Wentworth By-election Progress of the Count

Wentworth Results by Vote Type

Wentworth Postal and Pre-Poll Votes

Wentworth Trend in Postal Votes

• 0.7% of the narrowing next morning was caused by the preference count errors that were corrected in the afternoon.
• 0.5% of narrowing came about through factoring in Absent Votes that didn't exist at the by-election.
• The first batch of postal votes was much worse for Phelps than the final postal vote totals.
• The Liberal Party gained another 0.2% on its lead through winning the Special Hospital vote 266-54.
• Phelps did much better on polling day than among votes cast before polling day, though it is not possible to be certain if the difference is due to campaign issues of the last week or organisational issues for Phelps earlier in the campaign.
• The much smaller swing in Pre-Poll votes may be due to changes in the location of Pre-Poll Voting Centres.