State Electoral District of Gosford

First Preference Votes for Each Candidate Post Election Night

Electors Enrolled: 50,140

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§
CASSAR	IND	2,227	4.93
AIKEN	IND	935	2.07
KITCHENER	CDP	1,478	3.27
FREEWATER	GNS	5,391	11.93
SMITH	ALP+	12,472	27.61
HOLSTEIN	LP	22,672	50.19

First Preference Votes
Polling Places	CASSAR (IND)	AIKEN (IND)	KITCHENER (CDP)	FREEWATER (GNS)	SMITH (ALP)+	HOLSTEIN (LP)	Total Formal	Informal	Total Votes
Booker Bay Pre-sch.	37	24	14	55	227	397	754	29	783
Brisbane Water-Umina Campus	127	32	54	182	537	758	1,690	63	1,753
Brisbane Water-Woy Woy Campus	111	55	58	279	626	897	2,026	87	2,113
Chertsey Public	78	41	77	208	433	886	1,723	64	1,787
Empire Bay Public	12	1	7	12	25	62	119	4	123
Erina High	17	9	23	42	84	167	342	25	367
Ettalong Public	119	38	82	280	835	1,089	2,443	139	2,582
Gosford E Public	100	38	111	251	514	1,266	2,280	73	2,353
Gosford Public	108	27	53	210	355	613	1,366	55	1,421
Henry Kendall High	51	12	22	89	138	265	577	28	605
Kariong Public	169	75	84	272	580	1,640	2,820	113	2,933
Kulnura Hall	3	3	6	12	16	68	108	8	116
Mangrove Mt Hall	16	7	15	43	82	330	493	24	517
Mooney Mooney Public	6	3	7	39	59	139	253	5	258
Mt White RFS	9	4	4	33	34	73	157	4	161
Patonga Hall	11	5	2	27	43	73	161	4	165
Pearl Beach Comm. Cntr	6	4	5	71	44	179	309	5	314
Peats Ridge Public	9	0	4	36	29	171	249	5	254
Pt Clare Public	69	29	93	267	500	1,173	2,131	62	2,193
Somersby Public	19	10	16	40	83	308	476	17	493
Spencer Public	8	5	5	42	39	55	154	5	159
St Matthews Lutheran Church	45	21	37	119	276	570	1,068	47	1,115
Sth Woy Woy Hall	52	18	31	133	265	460	959	37	996
Sydney Town Hall	1	0	0	10	10	22	43	2	45
The Bays Comm. Hall	22	1	7	41	43	169	283	12	295
Umina Hall	82	19	43	161	459	569	1,333	45	1,378
Umina Public	115	43	38	289	604	954	2,043	72	2,115
Umina Uniting	86	41	60	200	706	842	1,935	80	2,015
Woy Woy Sth Public	128	60	57	278	779	912	2,214	80	2,294
Wyoming Public	49	28	64	138	259	450	988	41	1,029
Total Ordinary Votes	1,665	653	1,079	3,859	8,684	15,557	31,497	1,235	32,732
Postal/iVote Votes	98	68	98	274	977	1,901	3,416	29	3,445
Declared Institution Votes	11	6	20	14	143	183	377	10	387
Absent Votes	201	98	114	612	882	1,823	3,730	108	3,838
Provisional/Silent Votes	6	1	5	34	34	70	150	0	150
Enrolment New Votes	21	5	6	36	63	84	215	10	225
Pre-poll Votes	225	104	156	562	1,689	3,054	5,790	181	5,971
Total Dec Votes	562	282	399	1,532	3,788	7,115	13,678	338	14,016
Grand Total	2,227	935	1,478	5,391	12,472	22,672	45,175	1,573	46,748
% of Total Formal Vote§	4.93	2.07	3.27	11.93	27.61	50.19	-	†3.36	-

  + 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.