Divisions · Australian Capital Territory · 113,876 enrolled
Bean
David Smith (Labor) won Bean in 2025 with 50.34% of the final two-candidate vote against Jessie Price (Independent), a marginal margin of 0.34 points.
Member now David Smith Labor · in Parliament since 23 May 2018
- Turnout
- 92.53%
- Informal
- 2.53%
- Labor TPP
- 69.29%
- TPP swing to Labor
- +6.34
- Formal votes
- 102,700
- 2022 winner
- David Smith (Labor)
2025 · first preferences
4 candidates
- David SmithLabor · sitting member · elected 42,158 41.05% −0.68
- Jessie PriceIndependent 27,120 26.41% +26.41
- David LamertonLiberal 23,665 23.04% −6.68
- Sam CarterGreens 9,757 9.50% −5.30
Votes, share of formal votes and swing on 2022 (AEC, notional for redrawn boundaries).
After preferences
The final two
David Smith · Labor 50.34% 51,700
Jessie Price · Independent 49.66% 51,000
Lead: 700 of 102,700 votes. The final two were not Labor and the Coalition; the AEC's separate Labor–Coalition count gives Labor 69.29%.
Distribution of preferences · 3 counts
| Candidate | First | Count 2 | Count 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Lamerton · Liberal | 23,665 | 23,959 | excl. |
| Jessie Price · Independent | 27,120 | 31,882 | 51,000 |
| Sam Carter · Greens | 9,757 | excl. | |
| David Smith · Labor | 42,158 | 46,859 | 51,700 |
Each count excludes the candidate with the fewest votes and passes their papers on. Step through it on /au/seats.