Informal voting
Informal voting Source: SBS
A number of Western Sydney battleground seats have some of the highest rates of informal voting in the country, with some booths registering one in five votes as invalid.The phenomenon is most pronounced in those communities with rich, culturally diverse backgrounds, including the Labor seat of Parramatta (with a margin of 1.3 per cent) and the Liberal seat of Banks (2.8 per cent).Labor-held Watson, in Sydney's south-west, recorded an informal vote of 14 per cent in 2013, and is home to the migrant-strong suburbs of Lakemba, Ashfield and Campsie.
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