state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Balmain is an electoral district of New South Wales. It was created in 1885, abolished in 1894, recreated in 1904, reabolished in 1991 and recreated in 2007.
Balmain New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1885, 2007 | ||||||||||||||
Abolished | 1894, 1991 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Kobi Shetty | ||||||||||||||
Party | Greens | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Balmain, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 58,785 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 16.14 km2 (6.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Inner metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Balmain was historically a working class seat with a high Labor vote, but in modern times has been a progressive electorate and has been held by the Greens since 2011.
2023 New South Wales state election: Balmain[1][2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Greens | Kobi Shetty | 20,240 | 40.48 | −2.25 | |
Labor | Philippa Scott | 18,555 | 37.11 | +8.25 | |
Liberal | Freya Leach | 9,566 | 19.13 | −0.90 | |
Sustainable Australia | Stephen Bisgrove | 1,189 | 2.38 | +0.84 | |
Public Education | Glen Stelzer | 447 | 0.89 | +0.89 | |
Total formal votes | 49,997 | 98.39 | −0.05 | ||
Informal votes | 820 | 1.61 | +0.05 | ||
Turnout | 50,817 | 86.45 | −0.28 | ||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
Labor | Philippa Scott | 32,752 | 74.50 | +4.05 | |
Liberal | Freya Leach | 11,208 | 25.50 | −4.05 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Greens | Kobi Shetty | 22,118 | 51.80 | −8.22 | |
Labor | Philippa Scott | 20,580 | 48.20 | +8.22 | |
Greens hold | Swing | −8.22 |
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