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| Jaymes Diaz stops the votes with swing away from Liberals in western Sydney | Jaymes Diaz stops the votes with swing away from Liberals in western Sydney |
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| Jaymes Diaz and Fiona Scott – two of the most discussed candidates of the campaign – look to have met very different fates on Australian election night. | |
| Diaz and Scott produced gaffe after gaffe. But while Scott's electorate of Lindsay in western Sydney appears to have swung to the Liberals, in Diaz's nearby seat of Greenway the pendulum seems to have gone the other way – bucking the national trend. | Diaz and Scott produced gaffe after gaffe. But while Scott's electorate of Lindsay in western Sydney appears to have swung to the Liberals, in Diaz's nearby seat of Greenway the pendulum seems to have gone the other way – bucking the national trend. |
| The Coalition leader, Tony Abbott, said one of the reasons Scott should be elected was her "sex appeal" and the candidate drew further headlines after saying that asylum seekers might be to blame for Sydney's traffic jams. After 49% of the vote was counted Scott appeared to have secured a 2.9% swing to the Liberals, with a 51.8% share of the two-party preferred vote. | The Coalition leader, Tony Abbott, said one of the reasons Scott should be elected was her "sex appeal" and the candidate drew further headlines after saying that asylum seekers might be to blame for Sydney's traffic jams. After 49% of the vote was counted Scott appeared to have secured a 2.9% swing to the Liberals, with a 51.8% share of the two-party preferred vote. |
| Over in Greenway the swing has gone the other way. Diaz was undoubtedly the more gaffe-prone candidate of the two. His failure to answer a question about the Coalition's six-point plan to "stop the boats" went viral around the world. Following the interview Diaz almost disappeared from the campaign, with Fairfax media describing him as the "Where's Wally" of the 2013 election. | Over in Greenway the swing has gone the other way. Diaz was undoubtedly the more gaffe-prone candidate of the two. His failure to answer a question about the Coalition's six-point plan to "stop the boats" went viral around the world. Following the interview Diaz almost disappeared from the campaign, with Fairfax media describing him as the "Where's Wally" of the 2013 election. |
| Labor will hold the seat of Greenway – and with a swing away from the Liberals. With over half of the vote counted, 55% went to the incumbent, Michelle Rowland, on a two-party preferred basis, representing a 3.1% swing to the party. | Labor will hold the seat of Greenway – and with a swing away from the Liberals. With over half of the vote counted, 55% went to the incumbent, Michelle Rowland, on a two-party preferred basis, representing a 3.1% swing to the party. |
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