarie Fields 15798 34.30 Wollondilly 23962 51.29 Auburn 14672 34.59 Cootamundra 23843 51.71 Campbelltown 15425 34.90 Murray 23496 52.65 Wyong 15833 35.14 Hornsby 25889 52.83 Kogarah 15936 35.45 Epping 26269 53.65 Londonderry 16077 35.60 Miranda 26130 53.69 Lismore 16630 35.81 Camden 25668 54.34 Prospect 16999 37.17 Lane Cove 26244 54.47 Rockdale 16682 37.44 Hawkesbury 25373 54.61 Maroubra 16920 37.63 Drummoyne 25137 54.93 Granville 16318 37.68 Willoughby 26865 57.36 Upper Hunter 17587 37.73 Cronulla 29037 58.40 Port Stephens 18277 39.44 North Shore 27028 58.56 Gosford 18923 39.92 Wakehurst 27757 58.82 The Entrance 18951 40.07 Manly 27931 59.97 Clarence 18948 40.98 Baulkham Hills 29215 60.00 East Hills 19147 41.55 Ku-ring-gai 29319 60.78 Kiama 19607 41.77 Pittwater 29197 61.18 Monaro 18938 41.78 Vaucluse 28137 61.60 Barwon 19451 42.09 Davidson 31833 65.19 Tweed 18153 42.12 Castle Hill 32087 67.12 Strathfield 19408 42.42 Sydney 18160 42.94 State-wide 1839452 42.61 Oxley 19877 43.28

Underlining indicates electorates contested in the lower house by National Party candidates. All other electorates contested by Liberal candidates.

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.2: Labor/Country Labor (Group K) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Davidson 5763 11.80 Goulburn 14194 29.65 Pittwater 5815 12.18 Seven Hills 14610 30.93 Vaucluse 5661 12.39 Kiama 14633 31.17 Manly 5807 12.47 Upper Hunter 14871 31.90 Ku-ring-gai 6829 14.16 Penrith 15121 32.23 North Shore 6595 14.29 Oatley 15211 32.41 Willoughby 6929 14.79 Blue Mountains 15836 32.98 Castle Hill 7186 15.03 Monaro 15128 33.37 Wakehurst 7427 15.74 Tweed 14482 33.61 Hornsby 9146 18.66 Holsworthy 16254 35.50 Hawkesbury 8733 18.80 Strathfield 16273 35.57 Lane Cove 9219 19.13 Heffron 16306 35.84 Tamworth 9310 19.53 Summer Hill 16608 35.90 Epping 9651 19.71 Newcastle 17039 36.02 Northern Tablelands 9319 19.75 Gosford 17178 36.23 Baulkham Hills 9820 20.17 The Entrance 17565 37.14 Cronulla 10084 20.28 East Hills 17507 37.99 Murray 9167 20.54 Port Stephens 17701 38.20 Sydney 8818 20.85 Granville 16645 38.44 Wollondilly 10274 21.99 Lake Macquarie 18423 39.57 Orange 10535 22.05 Maroubra 17963 39.95 Drummoyne 10540 23.03 Prospect 18417 40.27 Port Macquarie 11377 23.40 Rockdale 18134 40.69 Dubbo 11077 24.18 Keira 20194 40.72 Cootamundra 11167 24.22 Charlestown 19803 41.33 Oxley 11241 24.48 Londonderry 18844 41.73 Camden 11796 24.97 Wyong 19051 42.28 Ballina 11811 25.18 Wollongong 20857 42.68 Wagga Wagga 11609 25.30 Canterbury 19615 42.77 Lismore 11867 25.55 Campbelltown 19006 43.00 Albury 11606 25.58 Kogarah 19338 43.02 Coogee 11753 25.63 Auburn 18431 43.46 Coffs Harbour 11428 25.78 Blacktown 19987 44.46 Miranda 12717 26.13 Swansea 21057 44.59 Ryde 12597 26.62 Maitland 20966 44.80 Balmain 12827 27.51 Macquarie Fields 20886 45.34 Barwon 12873 27.86 Wallsend 22345 46.02 Myall Lakes 13150 27.86 Shellharbour 23495 46.80 Terrigal 13560 28.00 Fairfield 21366 48.93 Newtown 12738 28.07 Cessnock 22261 49.30 Clarence 13083 28.29 Mount Druitt 21619 49.65 Heathcote 14496 28.68 Bankstown 20559 50.03 South Coast 12939 28.86 Liverpool 21806 50.80 Parramatta 13441 28.87 Lakemba 21808 51.20 Bega 13593 29.02 Cabramatta 23652 52.31 Bathurst 13902 29.20 Mulgoa 13916 29.44 State-wide 1341943 31.09 Riverstone 13706 29.55

Underlining indicates electorates contested in the lower house by Country Labor candidates. All other electorates contested by Labor Party candidates.

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.3: The Greens (Group S) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Murray 1010 2.26 Northern Tablelands 3874 8.21 Cootamundra 1427 3.09 Monaro 3739 8.25 Cabramatta 1428 3.16 Port Macquarie 4029 8.29 Liverpool 1403 3.27 Cronulla 4136 8.32 Londonderry 1504 3.33 Parramatta 3910 8.40 Mulgoa 1628 3.44 Strathfield 3869 8.46 Mount Druitt 1533 3.52 Heathcote 4469 8.84 Fairfield 1571 3.60 Maroubra 4193 9.32 Macquarie Fields 1707 3.71 Canterbury 4280 9.33 Holsworthy 1733 3.78 Clarence 4344 9.39 Camden 1942 4.11 Gosford 4538 9.57 Dubbo 1919 4.19 Wallsend 4674 9.63 Bankstown 1781 4.33 South Coast 4517 10.07 Prospect 2099 4.59 Terrigal 4954 10.23 Riverstone 2154 4.64 Bega 4817 10.28 East Hills 2159 4.69 Charlestown 5006 10.45 Granville 2039 4.71 Kiama 4927 10.50 Campbelltown 2104 4.76 Drummoyne 5045 11.02 Lakemba 2040 4.79 Ryde 5400 11.41 Barwon 2219 4.80 Wollongong 5599 11.46 Tamworth 2322 4.87 Coffs Harbour 5322 12.00 Blacktown 2243 4.99 Tweed 5248 12.18 Wagga Wagga 2327 5.07 Davidson (2) 5983 12.25 Upper Hunter 2496 5.35 Wakehurst 5822 12.34 Wyong 2576 5.72 Oxley 5846 12.73 Albury 2619 5.77 Epping 6635 13.55 Castle Hill 2768 5.79 Ku-ring-gai 6539 13.56 Orange 2772 5.80 Keira 7020 14.16 Penrith 2761 5.89 Hornsby 7027 14.34 Port Stephens 2806 6.06 Lane Cove 7185 14.91 Cessnock 2769 6.13 Pittwater (2) 7302 15.30 Auburn 2604 6.14 Willoughby (2) 7509 16.03 Swansea 2933 6.21 Vaucluse (2) 7465 16.34 Kogarah 2819 6.27 Newcastle 7928 16.76 Maitland 3089 6.60 North Shore (2) 7745 16.78 Miranda 3238 6.65 Manly (2) 8155 17.51 Shellharbour 3344 6.66 Blue Mountains 8957 18.65 Rockdale 2996 6.72 Coogee 9047 19.73 Seven Hills 3234 6.85 Heffron 9187 20.19 Baulkham Hills 3477 7.14 Sydney 10226 24.18 Hawkesbury 3351 7.21 Lismore (2) 11230 24.18 Oatley 3415 7.28 Summer Hill (2) 12459 26.93 Lake Macquarie 3519 7.56 Ballina (1) 13346 28.45 The Entrance 3588 7.59 Balmain (1) 15446 33.13 Myall Lakes 3638 7.71 Newtown (1) 18864 41.57 Wollondilly 3609 7.72 Goulburn 3731 7.80 State-wide 428036 9.92 Bathurst 3779 7.94

Note: The Greens contested all lower house electorates. (1) indicates lower house electorates won by the Greens. (2) indicates lower house electorate where the Greens finished second after preferences.

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.4: Shooters and Fishers Party (Group N) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Vaucluse 208 0.46 Heathcote 1433 2.83 Sydney 212 0.50 Gosford 1353 2.85 Newtown 243 0.54 Macquarie Fields 1322 2.87 North Shore 254 0.55 Mount Druitt 1271 2.92 Balmain 297 0.64 The Entrance 1489 3.15 Coogee 341 0.74 Charlestown 1558 3.25 Willoughby 360 0.77 Campbelltown 1452 3.28 Ku-ring-gai 418 0.87 Keira 1757 3.54 Epping 441 0.90 Mulgoa 1710 3.62 Heffron 428 0.94 Penrith 1807 3.85 Manly 458 0.98 Wollongong 1984 4.06 Lane Cove 483 1.00 Swansea 1951 4.13 Davidson 494 1.01 Wyong 1927 4.28 Summer Hill 476 1.03 Camden 2034 4.31 Drummoyne 478 1.04 Wallsend 2096 4.32 Ryde 554 1.17 Kiama 2087 4.45 Strathfield 541 1.18 Coffs Harbour 2084 4.70 Auburn 566 1.33 Londonderry 2218 4.91 Lakemba 580 1.36 Shellharbour 2519 5.02 Baulkham Hills 697 1.43 Lismore 2402 5.17 Kogarah 651 1.45 Lake Macquarie 2518 5.41 Oatley 709 1.51 Port Stephens 2535 5.47 Canterbury 704 1.54 Port Macquarie 2671 5.49 Parramatta 725 1.56 South Coast 2614 5.83 Rockdale 694 1.56 Hawkesbury 2792 6.01 Cabramatta 707 1.56 Wollondilly 2842 6.08 Fairfield 698 1.60 Maitland 2884 6.16 Granville 703 1.62 Monaro 2811 6.20 Maroubra 743 1.65 Bega 3064 6.54 Pittwater 829 1.74 Myall Lakes 3189 6.76 Bankstown 715 1.74 Goulburn 3346 6.99 Miranda 873 1.79 Bathurst 3763 7.90 Wakehurst 869 1.84 Albury 3624 7.99 Castle Hill 897 1.88 Oxley 3742 8.15 Cronulla 944 1.90 Wagga Wagga 3841 8.37 Terrigal 930 1.92 Orange 4000 8.37 Hornsby 969 1.98 Dubbo 4636 10.12 Tweed 929 2.16 Cootamundra 4694 10.18 East Hills 1007 2.19 Clarence 4709 10.18 Prospect 1007 2.20 Cessnock 4835 10.71 Liverpool 967 2.25 Murray 4847 10.86 Riverstone 1045 2.25 Barwon 5576 12.07 Seven Hills 1073 2.27 Northern Tablelands 5715 12.11 Newcastle 1194 2.52 Tamworth 5968 12.52 Holsworthy 1160 2.53 Upper Hunter 6074 13.03 Ballina 1265 2.70 Blue Mountains 1324 2.76 State-wide 167871 3.89 Blacktown 1267 2.82

Note: The Shooters and Fishers Party did not contest lower house electorates.

