The Coalition will easily sweep back into the NSW electorates of New England and Lyne following the retirements of rural independents Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott, according to a new Newspoll.
The poll, taken between August 12-15 and published on Saturday in The Australian, found that former Nationals' Senate leader Barnaby Joyce, who resigned from the upper house to contest New England, has a huge lead over Labor.
The poll shows a collapse of the independent vote in the electorate and a doubling of support for the Coalition.
It found the Coalition's primary vote was 53 per cent, up from 25.2 per cent in 2010, while independents attracted 18 per cent of the vote, down from 63.1 per cent in 2010.
Labor's primary vote was 24 per cent, up from 8.1 per cent in 2010.
In Lyne, the poll showed the Coalition's primary vote was 51 per cent, up from 34.4 per cent in 2010, while votes for independents crashed from 47.8 per cent in 2010 to 16 per cent.
Labor's vote went up from 13.5 per cent to 26 per cent.
On a two-party preferred basis the poll shows the Coalition is on 66 per cent in New England and 59 per cent in Lyne, while Labor is on 34 per cent and 41 per cent respectively.
