- Last Update - Thursday, 27 May 2021, 17:14 AEST
- First Preferences - 86.7% of enrolment (56,127) - 48 of 48 count centres.
- After Preferences - 86.7% of enrolment - 48 of 48 count centres.
Nationals RETAIN Upper Hunter
Two-Candidate Preferred (2CP)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAT | David Layzell | 18,484 | 55.8 | +3.3 |
| ALP | Jeff Drayton | 14,631 | 44.2 | -3.3 |
| Exhausted Votes | 14,338 | 30.2 |
- Preference counts have been reported from 48 of the 48 count centres.
- Vote and Vote% columns based on actual 2CP counts.
- The swing column shows the change in 2CP% since the last election.
- By-election preferences are flowing 16.3% to Nationals, 20.3% to Labor with 63.4% exhausting. In the same polling places at the last election, preferences flowed 16.1% to Nationals, 20.0% to Labor with 63.9% exhausting..
- Exhausted votes are ballot papers under Optional Preferential Voting that did not contain a preference for one of the final two candidates in the contest. Exhausted Pct calculated as a % of formal votes.
First Preference Count
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAT | David Layzell | 14,805 | 31.2 | -2.8 |
| ALP | Jeff Drayton | 10,055 | 21.2 | -7.5 |
| ONP | Dale McNamara | 5,845 | 12.3 | |
| SFF | Sue Gilroy | 5,676 | 12.0 | -10.1 |
| IND | Kirsty O'Connell | 4,176 | 8.8 | |
| IND | Tracy Norman | 1,951 | 4.1 | |
| GRN | Sue Abbott | 1,648 | 3.5 | -1.3 |
| IND | Steven Reynolds | 1,027 | 2.2 | |
| LDP | Eva Pears | 698 | 1.5 | -3.0 |
| IND | Kate Fraser | 644 | 1.4 | |
| AJP | Michael Dello-Iacovo | 397 | 0.8 | -1.1 |
| SAP | Calum Blair | 375 | 0.8 | -1.4 |
| IND | Archie Lea | 156 | 0.3 | |
| CDP | .... | 0 | 0.0 | -1.9 |
| Informal | 1,231 | 2.5 | -0.9 | |
| Total Votes / Turnout | 48,684 | 86.7 |
- First preference counts have been reported from 48 of 48 counting centres.
- Vote and Vote% columns are actual counts. Candidates are listed in descending vote order.
- Change column compares Vote% by candidate/party with Vote% at the last election.
- Change values only appear for candidates/parties that contested the last election.