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Results in the Wentworth by-election

Independent Kerryn Phelps leads in the vote count in the by-election to fill Wentworth, vacated by Malcolm Turnbull.

WENTWORTH RESULTS

(At 9.30pm AEDT)

Primary vote

Dave Sharma (Liberal) 39 per cent

Kerryn Phelps (Independent) 33 per cent

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Tim Murray (Labor) 11 per cent

Dominic Wy Kanak (Greens) 9 per cent

Two-party preferred

Dave Sharma 45.7 per cent

Kerryn Phelps 54.3 per cent

(Source: Australian Electoral Commission)


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