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.5: Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) (Group Q) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Vaucluse 336 0.74 Camden 1361 2.88 Balmain 406 0.87 Wollondilly 1358 2.91 Coogee 410 0.89 Port Macquarie 1415 2.91 Sydney 379 0.90 Shellharbour 1497 2.98 Newtown 422 0.93 Orange 1439 3.01 Manly 448 0.96 Castle Hill 1443 3.02 North Shore 480 1.04 Wagga Wagga 1409 3.07 Monaro 593 1.31 Wollongong 1503 3.08 Summer Hill 677 1.46 Rockdale 1375 3.09 Bega 688 1.47 Cronulla 1539 3.10 Pittwater 708 1.48 Hornsby 1548 3.16 Newcastle 719 1.52 Dubbo 1466 3.20 Tweed 660 1.53 Campbelltown 1427 3.23 Willoughby 735 1.57 Londonderry 1468 3.25 Heffron 735 1.62 Macquarie Fields 1507 3.27 Maroubra 757 1.68 Heathcote 1675 3.31 Lane Cove 824 1.71 Tamworth 1601 3.36 Drummoyne 789 1.72 Strathfield 1553 3.39 Murray 785 1.76 Miranda 1659 3.41 Cessnock 856 1.90 Baulkham Hills 1670 3.43 Davidson 938 1.92 Kiama 1644 3.50 Wyong 916 2.03 Parramatta 1631 3.50 Ballina 964 2.06 Kogarah 1586 3.53 Gosford 984 2.08 Oatley 1684 3.59 Port Stephens 967 2.09 Blue Mountains 1783 3.71 Upper Hunter 974 2.09 Coffs Harbour 1647 3.71 Swansea 996 2.11 Cabramatta 1684 3.72 Wakehurst 998 2.11 Riverstone 1757 3.79 Bathurst 1036 2.18 Holsworthy 1768 3.86 Terrigal 1105 2.28 Bankstown 1589 3.87 Charlestown 1100 2.30 Mulgoa 1866 3.95 Maitland 1077 2.30 Auburn 1712 4.04 Goulburn 1131 2.36 Penrith 1897 4.04 Cootamundra 1131 2.45 Epping 2034 4.15 Ku-ring-gai 1189 2.46 Ryde 1986 4.20 The Entrance 1167 2.47 Seven Hills 2005 4.24 Oxley 1136 2.47 East Hills 1988 4.31 Wallsend 1216 2.50 Mount Druitt 1888 4.34 Barwon 1174 2.54 Liverpool 2038 4.75 Myall Lakes 1229 2.60 Blacktown 2266 5.04 Albury 1191 2.62 Canterbury 2349 5.12 Northern Tablelands 1260 2.67 Prospect 2689 5.88 Lismore 1241 2.67 Fairfield 3501 8.02 South Coast 1246 2.78 Lakemba 3577 8.40 Clarence 1294 2.80 Granville 3691 8.52 Lake Macquarie 1314 2.82 Hawkesbury 1330 2.86 State-wide 126305 2.93 Keira 1421 2.87

Note: The Christian Democrats contested all lower house electorates.

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.6: No Land Tax (Group A) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Lismore 349 0.75 Miranda 830 1.71 Blue Mountains 384 0.80 Ku-ring-gai 823 1.71 Ballina 401 0.85 Wakehurst 812 1.72 Heathcote 528 1.04 Wollondilly 808 1.73 Goulburn 503 1.05 Wyong 781 1.73 Northern Tablelands 500 1.06 Barwon 811 1.76 Port Macquarie 524 1.08 Epping 865 1.77 Bathurst 522 1.10 Sydney 753 1.78 Terrigal 538 1.11 Shellharbour 910 1.81 North Shore 522 1.13 Seven Hills 860 1.82 Balmain 533 1.14 Castle Hill 883 1.85 Newtown 524 1.15 Vaucluse 850 1.86 Clarence 536 1.16 Willoughby 875 1.87 Wagga Wagga 544 1.19 Baulkham Hills 921 1.89 Bega 563 1.20 Summer Hill 961 2.08 Monaro 559 1.23 Ryde 985 2.08 Newcastle 584 1.23 Murray 944 2.12 Oxley 578 1.26 Parramatta 997 2.14 Pittwater 601 1.26 Oatley 1005 2.14 Kiama 594 1.27 Wollongong 1080 2.21 Myall Lakes 602 1.28 Drummoyne 1051 2.30 Gosford 622 1.31 Heffron 1058 2.33 Coffs Harbour 589 1.33 Riverstone 1092 2.35 The Entrance 631 1.33 Campbelltown 1045 2.36 Upper Hunter 630 1.35 Maroubra 1085 2.41 Port Stephens 636 1.37 East Hills 1152 2.50 Charlestown 660 1.38 Camden 1212 2.57 Tweed 602 1.40 Strathfield 1203 2.63 Cootamundra 645 1.40 Granville 1145 2.64 Manly 660 1.42 Macquarie Fields 1224 2.66 Keira 707 1.43 Londonderry 1220 2.70 Tamworth 684 1.44 Mulgoa 1360 2.88 South Coast 645 1.44 Blacktown 1310 2.91 Dubbo 661 1.44 Holsworthy 1375 3.00 Swansea 682 1.44 Lakemba 1375 3.23 Hornsby 712 1.45 Auburn 1392 3.28 Coogee 668 1.46 Canterbury 1512 3.30 Penrith 689 1.47 Prospect 1517 3.32 Orange 714 1.49 Kogarah 1585 3.53 Davidson 742 1.52 Mount Druitt 1563 3.59 Maitland 727 1.55 Bankstown 1535 3.74 Cronulla 775 1.56 Rockdale 1690 3.79 Wallsend 776 1.60 Cabramatta 1939 4.29 Lake Macquarie 747 1.60 Liverpool 1908 4.44 Lane Cove 791 1.64 Fairfield 2097 4.80 Albury 746 1.64 Hawkesbury 766 1.65 State-wide 82054 1.90 Cessnock 759 1.68

Note: That No Land Tax contested all lower house electorates.

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.7: Animal Justice Party (Group C) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Drummoyne 561 1.23 Heffron 797 1.75 Lakemba 543 1.27 Keira 871 1.76 Bankstown 539 1.31 Tweed 762 1.77 Davidson 641 1.31 Coffs Harbour 786 1.77 Auburn 558 1.32 Port Stephens 823 1.78 Kogarah 596 1.33 Bathurst 849 1.78 Castle Hill 643 1.35 Seven Hills 845 1.79 Lane Cove 652 1.35 Ballina 840 1.79 Canterbury 622 1.36 Liverpool 781 1.82 Lismore 630 1.36 Riverstone 844 1.82 Strathfield 624 1.36 Blacktown 823 1.83 Ryde 651 1.38 Upper Hunter 859 1.84 Granville 601 1.39 Wakehurst 872 1.85 Barwon 647 1.40 Terrigal 895 1.85 Ku-ring-gai 678 1.41 Heathcote 937 1.85 Epping 690 1.41 Balmain 870 1.87 Northern Tablelands 668 1.42 Wagga Wagga 865 1.89 Cootamundra 654 1.42 Mount Druitt 824 1.89 Prospect 650 1.42 Myall Lakes 894 1.89 Oatley 671 1.43 Blue Mountains 926 1.93 Bega 691 1.48 Mulgoa 924 1.96 Rockdale 660 1.48 Hornsby 975 1.99 Cabramatta 670 1.48 Holsworthy 916 2.00 Murray 663 1.49 Albury 917 2.02 Vaucluse 691 1.51 Camden 975 2.06 Clarence 702 1.52 Wollongong 1015 2.08 North Shore 701 1.52 Shellharbour 1043 2.08 Manly 710 1.52 Newtown 957 2.11 Monaro 696 1.54 Macquarie Fields 972 2.11 Oxley 708 1.54 Gosford 1017 2.15 Willoughby 724 1.55 Sydney 910 2.15 Summer Hill 716 1.55 Newcastle 1041 2.20 Baulkham Hills 755 1.55 Wollondilly 1056 2.26 East Hills 739 1.60 Penrith 1077 2.30 Cronulla 800 1.61 Charlestown 1101 2.30 Coogee 739 1.61 Londonderry 1048 2.32 South Coast 723 1.61 Wallsend 1169 2.41 Parramatta 751 1.61 The Entrance 1142 2.41 Fairfield 709 1.62 Wyong 1090 2.42 Maroubra 735 1.63 Maitland 1148 2.45 Dubbo 762 1.66 Campbelltown 1120 2.53 Tamworth 799 1.68 Hawkesbury 1178 2.54 Kiama 788 1.68 Cessnock 1174 2.60 Miranda 831 1.71 Swansea 1239 2.62 Goulburn 826 1.73 Lake Macquarie 1341 2.88 Pittwater 826 1.73 Port Macquarie 844 1.74 State-wide 76819 1.78 Orange 833 1.74

Underlining indicates electorates contested by the party in the lower house.

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.8: Voluntary Euthanasia Party (Group L) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Lakemba 185 0.43 Northern Tablelands 456 0.97 Granville 189 0.44 The Entrance 463 0.98 Cabramatta 200 0.44 Upper Hunter 464 1.00 Prospect 208 0.45 Goulburn 477 1.00 Fairfield 204 0.47 Cessnock 452 1.00 Liverpool 203 0.47 Myall Lakes 477 1.01 Riverstone 221 0.48 Tweed 436 1.01 Mulgoa 232 0.49 Barwon 468 1.01 Mount Druitt 217 0.50 Kiama 477 1.02 Strathfield 236 0.52 Maitland 481 1.03 Castle Hill 249 0.52 Monaro 466 1.03 Holsworthy 239 0.52 Wyong 468 1.04 Bankstown 215 0.52 Tamworth 497 1.04 Auburn 222 0.52 Bathurst 497 1.04 Camden 254 0.54 Coffs Harbour 464 1.05 East Hills 251 0.54 Swansea 502 1.06 Oatley 256 0.55 Wakehurst 510 1.08 Blacktown 249 0.55 Manly 519 1.11 Rockdale 262 0.59 Lane Cove 538 1.12 Parramatta 275 0.59 Albury 510 1.12 Canterbury 275 0.60 Ku-ring-gai 543 1.13 Kogarah 278 0.62 Balmain 529 1.13 Baulkham Hills 307 0.63 Coogee 522 1.14 Seven Hills 309 0.65 Gosford 542 1.14 Drummoyne 309 0.68 Keira 570 1.15 Epping 338 0.69 Murray 520 1.17 Maroubra 314 0.70 Newtown 530 1.17 Macquarie Fields 323 0.70 Wagga Wagga 545 1.19 Londonderry 322 0.71 Shellharbour 604 1.20 Lismore 345 0.74 Wollongong 590 1.21 Miranda 371 0.76 Davidson 592 1.21 Ryde 363 0.77 Wollondilly 572 1.22 Campbelltown 344 0.78 Charlestown 591 1.23 Cootamundra 371 0.80 Lake Macquarie 625 1.34 Heffron 383 0.84 Willoughby 637 1.36 Penrith 401 0.85 Pittwater 706 1.48 Heathcote 443 0.88 Wallsend 719 1.48 Clarence 409 0.88 Bega 709 1.51 Cronulla 443 0.89 Vaucluse 692 1.51 Summer Hill 423 0.91 Blue Mountains 731 1.52 Ballina 433 0.92 Newcastle 722 1.53 Hawkesbury 431 0.93 Port Macquarie 808 1.66 Port Stephens 430 0.93 Sydney 711 1.68 Orange 450 0.94 Oxley 785 1.71 Dubbo 433 0.95 North Shore 822 1.78 Terrigal 458 0.95 Hornsby 468 0.95 State-wide 40710 0.94 South Coast 430 0.96

