CLOSE OF DAYS COUNTING MELBOURNE BY-ELECTION. LIBS DID NOT FIELD A CANDIDATE. PM GILLARD WAS A NO-SHOW FOR BOTH THE CAMPAIGN AND ON ELECTION DAY ITSELF. LABOR WILL NOT BE HAPPY WITH THESE FIGURES,
Melbourne District By-election 2012
Interim results
Last updated: Saturday, 21 July 2012 11:00:23 PM
Please note: Results below are only interim results.
Results for this District will be published progressively. The figures below may not include all votes.
Elected member
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Votes for Melbourne District are still being counted. |
Primary votes counted
| Total Enrolment as at close of rolls: |
44889 |
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| Formal Votes counted: | 27245 |
| Informal Votes counted: | 2526 (8.48% of the total votes counted) |
| Total Votes counted: | 29771 (66.32% of the total enrolment as at the close of rolls) |
Note: ALP = AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY – VICTORIAN BRANCH, CDP = AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIANS, DLP = DEMOCRATIC LABOR PARTY (DLP) OF AUSTRALIA, Family First = FAMILY FIRST VICTORIA INC., Greens = THE AUSTRALIAN GREENS – VICTORIA, Sex Party = AUSTRALIAN SEX PARTY – VICTORIA
Primary first preference votes counted
| Candidate | Party | 1st pref votes counted | % of 1st pref votes counted |
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| AHMED, Berhan | 1140 |  4.18% |
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| FENN, Ashley | Family First | 802 |  2.94% |
| SCHOREL-HLAVKA, Gerrit Hendrik | 64 | 0.23% |
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| NOLTE, David | 1280 | 4.70% |
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| PERKINS, John | 139 | 0.51% |
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| KANIS, Jennifer | ALP | 9079 | 33.32% |
| COLLYER, David James | 160 | 0.59% |
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| O’CONNOR, Patrick | 148 | 0.54% |
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| MURPHY, Michael | DLP | 521 | 1.91% |
| TOSCANO, Joseph | 204 | 0.75% |
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| MAYNE, Stephen | 1293 | 4.75% |
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| BORLAND, Kate | 201 | 0.74% |
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| WHITEHEAD, Adrian | 165 | 0.61% |
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| PATTEN, Fiona | Sex Party | 1801 | 6.61% |
| OKE, Cathy | Greens | 9909 | 36.37% |
| BENGTSSON, Maria | CDP | 339 | 1.24% |
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Two candidate preferred vote
| Candidate | Party | Preferred votes | % of preferred votes |
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| KANIS, Jennifer | ALP | 13988 | 51.38% |
| OKE, Cathy | Greens | 13234 | 48.62% |
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