Lakemba state by-election, 2008

Location in New South Wales

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Lakemba on 18 October 2008 after former Premier Morris Iemma resigned as member for Lakemba.[1] It coincided with the Cabramatta, Port Macquarie and Ryde by-elections.

The seat was retained by the Labor Party at the by-election.

Results

Lakemba by-election, 2008[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Robert Furolo 23,004 58.18 −15.72
Liberal Michael Hawatt 9,354 23.66 +10.46
Greens Kristian Bolwell 4,847 12.26 +8.39
Christian Democrats Allan Lotfizadeh 1,292 3.27 §
Robert Aiken 564 1.43 +1.43
Christian Democrats Zarif Abdulla 479 1.21 §
Total formal votes 39,540 95.89 +0.11
Informal votes 1,696 4.11 −0.11
Turnout 40,149 80.40 −11.75
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Robert Furolo 24,308 70.50 −13.47
Liberal Michael Hawatt 10,173 29.50 +13.47
Labor hold Swing −13.47

§ The combined Christian Democrats vote was 4.48 percent, an increase of 0.51 percentage points.

References

  1. ↑ Norington, Brad (2008-09-20). "Iemma quits, bringing on by-election season". The Australian. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  2. ↑ 2008 Lakemba By-election Results
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