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Frome by-election live

ALP
NAT
LIB
GRN
ONP
BROCK
COUNT

PRIMARY
5041
1267
7576
734
134
4557
19309

%
26.1%
6.6%
39.2%
3.8%
0.7%
23.6%
100.0%

Swing
-16.4%

-7.6%
0.7%

PORT PIRIE
2157
181
1344
129
29
2480
6320

%
34.1%
2.9%
21.3%
2.0%
0.5%
39.2%
100.0%

Swing
-23.5%

-11.7%
-0.8%

REMAINDER
1368
735
4292
478
70
757
7700

%
17.8%
9.5%
55.7%
6.2%
0.9%
9.8%
100.0%

Swing
-8.6%

-6.2%
1.9%

DECLARATION
1516
351
1940
127
35
1320
5289

%
29.2%
6.5%
35.7%
2.3%
0.7%
25.5%
100.0%

Swing
-9.2%

-13.9%
-1.9%

3CP
5532

8215

5562
19309

28.6%

42.5%

28.8%

2CP (FINAL)

9322

9987
19309

48.3%

51.7%

Thursday, January 28
Malcolm Mackerras muses on this and other recent by-elections in the Canberra Times.
Wednesday, January 27
Electoral commissioner Kay Mousley has officially rejected the Liberals’ request for a recount, on the basis that specific concerns about the counting of votes had not been identified. The mere closeness of the result was deemed insufficient [...]

Frome by-election (South Australia): January 17

This post will be progressively updated with news on the South Australian state by-election in Frome, to be held on January 17.
January 16
One day to go: this site will be providing live coverage from shortly after the close of polls at 6pm local time tomorrow. Antony Green lays out the officially registered how-to-vote cards, which [...]