Electoral district of Balmain
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 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 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.
Election results
| 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
- 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.
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