Divisions · New South Wales · 125,953 enrolled
Bennelong
Jerome Laxale (Labor) won Bennelong in 2025 with 59.26% of the final two-candidate vote against Scott Yung (Liberal), a fairly safe margin of 9.26 points.
Member now Jerome Laxale Labor · in Parliament since 21 May 2022
- Turnout
- 92.90%
- Informal
- 6.15%
- Labor TPP
- 59.26%
- TPP swing to Labor
- +9.30
- Formal votes
- 109,812
- 2022 winner
- Jerome Laxale (Labor)
2025 · first preferences
8 candidates
- Jerome LaxaleLabor · sitting member · elected 49,801 45.35% +13.26
- Scott YungLiberal 38,510 35.07% −5.61
- Adam HartGreens 12,931 11.78% +1.44
- Craig BennettOne Nation 2,534 2.31% +0.77
- Eric ChanFamily First 1,934 1.76% +1.76
- John AugustFUSION 1,675 1.53% +0.12
- Robert NalbandianTrumpet of Patriots 1,621 1.48% +1.48
- Barry DevineHEART 806 0.73% +0.56
Votes, share of formal votes and swing on 2022 (AEC, notional for redrawn boundaries).
After preferences
The final two
Jerome Laxale · Labor 59.26% 65,076
Scott Yung · Liberal 40.74% 44,736
Lead: 20,340 of 109,812 votes.
Distribution of preferences · 7 counts
| Candidate | First | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Yung · Liberal | 38,510 | 38,637 | 39,058 | 39,195 | 39,776 | 42,856 | 44,736 |
| Barry Devine · HEART | 806 | excl. | |||||
| Robert Nalbandian · Trumpet of Patriots | 1,621 | 1,750 | excl. | ||||
| Jerome Laxale · Labor | 49,801 | 49,866 | 50,119 | 50,565 | 51,006 | 51,642 | 65,076 |
| Adam Hart · Greens | 12,931 | 12,998 | 13,140 | 13,885 | 14,321 | 15,314 | excl. |
| Eric Chan · Family First | 1,934 | 2,112 | 2,367 | 2,660 | excl. | ||
| Craig Bennett · One Nation | 2,534 | 2,690 | 3,284 | 3,507 | 4,709 | excl. | |
| John August · FUSION | 1,675 | 1,759 | 1,844 | excl. |
Each count excludes the candidate with the fewest votes and passes their papers on. Step through it on /au/seats.
Photos: Jerome Laxale — Blinton2112, CC BY 4.0 . Via Wikimedia Commons.