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81.2%

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‘Eager to fight’: Jacinta Price defects to Liberal Party

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price drops post election bombshell

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Bandt warns Labor’s ‘purple seats’ could be lost in 2028

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Matt Shrivell

Jacinta Price will sit in the Liberal party room in the new Parliament.

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The Swing

2.5%toward Labor

Percentage based on two-party preferred results compared with 2022 election.

Percentage based on two-party preferred results compared with 2022 election.

The Race

Seats won (+likely to win)

76 to win

Labor

Labor is the winner!

91 (+1)

2.2%

Coalition

41 (+1)

-9.2%

Independent

8 (+2)

2.2%

Others

2

Greens

0

Electorate Results

All Electorates

Fowler

NSW

IND Retain

83.1% votes counted

52.9%

45,415

2PP

40,442

47.1%

Dai Le

Independent (Incumbent)

Dai Le

Labor

Tu Le

Tu Le

Leichhardt

QLD

ALP Gain

76.8% votes counted

43.4%

38,246

2PP

49,804

56.6%

Jeremy Neal

Liberals (Incumbent Party)

Jeremy Neal

Labor

Matt Smith

Matt Smith

Kooyong

VIC

81.6% votes counted

50.4%

50,209

2PP

49,494

49.6%

Monique Ryan

Independent (Incumbent)

Monique Ryan

Liberals

Amelia Hamer

Amelia Hamer

Bullwinkel

WA

80.0% votes counted

50.1%

47,038

2PP

46,805

49.9%

Trish Cook

Labor

Trish Cook

Liberals

Matt Moran

Matt Moran

Lyons

TAS

ALP Retain

83.1% votes counted

61.0%

41,866

2PP

26,759

39.0%

Rebecca White

Labor (Incumbent Party)

Rebecca White

Liberals

Susie Bower

Susie Bower

Bennelong

NSW

ALP Retain

84.7% votes counted

59.0%

59,019

2PP

41,068

41.0%

Jerome Laxale

Labor (Incumbent)

Jerome Laxale

Liberals

Scott Yung

Scott Yung

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