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.9: No Parking Meters Party (Group I) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Clarence 145 0.31 Pittwater 389 0.82 Oxley 159 0.35 Oatley 387 0.82 Lismore 163 0.35 Manly 386 0.83 Coffs Harbour 158 0.36 Londonderry 390 0.86 Ballina 170 0.36 Summer Hill 400 0.86 Goulburn 177 0.37 Balmain 404 0.87 Bega 181 0.39 Mulgoa 410 0.87 South Coast 177 0.39 Lane Cove 421 0.87 Blue Mountains 190 0.40 Lake Macquarie 409 0.88 Cootamundra 188 0.41 Keira 447 0.90 Barwon 189 0.41 Seven Hills 427 0.90 Myall Lakes 194 0.41 Davidson 449 0.92 Northern Tablelands 204 0.43 Macquarie Fields 427 0.93 Wollondilly 203 0.43 Mount Druitt 409 0.94 Dubbo 201 0.44 Prospect 432 0.94 Bathurst 230 0.48 Sydney 400 0.95 Kiama 230 0.49 Blacktown 426 0.95 Terrigal 238 0.49 Wakehurst 448 0.95 Albury 230 0.51 Ryde 456 0.96 Orange 249 0.52 Drummoyne 442 0.97 Gosford 248 0.52 Shellharbour 485 0.97 The Entrance 248 0.52 North Shore 447 0.97 Port Macquarie 257 0.53 Willoughby 471 1.01 Upper Hunter 249 0.53 East Hills 473 1.03 Wagga Wagga 259 0.56 Granville 460 1.06 Hawkesbury 283 0.61 Charlestown 520 1.09 Tweed 264 0.61 Kogarah 506 1.13 Port Stephens 285 0.62 Holsworthy 516 1.13 Monaro 279 0.62 Strathfield 526 1.15 Murray 277 0.62 Vaucluse 531 1.16 Wyong 282 0.63 Heffron 532 1.17 Heathcote 319 0.63 Parramatta 545 1.17 Camden 311 0.66 Coogee 540 1.18 Penrith 311 0.66 Wallsend 572 1.18 Castle Hill 329 0.69 Auburn 505 1.19 Hornsby 344 0.70 Rockdale 533 1.20 Newtown 325 0.72 Newcastle 582 1.23 Ku-ring-gai 346 0.72 Lakemba 526 1.23 Baulkham Hills 361 0.74 Canterbury 581 1.27 Cessnock 339 0.75 Fairfield 594 1.36 Swansea 358 0.76 Bankstown 560 1.36 Miranda 369 0.76 Liverpool 594 1.38 Maitland 357 0.76 Wollongong 680 1.39 Cronulla 387 0.78 Cabramatta 680 1.50 Tamworth 375 0.79 Maroubra 776 1.73 Campbelltown 352 0.80 Riverstone 372 0.80 State-wide 34852 0.81 Epping 396 0.81

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.10: The Fishing Party (Group R) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Vaucluse 78 0.17 Blacktown 317 0.71 North Shore 83 0.18 Macquarie Fields 326 0.71 Sydney 80 0.19 Wollondilly 343 0.73 Balmain 94 0.20 Mount Druitt 321 0.74 Ku-ring-gai 103 0.21 Mulgoa 357 0.76 Newtown 100 0.22 Penrith 360 0.77 Willoughby 108 0.23 Campbelltown 350 0.79 Coogee 112 0.24 Goulburn 384 0.80 Epping 130 0.27 Hawkesbury 385 0.83 Davidson 131 0.27 Gosford 401 0.85 Manly 136 0.29 Kiama 400 0.85 Summer Hill 137 0.30 Lismore 404 0.87 Heffron 137 0.30 Ballina 413 0.88 Ryde 148 0.31 Wollongong 435 0.89 Drummoyne 144 0.31 Tweed 388 0.90 Strathfield 152 0.33 Londonderry 422 0.93 Castle Hill 165 0.35 Monaro 433 0.96 Parramatta 169 0.36 Bega 451 0.96 Lane Cove 176 0.37 Charlestown 466 0.97 Baulkham Hills 182 0.37 The Entrance 464 0.98 Blue Mountains 184 0.38 Bathurst 469 0.99 Kogarah 184 0.41 Wallsend 494 1.02 Maroubra 190 0.42 Coffs Harbour 482 1.09 Canterbury 204 0.44 Port Stephens 508 1.10 Granville 196 0.45 Wyong 499 1.11 Hornsby 231 0.47 Shellharbour 565 1.13 Oatley 230 0.49 Port Macquarie 548 1.13 Miranda 239 0.49 Dubbo 521 1.14 Rockdale 220 0.49 Albury 524 1.15 Cronulla 247 0.50 Orange 556 1.16 Bankstown 206 0.50 Lake Macquarie 553 1.19 Riverstone 233 0.50 Cootamundra 558 1.21 Lakemba 215 0.50 Oxley 572 1.25 Pittwater 248 0.52 Maitland 589 1.26 Auburn 229 0.54 Northern Tablelands 613 1.30 Prospect 252 0.55 South Coast 591 1.32 Seven Hills 261 0.55 Swansea 634 1.34 Camden 263 0.56 Tamworth 642 1.35 Wakehurst 263 0.56 Barwon 628 1.36 Keira 286 0.58 Wagga Wagga 645 1.41 Fairfield 253 0.58 Clarence 667 1.44 East Hills 278 0.60 Cessnock 658 1.46 Liverpool 263 0.61 Murray 653 1.46 Cabramatta 280 0.62 Upper Hunter 683 1.47 Terrigal 312 0.64 Myall Lakes 694 1.47 Holsworthy 310 0.68 Heathcote 348 0.69 State-wide 31882 0.74 Newcastle 326 0.69

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.11: Outdoor Recreation Party (Group B) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Balmain 163 0.35 Keira 372 0.75 Vaucluse 164 0.36 Bega 352 0.75 Willoughby 203 0.43 Camden 355 0.75 Newtown 197 0.43 Blue Mountains 361 0.75 Davidson 212 0.43 Port Macquarie 371 0.76 North Shore 205 0.44 Oxley 356 0.78 Strathfield 206 0.45 Heathcote 392 0.78 Summer Hill 213 0.46 Gosford 371 0.78 Ryde 219 0.46 Cootamundra 365 0.79 Lane Cove 225 0.47 Coffs Harbour 352 0.79 Coogee 216 0.47 Clarence 369 0.80 Bankstown 194 0.47 Mount Druitt 350 0.80 Epping 234 0.48 Charlestown 388 0.81 Ku-ring-gai 233 0.48 Blacktown 371 0.83 Rockdale 216 0.48 Mulgoa 395 0.84 Granville 212 0.49 Macquarie Fields 388 0.84 Canterbury 227 0.49 South Coast 379 0.85 Castle Hill 237 0.50 Myall Lakes 402 0.85 Sydney 211 0.50 Dubbo 401 0.88 Heffron 227 0.50 Murray 391 0.88 Baulkham Hills 243 0.50 Swansea 414 0.88 Maroubra 226 0.50 Kiama 414 0.88 Oatley 238 0.51 Barwon 412 0.89 Drummoyne 233 0.51 Monaro 407 0.90 Lakemba 222 0.52 Port Stephens 419 0.90 Pittwater 249 0.52 The Entrance 430 0.91 Kogarah 243 0.54 Londonderry 415 0.92 Auburn 232 0.55 Campbelltown 418 0.95 Fairfield 242 0.55 Tamworth 454 0.95 Ballina 262 0.56 Bathurst 455 0.96 Prospect 264 0.58 Albury 438 0.97 Lismore 272 0.59 Wollongong 476 0.97 Miranda 291 0.60 Lake Macquarie 456 0.98 East Hills 278 0.60 Wollondilly 464 0.99 Parramatta 281 0.60 Orange 477 1.00 Wakehurst 288 0.61 Wallsend 488 1.00 Cabramatta 280 0.62 Wyong 453 1.01 Manly 304 0.65 Penrith 475 1.01 Seven Hills 316 0.67 Wagga Wagga 472 1.03 Holsworthy 308 0.67 Shellharbour 536 1.07 Cronulla 335 0.67 Upper Hunter 499 1.07 Tweed 301 0.70 Hawkesbury 534 1.15 Liverpool 302 0.70 Cessnock 536 1.19 Hornsby 351 0.72 Maitland 561 1.20 Riverstone 342 0.74 Goulburn 677 1.41 Northern Tablelands 351 0.74 Terrigal 362 0.75 State-wide 31445 0.73 Newcastle 354 0.75

Underlining indicates electorates contested by the party in the lower house.

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.12: Australian Motorists Party (Group F) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Newtown 92 0.20 Gosford 311 0.66 Vaucluse 93 0.20 Coffs Harbour 299 0.67 Balmain 98 0.21 Fairfield 302 0.69 Coogee 100 0.22 Northern Tablelands 329 0.70 Sydney 102 0.24 Prospect 320 0.70 North Shore 122 0.26 Clarence 325 0.70 Willoughby 130 0.28 Cootamundra 331 0.72 Manly 135 0.29 Swansea 343 0.73 Summer Hill 160 0.35 Kiama 342 0.73 Davidson 172 0.35 Riverstone 338 0.73 Drummoyne 168 0.37 Myall Lakes 344 0.73 Maroubra 169 0.38 South Coast 332 0.74 Ku-ring-gai 184 0.38 Barwon 343 0.74 Heffron 174 0.38 Heathcote 384 0.76 Strathfield 185 0.40 Cabramatta 352 0.78 Ballina 195 0.42 Liverpool 335 0.78 Newcastle 201 0.42 The Entrance 375 0.79 Ryde 205 0.43 Goulburn 382 0.80 Baulkham Hills 211 0.43 Upper Hunter 377 0.81 Pittwater 210 0.44 Tamworth 387 0.81 Epping 223 0.46 Holsworthy 384 0.84 Cronulla 228 0.46 Wallsend 408 0.84 Lane Cove 222 0.46 Murray 376 0.84 Terrigal 235 0.49 Dubbo 391 0.85 Lakemba 209 0.49 Bathurst 410 0.86 Oatley 234 0.50 Camden 408 0.86 Tweed 220 0.51 Campbelltown 382 0.86 Wakehurst 244 0.52 Wollongong 425 0.87 Castle Hill 250 0.52 Blacktown 394 0.88 Granville 228 0.53 Mulgoa 416 0.88 Rockdale 239 0.54 Orange 426 0.89 Parramatta 252 0.54 Macquarie Fields 416 0.90 Keira 275 0.55 Hawkesbury 420 0.90 Kogarah 251 0.56 Londonderry 409 0.91 Blue Mountains 269 0.56 Shellharbour 457 0.91 Canterbury 261 0.57 Monaro 423 0.93 Hornsby 280 0.57 Wyong 423 0.94 Lismore 268 0.58 Penrith 442 0.94 Miranda 288 0.59 Wagga Wagga 434 0.95 Bega 278 0.59 Mount Druitt 424 0.97 Auburn 260 0.61 Albury 442 0.97 Seven Hills 294 0.62 Maitland 462 0.99 Port Macquarie 303 0.62 Wollondilly 466 1.00 East Hills 288 0.62 Cessnock 452 1.00 Bankstown 261 0.64 Lake Macquarie 474 1.02 Charlestown 305 0.64 Oxley 296 0.64 State-wide 27785 0.64 Port Stephens 303 0.65

