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| Bob Katter may lose Kennedy as independents are swept out | Bob Katter may lose Kennedy as independents are swept out |
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| Queensland maverick MP Bob Katter may lose his previously safe seat of Kennedy in what could be one of the biggest upsets of the Australian election. | Queensland maverick MP Bob Katter may lose his previously safe seat of Kennedy in what could be one of the biggest upsets of the Australian election. |
| The independent and minor-party count in the house of representatives looks likely to be greatly reduced in the 44th parliament, with Katter suffering a swing of about 16% to 18% against him with 29% of the vote counted. | The independent and minor-party count in the house of representatives looks likely to be greatly reduced in the 44th parliament, with Katter suffering a swing of about 16% to 18% against him with 29% of the vote counted. |
| Previously considered a safe seat, Kennedy has been held by Katter – who is now the leader of Katter's Australian party – for 20 years. The margin after the last election was 18%. | Previously considered a safe seat, Kennedy has been held by Katter – who is now the leader of Katter's Australian party – for 20 years. The margin after the last election was 18%. |
| The Liberal National party candidate for the seat, Noeline Ikin, has scored 47.3% of the primary vote. | The Liberal National party candidate for the seat, Noeline Ikin, has scored 47.3% of the primary vote. |
| Andrew Wilkie, the independent member for Denison, looks set to hold his seat with a significant swing towards him. With 54% of the vote counted in the seat, Wilkie has a projected 15% swing to him. | Andrew Wilkie, the independent member for Denison, looks set to hold his seat with a significant swing towards him. With 54% of the vote counted in the seat, Wilkie has a projected 15% swing to him. |
| Labor-turned-independent MP Craig Thomson has lost the seat of Dobell, getting just over 1,000 votes out of the counted 35,000. | Labor-turned-independent MP Craig Thomson has lost the seat of Dobell, getting just over 1,000 votes out of the counted 35,000. |
| Thomson was suspended from the Labor party last year by former prime minister Julia Gillard as police investigated claims he used union credit cards in his previous job to pay for personal expenses including escort services. Police have since laid a range of theft and fraud charges against him | Thomson was suspended from the Labor party last year by former prime minister Julia Gillard as police investigated claims he used union credit cards in his previous job to pay for personal expenses including escort services. Police have since laid a range of theft and fraud charges against him |
| Labor and the Liberals are still battling it out in Dobell with Labor currently on 49.5% and the Liberals on 50.5%, with 42% counted. | Labor and the Liberals are still battling it out in Dobell with Labor currently on 49.5% and the Liberals on 50.5%, with 42% counted. |
| Independents Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor retired in the lead up to the election and it looks like the Nationals will pick up both of those seats. | Independents Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor retired in the lead up to the election and it looks like the Nationals will pick up both of those seats. |
| David Gillespie, the Nationals candidate in Oakeshott's seat of Lyne, who achieved a swing of more than 9% towards the party in the 2010 election is on track to win it this time around. | David Gillespie, the Nationals candidate in Oakeshott's seat of Lyne, who achieved a swing of more than 9% towards the party in the 2010 election is on track to win it this time around. |
| In Windsor's former seat of New England, Barnaby Joyce has claimed victory for the Nationals, winning 72.8% of the vote after preferences with 47% counted. | In Windsor's former seat of New England, Barnaby Joyce has claimed victory for the Nationals, winning 72.8% of the vote after preferences with 47% counted. |
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