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

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)