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2021 Upper Hunter state by-election
Election result for Upper Hunter, New South Wales, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2021 Upper Hunter by-election was held on 22 May 2021 to elect the next Member of Parliament for the district of Upper Hunter in the Legislative Assembly. The by-election was triggered following the resignation of incumbent Nationals MP Michael Johnsen on 31 March 2021.
Quick Facts Electoral district of Upper Hunter in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Registered ...
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Electoral district of Upper Hunter in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 56,127 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 86.74 ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At around 8:30 pm on the by-election night, ABC News psephologist Antony Green called the election for the Nationals candidate Dave Layzell. Although Layzell was considered the narrow favourite based on polling, he ultimately won by a margin of 5.8% in the two-candidate-preferred vote, larger than polling suggested.