2023 Narracan state supplementary election

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2023 Narracan state supplementary election
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  2018 28 January 2023 2026  

Electoral district of Narracan in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Turnout78.85%
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Liberal Placeholder.png Alyssa Weaver 1 (cropped).jpeg
IND
Candidate Wayne Farnham Alyssa WeaverTony Wolfe
Party Liberal Greens Independent
First preference vote16,7414,1324,110
Percentage45.0%11.1%11.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg10.6Increase2.svg5.1Increase2.svg11.0
TCP 63.0%37.0%
TCP swingIncrease2.svg3.0Increase2.svg37.0

Electoral district of Narracan (Victoria) 2022.svg
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.

Contents

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. [1] A supplementary election was held for that seat at 28 January 2023. [2] The Legislative Council (upper house) election for that district (which 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. [3]

Results

2023 Narracan state supplementary election [4] [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Wayne Farnham 16,74145.0−10.6
Greens Alyssa Weaver4,13211.1+5.1
Independent Tony Wolfe4,11011.0+11.0
Democratic Labour Sophia Camille De Wit2,6417.1+7.1
Freedom Leonie Blackwell2,2546.1+6.1
One Nation Casey Murphy2,2466.0+6.0
Independent Annemarie McCabe1,4373.9+3.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Abelman1,3253.6+3.6
Family First Brendan Clarke1,0892.9+2.9
Animal Justice Austin Cram8492.3+2.3
Independent Ian Honey3811.0+1.0
Total formal votes37,20593.4–1.4
Informal votes2,6196.6+1.4
Turnout 39,82478.9−5.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Wayne Farnham 23,44863.0+3.0
Independent Tony Wolfe13,75737.0+37.0
Liberal hold Swing +3.0

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References

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