2020 Eden-Monaro by-election

2020 Eden-Monaro by-election
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Division of Eden-Monaro (NSW) in the House of Representatives
Registered114,244
Turnout89.08% Decrease 4.23%
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Kristy McBain Fiona Kotvojs
Party Labor Liberal
Popular vote 34,073 36,388
Percentage 35.83% 38.33%
Swing Decrease 3.28 Increase 1.32
TPP 50.39% 49.61%
TPP swing Decrease 0.46 Increase 0.46
The Division of Eden-Monaro in New South Wales
MP before election

Mike Kelly
Labor

Elected MP

Kristy McBain
Labor

The 2020 Eden-Monaro by-election was held on 4 July 2020 to elect the next Member of the Australian Parliament for the division of Eden-Monaro in the House of Representatives. The by-election was triggered following the resignation of incumbent Labor MP Mike Kelly. Kelly resigned on 30 April 2020, citing ill health.[1]

The poll occurred amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and was the first by-election of the 46th Parliament of Australia. On the morning after the by-election, ABC News psephologist Antony Green called the election for the Labor candidate Kristy McBain.[2]

  1. ^ Wheaton, Claire (30 April 2020). "Eden-Monaro MP Mike Kelly resigns, prompting by-election". ABC News. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Labor to win Eden-Monaro by-election thanks to preference flows: Antony Green". www.abc.net.au. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.