PATERSON, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Kurri Kurri, Maitland, Neith, Nelson Bay, Raymond Terrace -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 10.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 122,820 +09.1 Votes cast: 114,513 93.2 -00.3 Informal votes: 6,694 05.9 +01.0 Formal votes: 107,819 94.1 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sachin Joshi Lib 35,059 32.5 +01.0 Neil Turner PHON 15,269 14.2 +01.1 Meryl Swanson * ALP 44,288 41.1 -05.0 Graham Burston UAP 3,888 03.6 Jan Davis Grn 7,439 06.9 +01.1 Christoper Vale CDP 1,876 01.7 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 107,819 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Vale's 1,876 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joshi 944 50.3 36,003 33.4 Turner 286 15.3 15,555 14.4 Swanson * 196 10.5 44,484 41.3 Burston 237 12.6 4,125 03.8 Davis 213 11.4 7,652 07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,876 107,819 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Burston's 4,125 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joshi 1,070 25.9 37,073 34.4 Turner 1,895 45.9 17,450 16.2 Swanson * 687 16.7 45,171 41.9 Davis 473 11.5 8,125 07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,125 107,819 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Davis's 8,125 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joshi 1,205 14.8 38,278 35.5 Turner 1,101 13.6 18,551 17.2 Swanson * 5,819 71.6 50,990 47.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,125 107,819 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Turner's 18,551 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joshi 10,193 55.0 48,471 45.0 SWANSON * 8,358 45.0 59,348 55.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,551 107,819 05.0 05.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Meryl Jane Swanson (born 1970): Elected 2016, 2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------