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.13: Australian Democrats (Group T) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Cronulla 172 0.35 Penrith 245 0.52 Mulgoa 180 0.38 Orange 256 0.54 Castle Hill 191 0.40 Clarence 248 0.54 Pittwater 195 0.41 Canterbury 246 0.54 Oxley 189 0.41 Cessnock 246 0.54 Camden 197 0.42 Murray 245 0.55 Riverstone 195 0.42 Upper Hunter 256 0.55 South Coast 189 0.42 Albury 250 0.55 Kogarah 192 0.43 Auburn 234 0.55 Maroubra 195 0.43 Coffs Harbour 245 0.55 Baulkham Hills 213 0.44 Parramatta 259 0.56 Vaucluse 200 0.44 Monaro 256 0.56 Wyong 198 0.44 Terrigal 275 0.57 Lakemba 188 0.44 Wollondilly 266 0.57 Cootamundra 205 0.44 Newtown 260 0.57 Goulburn 213 0.45 Northern Tablelands 272 0.58 Oatley 209 0.45 Port Macquarie 283 0.58 Holsworthy 204 0.45 Wakehurst 278 0.59 Drummoyne 205 0.45 Willoughby 279 0.60 Kiama 211 0.45 Seven Hills 284 0.60 Bega 211 0.45 Myall Lakes 284 0.60 East Hills 208 0.45 Newcastle 287 0.61 Londonderry 206 0.46 Ku-ring-gai 293 0.61 Port Stephens 213 0.46 Epping 298 0.61 Mount Druitt 201 0.46 Heathcote 308 0.61 Fairfield 202 0.46 Wagga Wagga 280 0.61 Liverpool 199 0.46 Summer Hill 285 0.62 Blacktown 210 0.47 Ballina 289 0.62 Strathfield 214 0.47 Swansea 291 0.62 Bathurst 227 0.48 Heffron 283 0.62 Macquarie Fields 222 0.48 Ryde 298 0.63 Manly 225 0.48 Lane Cove 308 0.64 Prospect 222 0.49 North Shore 303 0.66 Bankstown 201 0.49 Wallsend 322 0.66 Tweed 212 0.49 Blue Mountains 321 0.67 Cabramatta 223 0.49 Maitland 317 0.68 Dubbo 226 0.49 Shellharbour 348 0.69 Hawkesbury 230 0.50 Keira 347 0.70 Miranda 242 0.50 Gosford 333 0.70 The Entrance 237 0.50 Hornsby 355 0.72 Granville 219 0.51 Tamworth 349 0.73 Rockdale 227 0.51 Sydney 330 0.78 Lismore 237 0.51 Charlestown 396 0.83 Davidson 250 0.51 Lake Macquarie 431 0.93 Coogee 236 0.51 Wollongong 477 0.98 Barwon 238 0.52 Campbelltown 229 0.52 State-wide 23466 0.54 Balmain 242 0.52

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.14: Australian Cyclists Party (Group X) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Barwon 89 0.19 Gosford 169 0.36 Oxley 92 0.20 Rockdale 165 0.37 Macquarie Fields 99 0.21 Swansea 180 0.38 Mulgoa 102 0.22 Auburn 167 0.39 Lismore 106 0.23 Monaro 192 0.42 Cootamundra 106 0.23 Maitland 201 0.43 Murray 106 0.24 Oatley 202 0.43 Londonderry 109 0.24 Pittwater 206 0.43 Camden 116 0.25 Albury 202 0.45 Liverpool 106 0.25 Wagga Wagga 205 0.45 Mount Druitt 108 0.25 Seven Hills 214 0.45 Upper Hunter 117 0.25 Baulkham Hills 236 0.48 Port Stephens 117 0.25 Parramatta 226 0.49 Clarence 117 0.25 Miranda 246 0.51 Wyong 115 0.26 Canterbury 234 0.51 Campbelltown 114 0.26 Blue Mountains 249 0.52 Port Macquarie 127 0.26 Kiama 251 0.53 Orange 132 0.28 Strathfield 246 0.54 Hawkesbury 129 0.28 Cronulla 276 0.56 Fairfield 125 0.29 Heathcote 284 0.56 Prospect 131 0.29 Wakehurst 270 0.57 Wollondilly 135 0.29 Lake Macquarie 274 0.59 Tamworth 138 0.29 Epping 299 0.61 Blacktown 131 0.29 Ryde 296 0.63 Goulburn 141 0.29 Wollongong 306 0.63 Granville 128 0.30 Keira 321 0.65 South Coast 133 0.30 Drummoyne 328 0.72 Holsworthy 136 0.30 Maroubra 323 0.72 Castle Hill 143 0.30 Davidson 351 0.72 Northern Tablelands 144 0.31 Wallsend 350 0.72 Penrith 144 0.31 Hornsby 355 0.72 Cabramatta 139 0.31 Vaucluse 348 0.76 The Entrance 146 0.31 Charlestown 400 0.83 Lakemba 132 0.31 Ku-ring-gai 410 0.85 Shellharbour 157 0.31 Manly 430 0.92 Bankstown 129 0.31 Summer Hill 459 0.99 Myall Lakes 151 0.32 Heffron 477 1.05 Bathurst 154 0.32 Newcastle 512 1.08 Tweed 142 0.33 Lane Cove 538 1.12 East Hills 152 0.33 Sydney 494 1.17 Riverstone 154 0.33 Coogee 548 1.19 Bega 159 0.34 North Shore 562 1.22 Kogarah 154 0.34 Willoughby 636 1.36 Cessnock 156 0.35 Newtown 655 1.44 Terrigal 168 0.35 Balmain 676 1.45 Ballina 164 0.35 Dubbo 161 0.35 State-wide 21280 0.49 Coffs Harbour 157 0.35

Underlining indicates electorates contested by the party in the lower house.

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.15: Building Australia Party (Group G) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Vaucluse 44 0.10 Clarence 137 0.30 Davidson 50 0.10 Goulburn 142 0.30 Balmain 58 0.12 Coffs Harbour 132 0.30 Newtown 58 0.13 Castle Hill 143 0.30 Coogee 65 0.14 Cessnock 136 0.30 North Shore 68 0.15 Bathurst 147 0.31 Manly 71 0.15 Canterbury 142 0.31 Willoughby 75 0.16 Wallsend 152 0.31 Drummoyne 74 0.16 Mount Druitt 137 0.31 Lane Cove 78 0.16 Upper Hunter 147 0.32 Sydney 74 0.17 Newcastle 150 0.32 Pittwater 84 0.18 Dubbo 147 0.32 Lismore 83 0.18 Blacktown 145 0.32 Ku-ring-gai 89 0.18 Hawkesbury 153 0.33 Heffron 84 0.18 South Coast 149 0.33 Epping 94 0.19 Campbelltown 147 0.33 Summer Hill 90 0.19 Mulgoa 158 0.33 Maroubra 88 0.20 Northern Tablelands 161 0.34 Wakehurst 95 0.20 Granville 150 0.35 Oatley 98 0.21 Wyong 158 0.35 Ryde 99 0.21 Holsworthy 161 0.35 Blue Mountains 102 0.21 Orange 168 0.35 Bega 100 0.21 Maitland 165 0.35 Ballina 106 0.23 Tamworth 170 0.36 Strathfield 104 0.23 The Entrance 169 0.36 Rockdale 102 0.23 Albury 165 0.36 Hornsby 115 0.23 Macquarie Fields 168 0.36 Terrigal 115 0.24 Cootamundra 169 0.37 Riverstone 116 0.25 Prospect 170 0.37 Baulkham Hills 124 0.25 Lakemba 159 0.37 East Hills 121 0.26 Londonderry 171 0.38 Miranda 128 0.26 Auburn 161 0.38 Camden 126 0.27 Swansea 187 0.40 Monaro 121 0.27 Charlestown 191 0.40 Heathcote 135 0.27 Bankstown 166 0.40 Port Macquarie 130 0.27 Shellharbour 206 0.41 Keira 133 0.27 Barwon 191 0.41 Tweed 116 0.27 Wollongong 206 0.42 Penrith 127 0.27 Myall Lakes 202 0.43 Seven Hills 129 0.27 Liverpool 190 0.44 Cronulla 138 0.28 Lake Macquarie 214 0.46 Wollondilly 130 0.28 Murray 208 0.47 Oxley 128 0.28 Wagga Wagga 215 0.47 Kiama 133 0.28 Cabramatta 212 0.47 Parramatta 134 0.29 Fairfield 209 0.48 Port Stephens 136 0.29 Kogarah 132 0.29 State-wide 12466 0.29 Gosford 140 0.30

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.16: Socialist Alliance (Group O) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Murray 40 0.09 Maitland 78 0.17 Castle Hill 46 0.10 Drummoyne 77 0.17 Clarence 49 0.11 Shellharbour 85 0.17 Tamworth 51 0.11 Wakehurst 81 0.17 Cessnock 51 0.11 Lismore 82 0.18 Terrigal 55 0.11 Manly 83 0.18 Goulburn 56 0.12 Gosford 87 0.18 Tweed 51 0.12 Kogarah 83 0.18 Dubbo 56 0.12 Londonderry 84 0.19 Davidson 60 0.12 Seven Hills 92 0.19 Port Macquarie 61 0.13 Mount Druitt 85 0.20 Barwon 58 0.13 Campbelltown 87 0.20 Bathurst 60 0.13 Lane Cove 95 0.20 Pittwater 61 0.13 Lake Macquarie 92 0.20 Vaucluse 59 0.13 Epping 97 0.20 Miranda 63 0.13 Penrith 93 0.20 Port Stephens 60 0.13 Strathfield 93 0.20 The Entrance 62 0.13 Cabramatta 94 0.21 Cronulla 66 0.13 Ryde 100 0.21 Oxley 61 0.13 Northern Tablelands 100 0.21 Hawkesbury 62 0.13 Auburn 90 0.21 Ballina 63 0.13 Lakemba 91 0.21 Coffs Harbour 60 0.14 Coogee 98 0.21 Baulkham Hills 67 0.14 East Hills 101 0.22 Bega 65 0.14 Prospect 101 0.22 Upper Hunter 65 0.14 Granville 97 0.22 Myall Lakes 66 0.14 Wyong 103 0.23 South Coast 63 0.14 Parramatta 109 0.23 Swansea 67 0.14 Blacktown 108 0.24 Riverstone 66 0.14 Rockdale 109 0.24 Kiama 67 0.14 Charlestown 118 0.25 Ku-ring-gai 69 0.14 Bankstown 111 0.27 Macquarie Fields 67 0.15 Blue Mountains 130 0.27 Camden 69 0.15 Liverpool 121 0.28 Hornsby 73 0.15 Sydney 120 0.28 Albury 68 0.15 Wallsend 138 0.28 Orange 72 0.15 Heffron 131 0.29 Willoughby 71 0.15 Canterbury 143 0.31 Cootamundra 70 0.15 Fairfield 141 0.32 Wollondilly 71 0.15 Keira 165 0.33 Maroubra 70 0.16 Balmain 160 0.34 Mulgoa 74 0.16 Wollongong 213 0.44 North Shore 73 0.16 Newtown 274 0.60 Wagga Wagga 73 0.16 Newcastle 303 0.64 Monaro 74 0.16 Summer Hill 378 0.82 Heathcote 83 0.16 Holsworthy 76 0.17 State-wide 8489 0.20 Oatley 78 0.17

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.17: Buttell – Independent (Group D) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Kiama 34 0.07 Wallsend 67 0.14 Blue Mountains 35 0.07 Summer Hill 64 0.14 Hornsby 36 0.07 Macquarie Fields 64 0.14 Monaro 39 0.09 Riverstone 65 0.14 Maroubra 39 0.09 Ku-ring-gai 68 0.14 Vaucluse 40 0.09 Blacktown 65 0.14 Davidson 43 0.09 Maitland 69 0.15 Cronulla 45 0.09 Sydney 63 0.15 Pittwater 44 0.09 Heffron 68 0.15 Wakehurst 45 0.10 Upper Hunter 71 0.15 Terrigal 47 0.10 Swansea 72 0.15 Port Stephens 45 0.10 Northern Tablelands 73 0.15 Camden 47 0.10 Tamworth 74 0.16 North Shore 46 0.10 Mulgoa 74 0.16 Port Macquarie 49 0.10 Seven Hills 74 0.16 Manly 47 0.10 Dubbo 73 0.16 Lismore 49 0.11 Shellharbour 80 0.16 Newtown 48 0.11 Charlestown 77 0.16 Epping 52 0.11 Myall Lakes 76 0.16 Ballina 50 0.11 Barwon 75 0.16 Bathurst 51 0.11 Orange 79 0.17 Balmain 50 0.11 Rockdale 74 0.17 Willoughby 53 0.11 Cessnock 75 0.17 Wollondilly 53 0.11 Ryde 79 0.17 Lane Cove 56 0.12 East Hills 77 0.17 Newcastle 55 0.12 Wyong 77 0.17 Bega 55 0.12 Parramatta 82 0.18 Oxley 55 0.12 Canterbury 84 0.18 Tweed 52 0.12 Campbelltown 81 0.18 Oatley 57 0.12 Kogarah 83 0.18 Keira 61 0.12 Holsworthy 85 0.19 Castle Hill 59 0.12 Strathfield 87 0.19 Baulkham Hills 61 0.13 Granville 87 0.20 Miranda 61 0.13 Wollongong 99 0.20 Clarence 58 0.13 Wagga Wagga 93 0.20 Albury 57 0.13 Murray 94 0.21 Coffs Harbour 56 0.13 Lakemba 98 0.23 Gosford 60 0.13 Prospect 108 0.24 South Coast 57 0.13 Londonderry 108 0.24 Heathcote 65 0.13 Bankstown 99 0.24 Hawkesbury 60 0.13 Fairfield 106 0.24 Penrith 61 0.13 Mount Druitt 111 0.25 Goulburn 63 0.13 Auburn 110 0.26 Lake Macquarie 62 0.13 Liverpool 118 0.27 Cootamundra 62 0.13 Cabramatta 136 0.30 Coogee 62 0.14 Drummoyne 62 0.14 State-wide 6251 0.14 The Entrance 65 0.14

