State Electoral District of Newcastle

First Preference Votes for Each Candidate Post Election Night

Electors Enrolled: 48,787

Results Explanation

The First Preference Vote Post Election Night page displays the result of the check count of polling place votes by polling place, and the count of declaration votes by declaration vote type, for each candidate for a given district.

The total number of first preference ordinary votes from Sunday check count and count of declaration votes for each candidate is calculated in the second last line item of table and is identified as Grand Totals.

A percentage is displayed in the last line item of the table and is identified as % of Total Formal Vote. The percentage is calculated by dividing the candidates' Grand Totals by the Grand Totals derived from the Total Formal Votes column.

Explanation of declaration vote types.

First Preference Votes Summary - Post Election Night
Candidate	Party	Votes	% Total Ordinary Formal Votes§
McKAY+	ALP+	13,417	30.62
SUTTON	GNS	6,510	14.86
TATE	IND	5,067	11.56
HOLT		189	0.43
ALCORN	SA	700	1.60
OWEN	LP	16,072	36.67
CAINE	CDP	496	1.13
NOBLE	IND	1,372	3.13

First Preference Votes
Polling Places	McKAY+ (ALP)+	SUTTON (GNS)	TATE (IND)	HOLT	ALCORN (SA)	OWEN (LP)	CAINE (CDP)	NOBLE (IND)	Total Formal	Informal	Total Votes
Adamstown Snr Ctzn Cntr	408	143	130	7	14	335	11	47	1,095	42	1,137
Cameron Park Sch	137	47	51	0	4	147	6	12	404	17	421
Hamilton Nth Public	227	89	80	3	20	149	9	27	604	18	622
Hamilton Public	501	296	162	9	44	580	11	54	1,657	50	1,707
Hamilton Sth Comm. Hall	377	60	115	7	3	212	7	28	809	59	868
Hamilton Sth Public	482	326	279	11	20	1,049	18	49	2,234	48	2,282
Islington Public	273	219	96	3	32	220	7	39	889	30	919
Lambton High	368	99	153	3	11	287	18	17	956	39	995
Mayfield E Public	523	201	191	3	40	313	16	49	1,336	38	1,374
Merewether Hghts Public	211	138	161	2	11	764	11	23	1,321	24	1,345
Merewether SLSC	232	157	109	1	8	612	7	22	1,148	19	1,167
Merewether Uniting	379	153	178	0	16	653	17	40	1,436	45	1,481
New Lambton Public	284	101	153	3	18	298	5	17	879	33	912
New Lambton Sth Public	294	112	121	0	10	273	5	22	837	19	856
Newcastle E Public	289	328	85	6	41	613	13	30	1,405	32	1,437
Newcastle School	171	173	78	2	12	311	4	35	786	21	807
Scots Kirk Hamilton	311	179	87	3	26	370	8	45	1,029	39	1,068
St Andrews Mayfield	660	206	206	9	34	424	50	62	1,651	66	1,717
St Columba's Adamstown	246	121	146	6	6	418	16	31	990	30	1,020
St John the Baptist Lambton	46	28	25	1	2	79	7	3	191	14	205
St Johns Cooks Hill	478	296	183	4	34	765	16	37	1,813	48	1,861
St Marks Islington	228	192	55	2	17	237	15	33	779	34	813
St Matthews Anglican Georgetown	192	70	53	3	2	154	8	18	500	10	510
St Thomas Carrington	424	185	112	1	20	341	8	40	1,131	32	1,163
Stockton Public	508	80	115	10	14	273	8	53	1,061	17	1,078
Stockton Uniting	477	83	105	1	22	280	7	34	1,009	43	1,052
Sydney Town Hall	13	11	8	0	2	13	0	0	47	0	47
The Junction Public	612	324	226	20	25	1,196	25	42	2,470	64	2,534
Tighes Hill Public	340	310	126	2	26	269	6	49	1,128	44	1,172
Waratah Public	643	229	237	17	29	495	23	58	1,731	69	1,800
Total Ordinary Votes	10,334	4,956	3,826	139	563	12,130	362	1,016	33,326	1,044	34,370
Postal/iVote Votes	1,097	328	382	10	25	1,272	51	117	3,282	31	3,313
Declared Institution Votes	51	3	16	1	0	23	0	1	95	6	101
Absent Votes	1,188	767	524	26	63	1,325	58	127	4,078	98	4,176
Provisional/Silent Votes	55	33	8	0	3	48	0	8	155	5	160
Enrolment New Votes	97	63	33	3	9	125	2	12	344	12	356
Pre-poll Votes	595	360	278	10	37	1,149	23	91	2,543	68	2,611
Total Dec Votes	3,083	1,554	1,241	50	137	3,942	134	356	10,497	220	10,717
Grand Total	13,417	6,510	5,067	189	700	16,072	496	1,372	43,823	1,264	45,087
% of Total Formal Vote§	30.62	14.86	11.56	0.43	1.60	36.67	1.13	3.13	-	†2.80	-

  + Sitting Candidate or Party
  † Percentage of Total Number of Votes Polled
  § Figures displayed have been rounded to the nearest decimal place. Note the rounding process makes the displayed value an
     unreliable indicator, if it is within a decimal place of the required threshold, for deposit refund or public funding.