Divisions · New South Wales · 121,376 enrolled

Eden-Monaro

Kristy McBain (Labor) won Eden-Monaro in 2025 with 57.21% of the final two-candidate vote against Jo Van Der Plaat (Liberal), a fairly safe margin of 7.21 points.

Member now Kristy McBain Labor · in Parliament since 4 July 2020

Boundaries: AEC, March 2025 (CC BY 4.0)

Turnout: 93.84%
Informal: 5.98%
Labor TPP: 57.21%
TPP swing to Labor: +1.13
Formal votes: 107,088
2022 winner: Kristy McBain (Labor)

2025 · first preferences

8 candidates

Kristy McBainLabor · sitting member · elected 46,088 43.04% +4.54
Jo Van Der PlaatLiberal 34,142 31.88% −2.49
Emma GowardGreens 10,739 10.03% +1.45
Richard GrahamOne Nation 7,451 6.96% +2.59
Wade Ewart CoxTrumpet of Patriots 2,587 2.42% +2.42
Andrew Evan ThalerIndependent 2,499 2.33% +0.69
Fraser BuchananHEART 1,881 1.76% +1.05
Brian FisherIndependent 1,701 1.59% +1.59

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

After preferences

The final two

Kristy McBain · Labor 57.21% 61,270

Jo Van Der Plaat · Liberal 42.79% 45,818

Lead: 15,452 of 107,088 votes.

Distribution of preferences · 7 counts

Candidate	First	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
Andrew Evan Thaler · Independent	2,499	3,110	4,071	4,857	excl.
Wade Ewart Cox · Trumpet of Patriots	2,587	2,644	2,937	excl.
Fraser Buchanan · HEART	1,881	2,028	excl.
Jo Van Der Plaat · Liberal	34,142	34,324	34,452	34,999	36,278	43,798	45,818
Brian Fisher · Independent	1,701	excl.
Kristy McBain · Labor	46,088	46,385	46,538	46,785	47,622	49,482	61,270
Emma Goward · Greens	10,739	11,043	11,174	11,267	12,031	13,808	excl.
Richard Graham · One Nation	7,451	7,554	7,916	9,180	11,157	excl.

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

Photos: Kristy McBain — Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 3.0 au . Via Wikimedia Commons.