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.18: Liu – Independent (Group J) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Pittwater 8 0.02 Wakehurst 33 0.07 Blue Mountains 12 0.02 Campbelltown 31 0.07 Manly 12 0.03 Maitland 33 0.07 Ballina 13 0.03 North Shore 33 0.07 Cronulla 14 0.03 Londonderry 33 0.07 Vaucluse 14 0.03 Barwon 35 0.08 The Entrance 15 0.03 Maroubra 35 0.08 Goulburn 16 0.03 Miranda 38 0.08 Hawkesbury 16 0.03 Riverstone 37 0.08 Lismore 17 0.04 Ku-ring-gai 39 0.08 Port Stephens 17 0.04 Wallsend 40 0.08 Coogee 17 0.04 Seven Hills 42 0.09 South Coast 17 0.04 Murray 40 0.09 Port Macquarie 19 0.04 Heffron 43 0.09 Bega 19 0.04 Davidson 48 0.10 Keira 21 0.04 Shellharbour 50 0.10 Lake Macquarie 20 0.04 Wollongong 49 0.10 Tweed 19 0.04 Drummoyne 47 0.10 Bathurst 21 0.04 Lane Cove 51 0.11 Penrith 21 0.04 Macquarie Fields 49 0.11 Coffs Harbour 20 0.05 Holsworthy 49 0.11 Cessnock 21 0.05 Prospect 49 0.11 Myall Lakes 22 0.05 Baulkham Hills 55 0.11 Clarence 22 0.05 Blacktown 54 0.12 Tamworth 23 0.05 Mount Druitt 55 0.13 Northern Tablelands 24 0.05 Hornsby 63 0.13 Wyong 24 0.05 East Hills 64 0.14 Terrigal 26 0.05 Liverpool 60 0.14 Oxley 25 0.05 Cabramatta 70 0.15 Dubbo 25 0.05 Summer Hill 77 0.17 Newcastle 26 0.05 Granville 74 0.17 Castle Hill 27 0.06 Willoughby 82 0.18 Kiama 27 0.06 Fairfield 78 0.18 Cootamundra 27 0.06 Oatley 88 0.19 Orange 28 0.06 Rockdale 84 0.19 Wollondilly 28 0.06 Sydney 80 0.19 Balmain 28 0.06 Ryde 94 0.20 Charlestown 29 0.06 Parramatta 99 0.21 Monaro 28 0.06 Bankstown 89 0.22 Upper Hunter 29 0.06 Epping 113 0.23 Heathcote 32 0.06 Strathfield 107 0.23 Wagga Wagga 30 0.07 Lakemba 119 0.28 Newtown 30 0.07 Auburn 125 0.29 Albury 30 0.07 Kogarah 232 0.52 Gosford 32 0.07 Canterbury 407 0.89 Camden 32 0.07 Swansea 32 0.07 State-wide 4361 0.10 Mulgoa 33 0.07

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.19: #Strata Party (Group H) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Newtown 12 0.03 Lane Cove 33 0.07 Castle Hill 13 0.03 Clarence 32 0.07 Manly 13 0.03 Seven Hills 33 0.07 Blue Mountains 16 0.03 Northern Tablelands 33 0.07 Wakehurst 16 0.03 Parramatta 33 0.07 Davidson 17 0.03 Lake Macquarie 33 0.07 Cronulla 18 0.04 Summer Hill 33 0.07 Coogee 17 0.04 Shellharbour 36 0.07 Pittwater 18 0.04 Wagga Wagga 34 0.07 Hornsby 19 0.04 Charlestown 36 0.08 Ku-ring-gai 19 0.04 Campbelltown 34 0.08 Baulkham Hills 20 0.04 Cessnock 35 0.08 Camden 20 0.04 East Hills 36 0.08 South Coast 19 0.04 Wallsend 38 0.08 Oatley 20 0.04 Upper Hunter 37 0.08 Terrigal 21 0.04 Goulburn 38 0.08 Heathcote 22 0.04 Riverstone 37 0.08 Epping 22 0.04 Ryde 38 0.08 Miranda 22 0.05 Strathfield 37 0.08 Lismore 21 0.05 Mulgoa 39 0.08 Vaucluse 21 0.05 Bathurst 40 0.08 Kiama 22 0.05 Rockdale 38 0.09 Port Macquarie 24 0.05 Myall Lakes 41 0.09 Port Stephens 23 0.05 Prospect 40 0.09 Bega 24 0.05 Orange 42 0.09 Drummoyne 24 0.05 Canterbury 41 0.09 Tamworth 25 0.05 Kogarah 41 0.09 The Entrance 26 0.05 Lakemba 39 0.09 Swansea 26 0.06 Macquarie Fields 43 0.09 Albury 25 0.06 Blacktown 43 0.10 Ballina 26 0.06 Penrith 45 0.10 Tweed 24 0.06 Granville 44 0.10 North Shore 26 0.06 Londonderry 46 0.10 Oxley 26 0.06 Wollongong 50 0.10 Dubbo 26 0.06 Cabramatta 50 0.11 Hawkesbury 27 0.06 Mount Druitt 49 0.11 Gosford 28 0.06 Holsworthy 53 0.12 Monaro 27 0.06 Murray 52 0.12 Wyong 27 0.06 Barwon 54 0.12 Newcastle 29 0.06 Heffron 54 0.12 Willoughby 29 0.06 Sydney 55 0.13 Maroubra 28 0.06 Bankstown 55 0.13 Cootamundra 29 0.06 Fairfield 59 0.14 Coffs Harbour 28 0.06 Liverpool 67 0.16 Keira 32 0.06 Auburn 68 0.16 Maitland 31 0.07 Wollondilly 31 0.07 State-wide 3024 0.07 Balmain 31 0.07

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.20: #Future Party (Group M) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Tweed 10 0.02 Swansea 29 0.06 Kiama 13 0.03 South Coast 28 0.06 Drummoyne 13 0.03 Orange 30 0.06 Ku-ring-gai 14 0.03 Davidson 31 0.06 Blue Mountains 14 0.03 Oatley 30 0.06 Riverstone 14 0.03 Penrith 30 0.06 Port Macquarie 15 0.03 Coogee 30 0.07 Goulburn 15 0.03 Seven Hills 31 0.07 Heathcote 16 0.03 Upper Hunter 31 0.07 Vaucluse 15 0.03 Hawkesbury 31 0.07 Port Stephens 16 0.03 Mulgoa 32 0.07 Cronulla 18 0.04 Ryde 33 0.07 Wollondilly 17 0.04 Wallsend 34 0.07 Lismore 17 0.04 Albury 32 0.07 North Shore 17 0.04 Mount Druitt 32 0.07 Pittwater 18 0.04 The Entrance 35 0.07 Lane Cove 19 0.04 Newcastle 35 0.07 Castle Hill 19 0.04 Tamworth 36 0.08 Bega 19 0.04 Londonderry 35 0.08 Manly 19 0.04 Blacktown 35 0.08 Lake Macquarie 19 0.04 Dubbo 36 0.08 Miranda 20 0.04 Keira 39 0.08 Bathurst 20 0.04 Prospect 36 0.08 Coffs Harbour 19 0.04 Murray 36 0.08 Camden 22 0.05 Barwon 38 0.08 Baulkham Hills 23 0.05 Terrigal 41 0.08 East Hills 22 0.05 Parramatta 40 0.09 Hornsby 24 0.05 Liverpool 37 0.09 Clarence 23 0.05 Lakemba 37 0.09 Campbelltown 22 0.05 Balmain 41 0.09 Epping 25 0.05 Ballina 43 0.09 Willoughby 24 0.05 Cessnock 42 0.09 Maitland 24 0.05 Wollongong 51 0.10 Charlestown 25 0.05 Canterbury 48 0.10 Wakehurst 25 0.05 Strathfield 48 0.10 Kogarah 24 0.05 Fairfield 46 0.11 Cootamundra 25 0.05 Heffron 48 0.11 Oxley 25 0.05 Bankstown 44 0.11 Holsworthy 25 0.05 Newtown 49 0.11 Northern Tablelands 26 0.06 Auburn 46 0.11 Rockdale 25 0.06 Sydney 48 0.11 Gosford 27 0.06 Summer Hill 57 0.12 Monaro 26 0.06 Shellharbour 62 0.12 Macquarie Fields 27 0.06 Cabramatta 58 0.13 Wagga Wagga 27 0.06 Maroubra 78 0.17 Myall Lakes 28 0.06 Wyong 27 0.06 State-wide 2782 0.06 Granville 26 0.06

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.21: Thaler – Independent (Group P) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Pittwater 3 0.01 Campbelltown 18 0.04 Lane Cove 6 0.01 Riverstone 19 0.04 North Shore 7 0.02 Port Macquarie 20 0.04 Coogee 7 0.02 The Entrance 20 0.04 Vaucluse 7 0.02 South Coast 19 0.04 Ku-ring-gai 8 0.02 Sydney 18 0.04 Cronulla 9 0.02 Rockdale 19 0.04 Castle Hill 9 0.02 Wollondilly 20 0.04 Hornsby 10 0.02 Cootamundra 21 0.05 Miranda 10 0.02 Gosford 22 0.05 Goulburn 10 0.02 Londonderry 21 0.05 Manly 10 0.02 Wagga Wagga 22 0.05 Port Stephens 10 0.02 Maitland 23 0.05 Cessnock 10 0.02 Summer Hill 23 0.05 Davidson 11 0.02 Wakehurst 24 0.05 Baulkham Hills 11 0.02 Blacktown 23 0.05 Clarence 11 0.02 Auburn 22 0.05 Holsworthy 11 0.02 East Hills 24 0.05 Heathcote 13 0.03 Bathurst 25 0.05 Epping 13 0.03 Mount Druitt 23 0.05 Blue Mountains 13 0.03 Wallsend 26 0.05 Bega 13 0.03 Lakemba 23 0.05 Drummoyne 13 0.03 Lake Macquarie 26 0.06 Albury 13 0.03 Heffron 26 0.06 Maroubra 14 0.03 Kogarah 26 0.06 Camden 15 0.03 Charlestown 28 0.06 Oatley 15 0.03 Orange 30 0.06 Parramatta 15 0.03 Bankstown 26 0.06 Tweed 14 0.03 Northern Tablelands 30 0.06 Strathfield 15 0.03 Newcastle 31 0.07 Terrigal 16 0.03 Kiama 33 0.07 Wyong 15 0.03 Wollongong 37 0.08 Ryde 16 0.03 Canterbury 35 0.08 Shellharbour 17 0.03 Granville 34 0.08 Swansea 16 0.03 Liverpool 34 0.08 Ballina 16 0.03 Dubbo 38 0.08 Balmain 16 0.03 Murray 42 0.09 Lismore 16 0.03 Cabramatta 47 0.10 Macquarie Fields 16 0.03 Fairfield 47 0.11 Prospect 16 0.03 Monaro 60 0.13 Seven Hills 17 0.04 Upper Hunter 78 0.17 Oxley 17 0.04 Tamworth 85 0.18 Myall Lakes 18 0.04 Penrith 84 0.18 Willoughby 18 0.04 Hawkesbury 153 0.33 Newtown 18 0.04 Barwon 631 1.37 Mulgoa 19 0.04 Keira 20 0.04 State-wide 2767 0.06 Coffs Harbour 18 0.04

