POLLING PLACE - KOTARA SOUTH (NEWCASTLE)

Location
Premises	Kotara South Public School, Rae Cres, KOTARA NSW 2289
Division	Newcastle
State	New South Wales

First Preferences
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Swing (%)
CHEHOFF, Michael	Australia First Party	15	1.11	+1.11
ALCORN, Zane	Socialist Alliance	6	0.45	-0.81
McLELLAN, Yegon Dally	Palmer United Party	65	4.82	+4.82
HOLDING, Rod	Independent	11	0.82	+0.82
SCURRY, Susanna	Independent	10	0.74	+0.74
CAINE, Milton	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	15	1.11	-0.21
ABBOTT, Jaimie	Liberal	487	36.13	-0.06
HIGGINS, Lawrence Joseph	Australian Independents	4	0.30	+0.30
CLAYDON, Sharon	Labor	614	45.55	-1.50
OSBORNE, Michael	The Greens	121	8.98	-3.18
......	Australian Democrats	0	0.00	-1.38
......	Socialist Equality Party	0	0.00	-0.64
FORMAL		1,348	93.29	-0.11
INFORMAL		97	6.71	+0.11
TOTAL		1,445	1.48	-0.19

Two Candidate Preferred
Candidate	Party	Votes	Margin	Percentage (%)	Swing (%)
ABBOTT, Jaimie	Liberal	581	-186	43.10	+1.80
CLAYDON, Sharon	Labor	767	186	56.90	-1.80

Help

This screen shows the number of votes and percentage of votes for candidates in one polling place and shows the Two Candidate Preferred for that polling place. On this screen you will find...

the number of votes and the percentage of the formal vote received by each candidate
the swing as measured as the difference between the percentage of first preference votes received by a party candidate at this election and the percentage of the first preference votes received by that party's candidate in the comparable polling place at the previous election
the two-candidate-preferred results showing the percentages received for this election and swing.

Notes:

From 2010 the votes also include own division pre-poll votes issued as ordinary votes. Please note: this is a change from previous elections.
These results are final.