ROLLING COVERAGE of the 2015 NSW election for the seats of Shellharbour, Kiama, Wollongong and around the state. Look below to see how watch how your votes tally up in your district.
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9:06PM: Labor's Anna Watson has retained the seat of Shellharbour, currently with a 7.8 per cent margin.
8:44PM: Labor has declared a win on twitter, Ms Watson currently has 54.45 per cent of 20,734 votes.
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8:13PM: Shellharbour MO Anna Watson, tonight thanked the Shellharbour electorate community for their increased support in her re-election.
Ms Watson’s election results so far show she has been re-elected on a strong primary vote of between 53% and 54%.
“I am humbled and grateful for the faith and support that the people of my electorate have shown tonight in the Labor Party and me, as their local Member of Parliament.
“I am pleased that so many related to my positive campaign over the last month.
“I look forward to working closely with the people of my electorate to ensure they get a fair go over the next four years”, she said.
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7:50PM: Anna Watson strong in the lead with 54.48% of 5,795 votes and Mark Jones following with 22.12%.
7:39PM: Greens candidate Peter Moran is feeling positive and said it wasn't just about the result, but also giving the community a choice.
7:08PM: Liberal candidate Mark Jones says he is enjoying a well-earned beer with supporters after a hectic few weeks.
7:00AM: Early days but this is how it's looking... 259 votes
MORAN 16.99%
MORVILLO 4.63%
WATSON 45.17%
CECCHELE 11 4.25%
QUINN 3.09%
JONES 22.01%
KADWELL 10 3.86%
6:45PM: Numbers are coming in... but still very early only 138 votes counted for Shellharbour with Labor MP Anna Watson in the lead.
Shellharbour has been a strong Labor seat since its inception in 2007.
Current member Anna Watson was preselected by the Labor party for this state election, after winning the seat in 2011 with 46.7 per cent of votes against rival Liberal candidate Larissa Malison (31.4 per cent).
9:12PM:
9:06PM: Liberal Gareth Ward has retained the seat of Kiama, currently with an 8.6 per cent margin.
8:16PM: Currently at 16,246 votes Gareth Ward has 52.52 per cent of the votes and Glenn Kolomeitz at 30.59 per cent.
7:48PM: ABC TV already calling Gareth Ward as the winner.
7:20AM: 4,355 votes on the tally.. Gareth Ward has the lead 57.63 per cent with Glenn Kolomeitz following 23.79 per cent
7:11PM: First results in for Kiama.
PELLEGRINI 3.19%
WARD 50.30%
KOLOMEITZ 31.54%
RYAN 1.60%
BARRATT 13.37%
7:00AM: Not votes counted for the Kiama seat as yet.
Kiama Incumbent Gareth Ward won the 2011 state election, making the electorate a Liberal seat for the very first time. Beforehand, predecessor former Labor MP Matt Brown had retained the seat with more than 50 per cent of the primary vote.
9:15PM: Labor's Noreen Hay has retained the seat of Wollongong, currently with a 9.3% margin.
8:30PM: NSW Labor call the seat of Wollongong on twitter-
7:27PM: Noreen Hay leads with 38.4% of the 1870 votes counted.
COLONELLI – NLT – 3.48%
WALTERS – LIB – 21.44%
PRATT – CDP – 3.64%
RORRIS – IND – 18.56%
LATZ – ACP – 1.12%
HAY – LAB – 38.4%
BRESSER – GRN – 13.37%
7:00PM: It's early stages but Noreen Hay is currently leading with 37.23% of the 282 Wollongong votes counted so far. Here's the breakdown:
COLONELLI; NLT - 2.84%
WALTERS; LIB - 22.70%
PRATT; CDP - 7.80%
RORRIS; IND - 12.06%
LATZ; ACP - 1.77%
HAY; LAB - 37.23%
BRESSER GRN 44 15.60%
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9:04PM: Pru Goward will retain the seat of Goulburn despite a strong swing to Labor.
8.50PM: NSW Labor has called the seat of Keira.
8:48PM: Coalition to form majority government with 47 seats so far and Labor currently with 23 seats.
8:04PM: Greens have a strong leads at the moment in Newtown and Balmain as well as a strong second prefernce at present in Ballina and Lismore.
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