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.22: Ungrouped Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Cabramatta 2 .. Wyong 11 0.02 Auburn 3 0.01 Goulburn 12 0.03 Heathcote 4 0.01 Wollondilly 12 0.03 Camden 4 0.01 Parramatta 12 0.03 Cessnock 4 0.01 Wollongong 13 0.03 South Coast 4 0.01 Kogarah 12 0.03 Miranda 5 0.01 Hornsby 14 0.03 Port Macquarie 5 0.01 Ku-ring-gai 14 0.03 Fairfield 5 0.01 Newcastle 14 0.03 Shellharbour 6 0.01 Seven Hills 14 0.03 Pittwater 6 0.01 Myall Lakes 14 0.03 The Entrance 6 0.01 Keira 15 0.03 Kiama 6 0.01 Holsworthy 14 0.03 Cootamundra 6 0.01 Castle Hill 15 0.03 Tweed 6 0.01 Rockdale 14 0.03 Bankstown 6 0.01 Ballina 15 0.03 Wakehurst 7 0.01 Wagga Wagga 15 0.03 Oatley 7 0.01 Terrigal 16 0.03 Penrith 7 0.01 Hawkesbury 16 0.03 Upper Hunter 7 0.02 Mount Druitt 15 0.03 Barwon 7 0.02 Lane Cove 17 0.04 East Hills 7 0.02 Baulkham Hills 18 0.04 Albury 7 0.02 Charlestown 18 0.04 Cronulla 8 0.02 Tamworth 18 0.04 Bega 8 0.02 Willoughby 18 0.04 Macquarie Fields 8 0.02 Strathfield 18 0.04 Dubbo 8 0.02 Gosford 19 0.04 Prospect 8 0.02 Lake Macquarie 19 0.04 Wallsend 9 0.02 Riverstone 19 0.04 Liverpool 8 0.02 Granville 18 0.04 Lakemba 8 0.02 Blue Mountains 21 0.04 Orange 9 0.02 Summer Hill 21 0.05 Swansea 9 0.02 Drummoyne 22 0.05 Lismore 9 0.02 Maroubra 22 0.05 Port Stephens 9 0.02 Coogee 23 0.05 Oxley 9 0.02 Northern Tablelands 24 0.05 Canterbury 9 0.02 Vaucluse 24 0.05 Londonderry 9 0.02 Ryde 25 0.05 Blacktown 9 0.02 Heffron 25 0.05 Campbelltown 9 0.02 Monaro 26 0.06 Murray 10 0.02 Epping 34 0.07 Davidson 11 0.02 Bathurst 39 0.08 Coffs Harbour 10 0.02 Newtown 46 0.10 Mulgoa 11 0.02 Sydney 47 0.11 Maitland 11 0.02 Balmain 56 0.12 Manly 11 0.02 Clarence 11 0.02 State-wide 1273 0.03 North Shore 11 0.02

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.23: #Country Party (Group V) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % South Coast .. .. Myall Lakes 2 .. Newcastle .. .. Lake Macquarie 2 .. Mount Druitt .. .. Hawkesbury 2 .. Castle Hill .. .. Riverstone 2 .. Miranda .. .. Summer Hill 2 .. Cessnock .. .. Clarence 2 .. Cabramatta .. .. East Hills 2 .. Wyong .. .. Macquarie Fields 2 .. Blacktown .. .. Holsworthy 2 .. Kiama .. .. Kogarah 2 .. Drummoyne .. .. Tweed 2 .. Gosford .. .. Blue Mountains 3 0.01 Heffron .. .. The Entrance 3 0.01 Heathcote .. .. Swansea 3 0.01 Fairfield .. .. Willoughby 3 0.01 Wollongong .. .. Maitland 3 0.01 Bankstown .. .. Balmain 3 0.01 Vaucluse .. .. Barwon 3 0.01 Dubbo .. .. Londonderry 3 0.01 Port Macquarie 1 .. Maroubra 3 0.01 Wallsend 1 .. Sydney 3 0.01 Terrigal 1 .. Keira 4 0.01 Lane Cove 1 .. Camden 4 0.01 Orange 1 .. Lismore 4 0.01 Pittwater 1 .. North Shore 4 0.01 Ryde 1 .. Oxley 4 0.01 Seven Hills 1 .. Campbelltown 4 0.01 Oatley 1 .. Liverpool 4 0.01 Penrith 1 .. Tamworth 5 0.01 Bega 1 .. Wakehurst 5 0.01 Wollondilly 1 .. Albury 5 0.01 Manly 1 .. Epping 6 0.01 Parramatta 1 .. Monaro 6 0.01 Port Stephens 1 .. Davidson 7 0.01 Coogee 1 .. Bathurst 7 0.01 Strathfield 1 .. Ballina 8 0.02 Prospect 1 .. Ku-ring-gai 10 0.02 Newtown 1 .. Upper Hunter 10 0.02 Rockdale 1 .. Cootamundra 13 0.03 Granville 1 .. Goulburn 14 0.03 Lakemba 1 .. Wagga Wagga 15 0.03 Auburn 1 .. Coffs Harbour 18 0.04 Shellharbour 2 .. Canterbury 22 0.05 Cronulla 2 .. Northern Tablelands 73 0.15 Hornsby 2 .. Murray 620 1.39 Baulkham Hills 2 .. Charlestown 2 .. State-wide 959 0.02 Mulgoa 2 ..

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.24: Erwin – Independent (Group W) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Lakemba .. .. Vaucluse .. .. Mulgoa .. .. Wakehurst .. .. Gosford .. .. Wallsend .. .. Goulburn .. .. Wollondilly .. .. Granville .. .. Summer Hill .. .. Heffron .. .. Orange .. .. Holsworthy .. .. Northern Tablelands .. .. Epping .. .. Pittwater .. .. Ku-ring-gai .. .. Oatley .. .. East Hills .. .. North Shore .. .. Lismore .. .. Newtown .. .. Albury .. .. Penrith .. .. Londonderry .. .. Newcastle .. .. Maitland .. .. Hornsby 1 .. Manly .. .. Davidson 1 .. Maroubra .. .. Miranda 1 .. Mount Druitt .. .. Tamworth 1 .. Kogarah .. .. Ryde 1 .. Campbelltown .. .. The Entrance 1 .. Ballina .. .. Camden 1 .. Bankstown .. .. Bega 1 .. Barwon .. .. Willoughby 1 .. Bathurst .. .. Balmain 1 .. Baulkham Hills .. .. Parramatta 1 .. Blacktown .. .. Lake Macquarie 1 .. Fairfield .. .. Hawkesbury 1 .. Cabramatta .. .. Port Stephens 1 .. Macquarie Fields .. .. Oxley 1 .. Castle Hill .. .. Wagga Wagga 1 .. Cessnock .. .. Coogee 1 .. Charlestown .. .. Canterbury 1 .. Clarence .. .. Wyong 1 .. Cootamundra .. .. South Coast 1 .. Drummoyne .. .. Coffs Harbour 1 .. Dubbo .. .. Auburn 1 .. Blue Mountains .. .. Sydney 1 .. Terrigal .. .. Cronulla 2 .. Prospect .. .. Lane Cove 2 .. Riverstone .. .. Kiama 2 .. Rockdale .. .. Strathfield 2 .. Myall Lakes .. .. Monaro 2 .. Shellharbour .. .. Murray 3 0.01 Liverpool .. .. Wollongong 4 0.01 Port Macquarie .. .. Keira 12 0.02 Swansea .. .. Heathcote 61 0.12 Seven Hills .. .. Tweed .. .. State-wide 113 .. Upper Hunter .. ..

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.25: Stefanac – Independent (Group U) Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Cronulla .. .. Macquarie Fields 1 .. Parramatta .. .. Wagga Wagga 1 .. Oxley .. .. Coogee 1 .. Orange .. .. Canterbury 1 .. Oatley .. .. Dubbo 1 .. Mount Druitt .. .. Drummoyne 1 .. Miranda .. .. Strathfield 1 .. Liverpool .. .. Vaucluse 1 .. Lane Cove .. .. Heffron 1 .. Lake Macquarie .. .. Newtown 1 .. Port Stephens .. .. Kogarah 1 .. Heathcote .. .. Murray 1 .. Londonderry .. .. Campbelltown 1 .. Cootamundra .. .. Granville 1 .. Coffs Harbour .. .. Tweed 1 .. Clarence .. .. Lakemba 1 .. Camden .. .. Sydney 1 .. Cabramatta .. .. Shellharbour 2 .. Bathurst .. .. Epping 2 .. Barwon .. .. Davidson 2 .. Ballina .. .. Terrigal 2 .. Auburn .. .. Mulgoa 2 .. Holsworthy .. .. Maitland 2 .. South Coast .. .. Wollondilly 2 .. Wollongong .. .. Upper Hunter 2 .. Ryde .. .. Hawkesbury 2 .. Swansea .. .. Lismore 2 .. Tamworth .. .. Riverstone 2 .. Keira 1 .. Summer Hill 2 .. Hornsby 1 .. East Hills 2 .. Baulkham Hills 1 .. Prospect 2 .. Port Macquarie 1 .. Maroubra 2 .. Ku-ring-gai 1 .. Blacktown 2 .. Blue Mountains 1 .. Rockdale 2 .. Charlestown 1 .. Fairfield 2 .. Goulburn 1 .. Wallsend 3 0.01 Castle Hill 1 .. Gosford 3 0.01 Pittwater 1 .. Seven Hills 3 0.01 The Entrance 1 .. Balmain 3 0.01 Myall Lakes 1 .. Albury 3 0.01 Wakehurst 1 .. Monaro 3 0.01 Northern Tablelands 1 .. Bankstown 3 0.01 Kiama 1 .. Wyong 4 0.01 Penrith 1 .. Newcastle 5 0.01 Bega 1 .. Cessnock 10 0.02 Willoughby 1 .. Manly 1 .. State-wide 113 .. North Shore 1 ..

