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Kennedy

Bob Katter (Katter's Australian) won Kennedy in 2025 with 65.75% of the final two-candidate vote against Annette Swaine (LNP), a safe margin of 15.75 points.

Member now Bob Katter Katter's Australian · in Parliament since 13 March 1993

Boundaries: AEC, March 2025 (CC BY 4.0)

Turnout: 83.77%
Informal: 6.23%
Labor TPP: 40.68%
TPP swing to Labor: +0.84
Formal votes: 97,162
2022 winner: Bob Katter (Katter's Australian)

2025 · first preferences

8 candidates

Bob KatterKatter's Australian · sitting member · elected 39,219 40.36% −1.34
Annette SwaineLNP 23,135 23.81% −4.38
Sharon WinnLabor 15,917 16.38% +0.32
Kate HarrisOne Nation 7,541 7.76% +7.76
Carole StanfordGreens 5,761 5.93% −0.49
Mark WestcottTrumpet of Patriots 2,283 2.35% +2.35
Douglas LushFamily First 1,681 1.73% +1.73
Steven ClareIndependent 1,625 1.67% +1.67

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

After preferences

The final two

Bob Katter · Katter's Australian 65.75% 63,888

Annette Swaine · LNP 34.25% 33,274

Lead: 30,614 of 97,162 votes. The final two were not Labor and the Coalition; the AEC's separate Labor–Coalition count gives Labor 40.68%.

Distribution of preferences · 7 counts

Candidate	First	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
Annette Swaine · LNP	23,135	23,382	23,620	23,859	24,627	26,883	33,274
Steven Clare · Independent	1,625	excl.
Carole Stanford · Greens	5,761	6,130	6,494	6,673	excl.
Douglas Lush · Family First	1,681	1,966	excl.
Kate Harris · One Nation	7,541	7,694	8,128	8,860	9,593	excl.
Sharon Winn · Labor	15,917	16,110	16,312	16,457	20,558	21,491	excl.
Mark Westcott · Trumpet of Patriots	2,283	2,379	2,547	excl.
Bob Katter · Katter's Australian	39,219	39,501	40,061	41,313	42,384	48,788	63,888

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

Photos: Bob Katter — Parliament@Work, CC BY-SA 3.0 au . Via Wikimedia Commons.