POLLING PLACE - MERRIWA

Location
Premises	Merriwa School of Arts, Bow St, MERRIWA NSW 2329
Division	Hunter
State	New South Wales

First Preferences
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Swing (%)
ATWELL, David	The Greens	49	5.47	+0.63
JOHNSEN, Michael	The Nationals	486	54.30	+3.89
LAWLER, Ann	Citizens Electoral Council	4	0.45	+0.45
FOX, Bill	One Nation	21	2.35	+0.62
STEFANAC, Jennifer Susan	Palmer United Party	33	3.69	+3.69
FITZGIBBON, Joel	Labor	280	31.28	-10.12
STRETTON, Richard	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	22	2.46	+0.84
FORMAL		895	94.71	-0.88
INFORMAL		50	5.29	+0.88
TOTAL		945	0.97	-0.02

Two Candidate Preferred
Candidate	Party	Votes	Margin	Percentage (%)	Swing (%)
JOHNSEN, Michael	The Nationals	561	227	62.68	+8.82
FITZGIBBON, Joel	Labor	334	-227	37.32	-8.82

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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.