State Electoral District of Tamworth

First Preference Votes for Each Candidate Post Election Night

Electors Enrolled: 49,246

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§
HOBBS	ALP	2,167	4.72
DRAPER+	IND	17,237	37.58
ANDERSON	NP	25,235	55.01
SMITH	GNS	722	1.57
GIBSON	IND	510	1.11

First Preference Votes
Polling Places	HOBBS (ALP)	DRAPER+ (IND)	ANDERSON (NP)	SMITH (GNS)	GIBSON (IND)	Total Formal	Informal	Total Votes
Attunga Public	12	122	241	5	5	385	7	392
Barraba Bicentennial Cntr	41	376	539	5	6	967	9	976
Bendemeer CWA	12	131	130	7	8	288	7	295
Boggabri Public	43	163	364	2	5	577	3	580
Breeza Hall	5	41	45	2	0	93	1	94
Carinya School	33	423	708	12	24	1,200	14	1,214
Carroll Public	14	46	97	2	3	162	6	168
Coledale Comm. Cntr	28	148	133	9	3	321	7	328
Curlewis Public	12	159	168	3	3	345	5	350
Currabubula Public	13	96	93	5	4	211	1	212
Dungowan Hall	7	111	127	2	3	250	0	250
Duri Hall	5	99	197	2	1	304	1	305
Gunnedah High	51	308	625	9	14	1,007	11	1,018
Gunnedah Sth Public	37	280	518	11	2	848	12	860
Gunnedah Town Hall	143	711	1,360	24	16	2,254	66	2,320
Hallsville Uniting	10	110	173	2	2	297	2	299
Hillvue Public	63	593	785	19	20	1,480	32	1,512
Kelvin Hall	3	42	61	2	0	108	2	110
Kootingal Public	55	488	615	17	27	1,202	19	1,221
Manilla Town Hall	83	811	761	20	12	1,687	24	1,711
McCarthy Cllg Tamworth	31	215	292	9	6	553	5	558
Moonbi Public	11	191	271	5	10	488	7	495
Moore Crk Hall	13	200	318	3	2	536	2	538
Mullaley Public	6	47	56	0	3	112	1	113
Nemingha Public	17	329	382	7	17	752	6	758
Nundle Public	25	141	192	11	2	371	8	379
Oxley Vale Public	70	485	749	27	4	1,335	27	1,362
Peel High	57	446	511	23	10	1,047	28	1,075
Somerton Public	5	59	119	0	1	184	0	184
Sydney Town Hall	1	4	10	1	0	16	0	16
Tambar Springs Public	3	36	42	0	4	85	0	85
Tamworth Comm. Cntr	58	390	617	23	8	1,096	16	1,112
Tamworth High	170	1,234	1,678	68	37	3,187	82	3,269
Tamworth Public	108	950	1,546	72	33	2,709	29	2,738
Tamworth TREC	59	546	947	14	16	1,582	23	1,605
Tamworth W Public	67	561	701	31	16	1,376	25	1,401
Timbumburi Public	5	190	386	8	1	590	9	599
Werris Crk Public	82	486	240	9	12	829	18	847
Westdale Public	39	417	619	15	12	1,102	18	1,120
Woolomin Public	3	80	88	0	1	172	4	176
Total Ordinary Votes	1,500	12,265	17,504	486	353	32,108	537	32,645
Postal/iVote Votes	101	876	1,348	30	21	2,376	17	2,393
Declared Institution Votes	26	91	132	2	3	254	4	258
Absent Votes	217	940	1,379	94	62	2,692	44	2,736
Provisional/Silent Votes	14	42	79	4	6	145	5	150
Enrolment New Votes	24	99	157	12	6	298	6	304
Pre-poll Votes	285	2,924	4,636	94	59	7,998	86	8,084
Total Dec Votes	667	4,972	7,731	236	157	13,763	162	13,925
Grand Total	2,167	17,237	25,235	722	510	45,871	699	46,570
% of Total Formal Vote§	4.72	37.58	55.01	1.57	1.11	-	†1.50	-

  + 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.