2023 Narracan state supplementary election

2023 Narracan state supplementary election

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Electoral district of Narracan in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Turnout	78.9% ( 5.9)
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Wayne Farnham Alyssa Weaver Tony Wolfe Party Liberal Greens Independent Primary  vote 16,741 4,132 4,110 Percentage 45.0% 11.1% 11.0% Swing 10.6 5.1 11.0 TCP 63.0% 37.0% TCP swing 3.0 37.0
The Location of Narracan (dark green) in Victoria.
MP before election Gary Blackwood Liberal Elected MP Wayne Farnham Liberal

The 2023 Narracan state supplementary election was held on 28 January 2023 to elect the next member for the electoral district of Narracan in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of a nominated candidate prior to the 2022 Victorian state election.

Wayne Farnham retained the seat for the Liberal Party despite a 10.6% decrease in the party's first preference vote. ^{[1] [2]}

Background

On 21 November 2022, it was reported that the Nationals candidate for the district of Narracan, Shaun Gilchrist, had been found dead. Under electoral law, this means that the lower house election for Narracan was declared as "failed" by the Victorian Electoral Commission. ^[3] A supplementary election was held for that seat at 28 January 2023. ^[4] The Legislative Council (upper house) election for that district (which is part of the Eastern Victoria Region), was held as scheduled on 26 November.

The Labor Party and the Nationals did not contest the supplementary election, and the Animal Justice Party and Family First Victoria nominated new candidates. ^[5]

Results

2023 Narracan state supplementary election ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Farnham	16,741	45.0	−10.6
	Greens	Alyssa Weaver	4,132	11.1	+5.1
	Independent	Tony Wolfe	4,110	11.0	+11.0
	Democratic Labour	Sophia Camille De Wit	2,641	7.1	+7.1
	Freedom	Leonie Blackwell	2,254	6.1	+6.1
	One Nation	Casey Murphy	2,246	6.0	+6.0
	Independent	Annemarie McCabe	1,437	3.9	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Abelman	1,325	3.6	+3.6
	Family First	Brendan Clarke	1,089	2.9	+2.9
	Animal Justice	Austin Cram	849	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	Ian Honey	381	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			37,205	93.4	–1.4
Informal votes			2,619	6.6	+1.4
Turnout			39,824	78.9	−5.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Wayne Farnham	23,448	63.0	+3.0
	Independent	Tony Wolfe	13,757	37.0	+37.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.0

References

1. Thomas, Kerrin (28 January 2023). "Wayne Farnham claims Narracan victory for Liberals to secure last seat in Victorian election". ABC News. Archived from the original on 15 July 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
2. "Liberal wins seat of Narracan as expected". The Age. 29 January 2023. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
3. "Nationals candidate for regional seat of Narracan found dead". ABC News. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
4. "Narracan District supplementary election". Victorian Electoral Commission . Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
5. "Narracan (Supplementary) - VIC Election 2022". ABC News. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
6. Narracan District results, Victorian Electoral Commission.
7. Antony Green. "VIC 2021 Final Redistribution" (PDF). Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 11 February 2023.
8. Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.