Divisions · New South Wales · 126,860 enrolled

Bradfield

Nicolette Boele (Independent) won Bradfield in 2025 with 50.01% of the final two-candidate vote against Gisele Kapterian (Liberal), a marginal margin of 0.01 points, taking the seat from Liberal.

Member now Nicolette Boele Independent · in Parliament since 3 May 2025

Boundaries: AEC, March 2025 (CC BY 4.0)

Turnout: 93.69%
Informal: 5.60%
Labor TPP: 45.05%
TPP swing to Labor: +1.18
Formal votes: 112,202
2022 winner: Paul Fletcher (Liberal)

2025 · first preferences

8 candidates

Gisele KapterianLiberal 42,676 38.03% −5.63
Nicolette BoeleIndependent · elected 30,309 27.01% +10.95
Louise McCallumLabor 22,768 20.29% +2.56
Harjit SinghGreens 7,551 6.73% −1.89
Andy YinIndependent 4,635 4.13% +4.13
John MantonOne Nation 1,725 1.54% +0.07
Samuel Joseph GunningLibertarian 1,376 1.23% +1.23
Rosemary MulliganTrumpet of Patriots 1,162 1.04% +1.04

Votes, share of formal votes and swing on 2022 (AEC, notional for redrawn boundaries).

After preferences

The final two

Nicolette Boele · Independent 50.01% 56,114

Gisele Kapterian · Liberal 49.99% 56,088

Lead: 26 of 112,202 votes. The final two were not Labor and the Coalition; the AEC's separate Labor–Coalition count gives Labor 45.05%.

Distribution of preferences · 7 counts

Candidate	First	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
Samuel Joseph Gunning · Libertarian	1,376	1,513	excl.
Harjit Singh · Greens	7,551	7,579	7,877	7,986	8,597	excl.
Andy Yin · Independent	4,635	4,717	4,947	5,400	excl.
Louise McCallum · Labor	22,768	22,836	22,938	23,096	24,924	28,904	excl.
John Manton · One Nation	1,725	2,109	2,555	excl.
Gisele Kapterian · Liberal	42,676	42,944	43,254	44,786	46,169	46,758	56,088
Nicolette Boele · Independent	30,309	30,504	30,631	30,934	32,512	36,540	56,114
Rosemary Mulligan · Trumpet of Patriots	1,162	excl.

Each count excludes the candidate with the fewest votes and passes their papers on. Step through it on /au/seats.

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