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Summary of Party Votes by Electorate Table 3.26: Non-Major Party Votes Electorate Votes % Electorate Votes % Castle Hill 8530 17.84 Vaucluse 11881 26.01 Riverstone 9124 19.67 Maitland 12332 26.35 Baulkham Hills 9655 19.83 Lane Cove 12721 26.40 Miranda 9825 20.19 Hawkesbury 12352 26.59 Macquarie Fields 9378 20.36 Dubbo 12188 26.60 Cabramatta 9251 20.46 Bega 12470 26.62 East Hills 9429 20.46 Myall Lakes 12568 26.63 Oatley 9634 20.53 Epping 13041 26.64 Camden 9768 20.68 Pittwater 12713 26.64 Bankstown 8524 20.74 Albury 12098 26.66 Holsworthy 9525 20.80 Orange 12763 26.72 Mulgoa 10024 21.21 Wollondilly 12487 26.73 Cronulla 10602 21.32 Murray 11963 26.81 Kogarah 9681 21.53 Bathurst 12801 26.89 Rockdale 9745 21.87 Wagga Wagga 12352 26.92 Auburn 9308 21.95 Kiama 12703 27.06 Strathfield 10068 22.01 Canterbury 12428 27.10 Drummoyne 10086 22.04 North Shore 12532 27.15 Mount Druitt 9616 22.08 Charlestown 13016 27.17 Campbelltown 9771 22.11 South Coast 12333 27.51 Terrigal 10810 22.32 Manly 12834 27.56 Seven Hills 10558 22.35 Willoughby 13042 27.85 Port Stephens 10360 22.36 Lake Macquarie 13149 28.24 Maroubra 10085 22.43 Wallsend 13792 28.40 Prospect 10322 22.57 Hornsby 13973 28.51 Wyong 10175 22.58 Coffs Harbour 12947 29.20 Parramatta 10547 22.65 Keira 14897 30.04 Londonderry 10241 22.68 Barwon 13886 30.05 Liverpool 9738 22.69 Coogee 13801 30.09 The Entrance 10783 22.80 Cessnock 13616 30.15 Davidson 11236 23.01 Upper Hunter 14155 30.37 Swansea 10964 23.22 Clarence 14210 30.73 Blacktown 10491 23.34 Tamworth 14704 30.85 Penrith 11079 23.62 Wollongong 15292 31.29 Heathcote 11951 23.64 Northern Tablelands 14931 31.65 Gosford 11307 23.85 Newcastle 15098 31.92 Granville 10343 23.88 Oxley 14810 32.25 Cootamundra 11097 24.07 Heffron 14898 32.75 Tweed 10459 24.27 Blue Mountains 16026 33.38 Lakemba 10368 24.34 Sydney 15318 36.22 Monaro 11266 24.85 Lismore 17947 38.64 Ku-ring-gai 12090 25.06 Summer Hill 18113 39.15 Wakehurst 12006 25.44 Ballina 19082 40.68 Ryde 12047 25.46 Balmain 20205 43.33 Fairfield 11191 25.63 Newtown 23706 52.24 Port Macquarie 12505 25.72 Goulburn 12355 25.81 State-wide 1135103 26.30 Shellharbour 13011 25.92

Note: Non-Major includes votes for all parties other than Liberal, National, Labor and Country Labor.

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Summary of Votes by Electorate Table 3.27: Percentage of Above the Line Votes Electorate Percentage Electorate Percentage Newtown 96.5 Oxley 98.4 Summer Hill 97.0 Tamworth 98.4 Balmain 97.1 Baulkham Hills 98.4 Blue Mountains 97.2 Maroubra 98.5 Murray 97.3 Lake Macquarie 98.5 Sydney 97.6 Manly 98.5 Auburn 97.6 Vaucluse 98.5 Lismore 97.7 Oatley 98.5 Ballina 97.8 Clarence 98.5 Northern Tablelands 97.8 Campbelltown 98.5 Strathfield 97.9 Mount Druitt 98.5 Hornsby 97.9 Prospect 98.5 Epping 97.9 Macquarie Fields 98.5 Monaro 97.9 Rockdale 98.5 Coogee 97.9 Charlestown 98.5 Ryde 97.9 Londonderry 98.5 Ku-ring-gai 98.0 Kiama 98.6 Heffron 98.0 Holsworthy 98.6 Canterbury 98.0 Cessnock 98.6 Parramatta 98.0 The Entrance 98.6 North Shore 98.1 Terrigal 98.6 Lane Cove 98.1 Hawkesbury 98.6 Newcastle 98.1 Albury 98.6 Keira 98.2 Myall Lakes 98.6 Goulburn 98.2 Upper Hunter 98.6 Wollongong 98.2 Fairfield 98.6 Willoughby 98.2 Wyong 98.6 Davidson 98.2 East Hills 98.6 Drummoyne 98.2 Penrith 98.7 Granville 98.2 Castle Hill 98.7 Seven Hills 98.3 Pittwater 98.7 Bathurst 98.3 Wakehurst 98.7 Wagga Wagga 98.3 South Coast 98.7 Coffs Harbour 98.3 Riverstone 98.7 Blacktown 98.3 Cronulla 98.7 Wallsend 98.3 Maitland 98.8 Barwon 98.3 Swansea 98.8 Lakemba 98.3 Port Macquarie 98.8 Bega 98.3 Miranda 98.8 Liverpool 98.3 Camden 98.8 Cootamundra 98.4 Shellharbour 98.8 Orange 98.4 Port Stephens 98.8 Gosford 98.4 Cabramatta 98.8 Bankstown 98.4 Tweed 98.9 Heathcote 98.4 Mulgoa 98.9 Dubbo 98.4 Kogarah 98.4 State-wide 98.3 Wollondilly 98.4

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Difference in % Party Vote Table 4.1: Liberal/National Electorate Difference Electorate Difference Northern Tablelands -18.1 Ballina -2.5 Bathurst -16.0 Heathcote -2.3 Orange -14.4 Coogee -2.3 Cootamundra -14.2 Macquarie Fields -2.3 Dubbo -11.2 Terrigal -2.1 Port Macquarie -11.2 Bankstown ● -2.0 Albury -10.1 Hawkesbury -2.0 Kiama -9.8 Blue Mountains -1.9 Coffs Harbour -9.6 Rockdale ● -1.9 Clarence ● -9.5 Ku-ring-gai -1.8 Oxley ● -9.4 Wyong -1.6 Bega -8.9 Miranda -1.6 South Coast -8.9 Port Stephens -1.5 Manly ● -8.0 Penrith -1.5 Camden -7.0 Myall Lakes -1.4 Barwon -7.0 Prospect -1.3 Monaro -7.0 Upper Hunter -1.1 Wollondilly -6.7 Cabramatta -1.0 Lismore -6.7 Mount Druitt -0.9 Pittwater -6.6 Auburn -0.7 Willoughby -6.2 Epping ● -0.7 Drummoyne ● -6.2 Londonderry -0.4 Wagga Wagga -6.0 Strathfield -0.3 Ryde -5.8 Granville .. Holsworthy ● -5.8 North Shore +0.5 Hornsby -5.5 Wallsend +0.9 Tamworth -5.5 Summer Hill +1.1 Parramatta -5.4 Charlestown +1.2 Wakehurst -5.1 Kogarah +1.3 Tweed -4.9 Fairfield +1.3 Baulkham Hills ● -4.5 Blacktown +1.4 Davidson -4.5 Shellharbour +1.6 Riverstone -4.4 Keira +1.6 Goulburn -4.2 Heffron +1.7 Oatley ● -4.1 Newtown +1.9 Vaucluse -4.0 Maroubra +2.3 Mulgoa -3.9 Liverpool +2.8 Castle Hill -3.9 Canterbury +3.1 The Entrance ● -3.8 Lakemba +3.7 Cronulla ● -3.6 Maitland +4.0 Newcastle -3.4 Balmain +4.3 Seven Hills -3.0 Wollongong +5.0 Campbelltown -3.0 Swansea +6.3 Murray -2.9 Sydney +10.1 Cessnock ● -2.7 Lake Macquarie +15.4 Lane Cove -2.7 East Hills -2.6 State-wide -3.0 Gosford -2.6

Difference = Council % vote - Assembly % vote. A ‘+’ figure indicates the party vote was higher in the Council, a ‘-‘ that it was higher in the Assembly. ‘●’ indicates electorates where the party benefited from the 'donkey' vote in the Assembly by drawing top position on the ballot paper. Underlining indicates electorates contested by the National Party in the Assembly.

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Difference in % Party Vote Table 4.2: Labor/Country Labor Electorate Difference Electorate Difference Cessnock -12.9 Wollondilly -2.2 Maroubra ● -12.4 Oxley -2.2 Keira -12.4 Ku-ring-gai -2.2 Wallsend -12.4 Riverstone -2.0 Blacktown ● -9.4 Baulkham Hills -2.0 Liverpool -9.4 Cootamundra -1.8 Londonderry -9.1 Cronulla -1.6 Port Stephens -8.9 Seven Hills -1.6 Wyong ● -8.9 South Coast -1.5 Heffron -8.5 Orange ● -1.3 Blue Mountains ● -8.2 Auburn -1.1 Cabramatta -7.6 Willoughby ● -1.1 Canterbury -7.5 Lane Cove -1.0 Summer Hill ● -7.4 Holsworthy -1.0 Campbelltown ● -7.3 Castle Hill -0.9 Monaro ● -7.2 Kiama -0.9 Mount Druitt ● -7.0 Davidson -0.9 Coogee ● -6.9 Vaucluse -0.8 Charlestown -6.9 Port Macquarie -0.7 Strathfield -6.8 Hornsby ● -0.7 Bankstown -6.3 Drummoyne -0.7 Lakemba ● -6.1 Upper Hunter -0.6 Albury ● -6.1 Penrith -0.6 Shellharbour -5.9 Pittwater -0.6 Mulgoa ● -5.6 Swansea -0.4 Macquarie Fields -5.5 Manly -0.4 Rockdale -5.2 Clarence -0.2 Fairfield -4.8 Coffs Harbour ● -0.1 The Entrance -4.7 Myall Lakes -0.1 Goulburn -4.6 Lismore -0.1 Prospect -4.5 Epping .. Balmain -4.3 Parramatta +0.1 Newcastle -4.1 Wakehurst +0.3 East Hills -4.1 Ballina +0.4 Heathcote -4.0 North Shore +0.5 Oatley -4.0 Dubbo +0.7 Bega -3.8 Bathurst +1.8 Hawkesbury ● -3.6 Wollongong +2.3 Miranda -3.5 Maitland +2.4 Terrigal -3.4 Barwon +3.9 Wagga Wagga ● -2.8 Northern Tablelands +4.1 Newtown -2.7 Murray +4.4 Granville -2.6 Sydney ● +6.1 Gosford -2.4 Lake Macquarie +8.9 Kogarah -2.4 Tamworth +13.8 Tweed -2.3 Ryde ● -2.3 State-wide -3.0 Camden -2.2

Difference = Council % vote - Assembly % vote. A ‘+’ figure indicates the party vote was higher in the Council, a ‘-‘ that it was higher in the Assembly. ‘●’ indicates electorates where the party benefited from the 'donkey' vote in the Assembly by drawing top position on the ballot paper. Underlining indicates electorates contested by Country Labor in the Assembly.

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Difference in % Party Vote Table 4.3: The Greens Electorate Difference Electorate Difference Balmain -4.3 Cootamundra -0.4 Newtown ● -4.0 Summer Hill -0.4 South Coast ● -2.9 Canterbury -0.3 Lakemba -2.7 Hawkesbury -0.3 Shellharbour ● -2.7 Miranda -0.3 Oxley -2.4 Seven Hills ● -0.3 Cessnock -2.3 Dubbo -0.2 Lismore ● -2.3 Kogarah -0.2 Ku-ring-gai -2.2 Rockdale -0.2 Prospect ● -2.2 Upper Hunter -0.2 Vaucluse ● -2.2 Oatley -0.2 Cabramatta ● -2.0 Bankstown -0.1 East Hills ● -1.9 Macquarie Fields -0.1 The Entrance -1.8 Ryde -0.1 Fairfield -1.6 Goulburn -0.1 Terrigal -1.6 Parramatta .. Mount Druitt -1.6 Murray .. Newcastle ● -1.6 Drummoyne .. Coffs Harbour -1.6 Auburn +0.1 Londonderry -1.5 Wagga Wagga +0.1 Barwon ● -1.4 Lane Cove +0.1 Blacktown -1.4 Keira +0.1 Davidson -1.2 Albury +0.2 Camden ● -1.2 Willoughby +0.2 Castle Hill -1.2 Bega +0.2 Bathurst -1.2 Maitland +0.2 Wallsend -1.1 Clarence +0.3 Tweed -1.1 Penrith +0.4 Liverpool -1.0 Swansea +0.4 Wyong -1.0 Manly +0.4 Orange -1.0 Wakehurst +0.4 Heffron -0.9 Monaro +0.4 Campbelltown -0.8 Hornsby +0.4 Pittwater -0.8 Maroubra +0.5 Cronulla -0.8 Gosford +0.6 Riverstone -0.8 Northern Tablelands +1.1 Baulkham Hills -0.8 Myall Lakes +1.1 Strathfield ● -0.8 Coogee +1.1 Mulgoa -0.7 Ballina +1.4 Holsworthy -0.7 Wollongong +1.9 Granville ● -0.7 North Shore +2.2 Wollondilly -0.7 Blue Mountains +2.4 Port Macquarie -0.6 Lake Macquarie ● +2.6 Port Stephens -0.6 Tamworth +2.7 Epping -0.6 Sydney +14.5 Kiama -0.6 Charlestown ● -0.5 State-wide -0.4 Heathcote -0.4

Difference = Council % vote - Assembly % vote. A ‘+’ figure indicates the party vote was higher in the Council, a ‘-‘ that it was higher in the Assembly. ‘●’ indicates electorates where the party benefited from the 'donkey' vote in the Assembly by drawing top position on the ballot paper. The Greens contested all lower house electorates.

