State Electoral District of Port Macquarie

First Preference Votes for Each Candidate Post Election Night

Electors Enrolled: 49,413

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§
WALDRON	CDP	937	2.06
ALLEY	ALP	2,573	5.66
BESSELING+	IND+	16,601	36.50
MEGGET	GNS	1,651	3.63
WILLIAMS	NP	23,718	52.15

First Preference Votes
Polling Places	WALDRON (CDP)	ALLEY (ALP)	BESSELING+ (IND)+	MEGGET (GNS)	WILLIAMS (NP)	Total Formal	Informal	Total Votes
Bonny Hills Hall	26	75	505	46	587	1,239	19	1,258
Camden Haven High	9	18	173	21	196	417	9	426
Coopernook Arts Hall	16	18	118	7	179	338	10	348
Dunbogan Jubilee Hall	8	28	205	23	236	500	10	510
Emerald Downs Comm Cntr	33	80	841	57	1,328	2,339	47	2,386
Hannam Vale Public	4	12	72	9	91	188	3	191
Harrington Hall	22	125	456	38	748	1,389	19	1,408
Hastings Public	54	109	876	113	1,150	2,302	37	2,339
Herons Crk Public	4	9	71	7	72	163	1	164
Johns River Public	9	11	73	9	109	211	1	212
Kendall Hall	11	43	323	38	366	781	27	808
King Crk RFS	15	24	168	18	451	676	16	692
Lake Cathie Hall	17	70	514	59	937	1,597	24	1,621
Lansdowne Public	8	17	172	22	183	402	11	413
Laurieton Arts Hall	20	108	467	39	591	1,225	24	1,249
Lord Howe Is. School	2	17	92	14	80	205	4	209
Lorne Rec. Cntr	1	1	67	6	80	155	3	158
Moorland Public	7	13	103	10	134	267	3	270
Nth Haven Hall	15	92	439	32	477	1,055	32	1,087
Nth Shore RFS	7	16	94	20	177	314	3	317
Old St Josephs Regional High	28	83	552	52	820	1,535	36	1,571
Port Macquarie CWA	14	46	324	30	451	865	24	889
Port Macquarie High	61	187	1,148	142	1,580	3,118	81	3,199
Port Macquarie Hospital	4	8	83	7	97	199	3	202
Port Macquarie Lions Club	26	68	418	27	692	1,231	37	1,268
Port Macquarie Public	47	101	523	67	806	1,544	47	1,591
St Columba School Port Mac.	34	47	433	29	773	1,316	21	1,337
St Peter The Fisherman	30	101	516	32	620	1,299	29	1,328
Sydney Town Hall	0	3	11	7	10	31	0	31
Tacking Pt Public	38	82	784	82	1,149	2,135	41	2,176
Telegraph Pt Public	4	5	24	5	53	91	1	92
Wauchope High	5	11	66	16	107	205	5	210
Westport High	73	193	1,015	80	1,489	2,850	80	2,930
Total Ordinary Votes	652	1,821	11,726	1,164	16,819	32,182	708	32,890
Postal/iVote Votes	47	143	925	65	1,383	2,563	17	2,580
Declared Institution Votes	3	11	63	6	89	172	0	172
Absent Votes	90	271	1,143	225	1,382	3,111	56	3,167
Provisional/Silent Votes	4	12	51	7	58	132	3	135
Enrolment New Votes	2	0	14	2	5	23	2	25
Pre-poll Votes	139	315	2,679	182	3,982	7,297	103	7,400
Total Dec Votes	285	752	4,875	487	6,899	13,298	181	13,479
Grand Total	937	2,573	16,601	1,651	23,718	45,480	889	46,369
% of Total Formal Vote§	2.06	5.66	36.50	3.63	52.15	-	†1.92	-

  + 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.