Mary Aldred and Tully Fletcher By Catherine Watson
AFTER an election full of twists and turns, the battle for the seat of Monash appears headed for a traditional shootout between the major parties.
A week after the election, the Australian Electoral Commission has completed a three-party preferred count, with the Liberal Party's Mary Aldred on 46.3 per cent, close to the magical 50 per cent.
Labor’s Tully Fletcher is on 27.3 per cent, a long way behind, but importantly almost 1000 votes ahead of independent Deb Leonard on 26.3 per cent.
AFTER an election full of twists and turns, the battle for the seat of Monash appears headed for a traditional shootout between the major parties.
A week after the election, the Australian Electoral Commission has completed a three-party preferred count, with the Liberal Party's Mary Aldred on 46.3 per cent, close to the magical 50 per cent.
Labor’s Tully Fletcher is on 27.3 per cent, a long way behind, but importantly almost 1000 votes ahead of independent Deb Leonard on 26.3 per cent.
Source: Australian Electoral Commission
If Leonard is eliminated, her primary voters (16,550) would be expected to strongly favour Fletcher but 8000+ preferences from other candidates would need to be redistributed with uncertain results. It could come down to which major party these voters disliked least.
Postal votes are still trickling in – they must be received by the AEC no later than 13 days after election day. So far they have been strongly favouring Aldred.
Postal votes are still trickling in – they must be received by the AEC no later than 13 days after election day. So far they have been strongly favouring Aldred.