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Difference in % Party Vote Table 4.4: Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) Electorate Difference Electorate Difference Canterbury ● -5.1 Newtown -0.1 Lakemba -4.4 Upper Hunter .. Granville -3.9 Monaro .. Liverpool ● -3.3 Ryde .. Cronulla -2.0 Kogarah .. Londonderry ● -1.8 Baulkham Hills .. Fairfield -1.8 Strathfield .. Riverstone ● -1.6 Balmain .. Prospect -1.2 Bega .. Mount Druitt -1.1 Sydney .. Cessnock -1.0 Barwon .. Wallsend ● -0.9 Wyong .. Terrigal ● -0.9 Willoughby .. Miranda ● -0.9 Shellharbour +0.1 Blacktown -0.9 Manly +0.1 Swansea ● -0.6 Bathurst ● +0.1 Coffs Harbour -0.6 Parramatta +0.1 Mulgoa -0.6 Macquarie Fields +0.1 East Hills -0.6 Tweed +0.1 Wakehurst -0.5 Wollongong +0.1 Keira ● -0.5 South Coast +0.1 Oxley -0.5 Charlestown +0.1 Lane Cove ● -0.5 Penrith +0.1 Campbelltown -0.4 Cootamundra +0.2 Wollondilly ● -0.4 Hawkesbury +0.2 Cabramatta -0.4 Myall Lakes ● +0.2 Ku-ring-gai -0.4 North Shore +0.2 Bankstown -0.4 Drummoyne +0.2 Port Stephens -0.4 Maroubra +0.2 Pittwater ● -0.3 Heathcote +0.3 Seven Hills -0.3 Kiama +0.3 Port Macquarie ● -0.3 Murray +0.4 Heffron -0.3 Epping +0.4 Davidson ● -0.2 Northern Tablelands ● +0.4 The Entrance -0.2 Clarence +0.4 Summer Hill -0.2 Maitland +0.4 Holsworthy -0.2 Orange +0.4 Gosford -0.2 Oatley +0.5 Lismore -0.2 Blue Mountains +0.6 Castle Hill -0.2 Ballina +0.6 Auburn -0.2 Hornsby +0.6 Rockdale -0.2 Dubbo +0.7 Newcastle -0.1 Wagga Wagga +0.7 Camden -0.1 Lake Macquarie +0.9 Coogee -0.1 Tamworth +2.0 Vaucluse -0.1 Goulburn -0.1 State-wide -0.3 Albury -0.1

Difference = Council % vote - Assembly % vote. A ‘+’ figure indicates the party vote was higher in the Council, a ‘-‘ that it was higher in the Assembly. ‘●’ indicates electorates where the party benefited from the 'donkey' vote in the Assembly by drawing top position on the ballot paper. The Christian Democrats contested all lower house electorates.

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Difference in % Party Vote Table 4.5: No Land Tax Electorate Difference Electorate Difference Fairfield ● -2.3 Mount Druitt .. Wollongong ● -2.2 Vaucluse .. Cessnock -1.5 Balmain .. Port Stephens ● -1.5 Northern Tablelands .. Dubbo ● -1.4 Wagga Wagga +0.1 Oxley -1.3 Lane Cove +0.1 Bega ● -1.2 Shellharbour +0.1 Wallsend -1.1 Murray +0.1 Castle Hill ● -1.0 Miranda +0.1 Cootamundra ● -1.0 Coogee +0.1 Tweed ● -1.0 Swansea +0.2 Auburn ● -1.0 Myall Lakes +0.2 Kiama ● -0.9 East Hills +0.2 The Entrance -0.8 Ballina +0.2 Ku-ring-gai ● -0.8 Clarence +0.3 Terrigal -0.7 Summer Hill +0.3 Heffron ● -0.7 Charlestown +0.3 Port Macquarie -0.6 Oatley +0.3 Gosford ● -0.6 Strathfield +0.3 Camden -0.6 North Shore +0.3 Londonderry -0.6 Newtown +0.3 Wollondilly -0.5 Manly +0.3 Davidson -0.5 Maitland +0.3 Albury -0.5 Hornsby +0.4 Penrith ● -0.5 Canterbury +0.4 Bathurst -0.4 Barwon +0.4 Cronulla -0.4 Ryde +0.4 Keira -0.4 Epping +0.4 Seven Hills -0.4 Maroubra +0.4 Goulburn -0.4 Prospect +0.5 Lismore -0.4 Willoughby +0.5 Heathcote ● -0.4 Holsworthy +0.5 Hawkesbury -0.3 Liverpool +0.6 Coffs Harbour -0.3 Sydney +0.6 Pittwater -0.3 Parramatta +0.7 Wyong -0.3 Lake Macquarie +0.7 Monaro -0.3 Drummoyne +0.8 Campbelltown -0.3 Tamworth +0.8 Newcastle -0.2 Macquarie Fields +0.8 Upper Hunter -0.2 Kogarah +1.0 Orange -0.2 Granville +1.0 Blacktown -0.1 Bankstown +1.1 Blue Mountains -0.1 Rockdale +1.3 South Coast -0.1 Lakemba +1.5 Riverstone -0.1 Cabramatta +1.7 Baulkham Hills -0.1 Mulgoa -0.1 State-wide -0.1 Wakehurst ● -0.1

Difference = Council % vote - Assembly % vote. A ‘+’ figure indicates the party vote was higher in the Council, a ‘-‘ that it was higher in the Assembly. ‘●’ indicates electorates where the party benefited from the 'donkey' vote in the Assembly by drawing top position on the ballot paper. No Land Tax contested all lower house electorates.

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Difference in % Party Vote Table 4.6: Non-Major Parties Electorate Difference Electorate Difference Lake Macquarie -24.3 Drummoyne +6.9 Sydney -16.2 Rockdale +7.1 Tamworth -8.3 Strathfield +7.1 Wollongong -7.3 Pittwater +7.2 Maitland -6.4 Tweed +7.2 Swansea -5.8 Willoughby +7.3 Murray -1.5 Newcastle +7.5 North Shore -1.0 Macquarie Fields +7.7 Balmain .. Mount Druitt +7.9 Epping +0.7 Blacktown +8.0 Newtown +0.8 Ryde +8.1 Kogarah +1.1 Oatley +8.1 Myall Lakes +1.4 Bankstown +8.3 Upper Hunter +1.8 Manly +8.4 Auburn +1.8 The Entrance +8.6 Ballina +2.1 Cabramatta +8.6 Penrith +2.1 Wagga Wagga +8.8 Lakemba +2.4 Goulburn +8.8 Granville +2.6 Wollondilly +8.9 Barwon +3.2 Coogee +9.2 Fairfield +3.5 Camden +9.3 Lane Cove +3.7 Londonderry +9.5 Ku-ring-gai +4.0 Mulgoa +9.5 Canterbury +4.3 Clarence +9.6 Shellharbour +4.4 Coffs Harbour +9.7 Seven Hills +4.6 Blue Mountains +10.1 Vaucluse +4.8 Maroubra +10.2 Wakehurst +4.8 Campbelltown +10.3 Castle Hill +4.8 South Coast +10.4 Gosford +5.1 Port Stephens +10.4 Miranda +5.1 Wyong +10.5 Cronulla +5.2 Dubbo +10.5 Parramatta +5.2 Kiama +10.7 Davidson +5.3 Keira +10.8 Terrigal +5.5 Wallsend +11.5 Hawkesbury +5.6 Oxley +11.6 Charlestown +5.7 Port Macquarie +11.9 Prospect +5.8 Bega +12.7 Hornsby +6.2 Northern Tablelands +14.0 Summer Hill +6.2 Bathurst +14.2 Heathcote +6.3 Monaro +14.2 Riverstone +6.4 Cessnock +15.6 Liverpool +6.5 Orange +15.7 Baulkham Hills +6.5 Cootamundra +15.9 East Hills +6.7 Albury +16.2 Lismore +6.7 Heffron +6.8 State-wide +6.0 Holsworthy +6.8

Difference = Council % vote - Assembly % vote. A ‘+’ figure indicates the party vote was higher in the Council, a ‘-‘ that it was higher in the Assembly. Non-Major Party vote includes all candidates other than those of the Liberal, National, Labor and Country Labor parties.

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Legislative Council Results 1978-2015

Table 5.1: Percentage Votes by Party 1978-2011 ALP LIB/NAT DEM CDP GRN SFP ONP Others Informal 1978 54.9 36.3 2.8 ...... 6.0 4.1 1981 51.8 33.8 4.0 9.1 ...... 1.3 6.8 1984 46.9 42.6 3.2 6.1 ...... 1.2 6.7 1988 37.5 46.1 2.7 5.7 1.6 .. .. 6.3 8.1 1991 37.3 45.3 6.7 3.6 3.3 .. .. 3.6 5.7 1995 35.3 38.5 3.2 3.0 3.7 2.8 .. 13.5 6.1 1999 37.3 27.4 4.0 3.2 2.9 1.7 6.3 17.2 7.2 2003 43.5 33.3 1.6 3.0 8.6 2.0 1.5 6.5 5.3 2007 39.1 34.2 1.8 4.4 9.1 2.8 .. 8.6 6.1 2011 23.7 47.7 0.8 3.1 11.1 3.7 .. 9.9 5.3 2015 31.1 42.6 0.5 2.9 9.9 3.9 .. 9.0 5.6 Note: National Party known as the Country Party until 1981. The Christian Democratic Party (CDP) known as Call to Australia until 1995. Shooters Party re-named the Shooters and Fishers Party at the 2011 election.

Table 5.2: Legislative Council: Seats won by Party 1978-2011 ALP LIB/NAT DEM CDP GRN SFP ONP Others Elected 1978 9 6 ...... 15 1981 8 5 1 1 ...... 15 1984 7 7 .. 1 ...... 15 1988 6 7 1 1 ...... 15 1991 6 7 1 1 ...... 15 1995 8 8 1 1 1 1 .. 1 21 1999 8 6 1 1 1 .. 1 3 21 2003 10 7 .. 1 2 1 .. .. 21 2007 9 8 .. 1 2 1 .. .. 21 2011 5 11 .. 1 3 1 .. .. 21 2015 7 9 .. 1 2 1 .. 1 21 'Other' parties elected were – 1995 – A Better Future for Our Children 1999 – Outdoor Recreation Party, , Unity 2015 – Animal Justice party

Table 5.3: Composition of the Legislative Council by Party 1978-2011 ALP LIB/NAT DEM CDP GRN SFP ONP Others Seats 1978-81 23 20 ...... 43 1981-84 24 18 1 1 ...... 44 1984-88 24 18 1 2 ...... 45 1988-91 21 19 2 3 ...... 45 1991-95 18 20 2 2 ...... 42 1995-99 17 18 2 2 1 1 .. 1 42 1999-2003 16 14 2 2 2 1 1 4 42 2003-07 18 13 1 2 3 1 1 3 42 2007-11 19 15 .. 2 4 2 .. .. 42 2011-15 14 19 .. 2 5 2 .. .. 42 2015-19 12 20 .. 2 5 2 .. 1 42 Note: Composition based on results at elections and does not take account of resignations and changes of party by elected members between elections.

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