Divisions · New South Wales · 120,536 enrolled
McMahon
Chris Bowen (Labor) won McMahon in 2025 with 59.02% of the final two-candidate vote against Carmen Lazar (Liberal), a fairly safe margin of 9.02 points.
Member now Chris Bowen Labor · in Parliament since 9 October 2004
- Turnout
- 90.77%
- Informal
- 10.58%
- Labor TPP
- 59.02%
- TPP swing to Labor
- −1.46
- Formal votes
- 97,835
- 2022 winner
- Chris Bowen (Labor)
2025 · first preferences
5 candidates
- Chris BowenLabor · sitting member · elected 44,537 45.52% −2.99
- Carmen LazarLiberal 26,218 26.80% −1.31
- Matthew CamenzuliIndependent 9,613 9.83% +9.83
- Ben HammondGreens 8,923 9.12% +3.02
- Melissa JanicskaOne Nation 8,544 8.73% +3.69
Votes, share of formal votes and swing on 2022 (AEC, notional for redrawn boundaries).
After preferences
The final two
Chris Bowen · Labor 59.02% 57,742
Carmen Lazar · Liberal 40.98% 40,093
Lead: 17,649 of 97,835 votes.
Distribution of preferences · 4 counts
| Candidate | First | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa Janicska · One Nation | 8,544 | excl. | ||
| Carmen Lazar · Liberal | 26,218 | 29,864 | 30,651 | 40,093 |
| Chris Bowen · Labor | 44,537 | 45,808 | 51,675 | 57,742 |
| Matthew Camenzuli · Independent | 9,613 | 12,589 | 15,509 | excl. |
| Ben Hammond · Greens | 8,923 | 9,574 | excl. |
Each count excludes the candidate with the fewest votes and passes their papers on. Step through it on /au/seats.
Photos: Chris Bowen — UK Government, CC BY 2.0 . Via Wikimedia Commons.