Electoral district of Balmain
| Balmain New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1885, 2007 | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 1894, 1991 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Kobi Shetty | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Greens | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Balmain, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 58,785 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 16.14 km2 (6.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Inner metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Balmain is an electoral district of New South Wales. It was created in 1885, abolished in 1894, recreated in 1904, reabolished in 1991 and recreated in 2007.
Balmain was historically a working class seat with a high Labor vote, but in modern times has been a progressive electorate and has been held by the Greens since 2011.
Balmain is located in the Sydney CBD.
Election results[change | change source]
| 2023 New South Wales state election: Balmain[1][2][3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Greens | Kobi Shetty | 20,240 | 40.48 | −2.25 | |
| Labor | Philippa Scott | 18,555 | 37.11 | +8.25 | |
| Liberal | Freya Leach | 9,566 | 19.13 | −0.90 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Stephen Bisgrove | 1,189 | 2.38 | +0.84 | |
| Public Education | Glen Stelzer | 447 | 0.89 | +0.89 | |
| Total formal votes | 49,997 | 98.39 | −0.05 | ||
| Informal votes | 820 | 1.61 | +0.05 | ||
| Turnout | 50,817 | 86.45 | −0.28 | ||
| Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
| Labor | Philippa Scott | 32,752 | 74.50 | +4.05 | |
| Liberal | Freya Leach | 11,208 | 25.50 | −4.05 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Greens | Kobi Shetty | 22,118 | 51.80 | −8.22 | |
| Labor | Philippa Scott | 20,580 | 48.20 | +8.22 | |
| Greens hold | Swing | −8.22 | |||
References[change | change source]
- ↑ LA First Preference: Balmain, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ↑ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Balmain, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ↑ Two Candidate Preferred (TCP) Analytical Tool: Balmain, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2023.