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Divisions · New South Wales · 127,445 enrolled

Sydney

Tanya Plibersek (Labor) won Sydney in 2025 with 70.95% of the final two-candidate vote against Luc Velez (Greens), a safe margin of 20.95 points.

Member now Tanya Plibersek Labor · in Parliament since 3 October 1998

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Boundaries: AEC, March 2025 (CC BY 4.0)
Turnout
87.42%
Informal
3.73%
Labor TPP
78.08%
TPP swing to Labor
+2.42
Formal votes
107,249
2022 winner
Tanya Plibersek (Labor)

2025 · first preferences

5 candidates

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

After preferences

The final two

Tanya Plibersek · Labor 70.95% 76,089
Luc Velez · Greens 29.05% 31,160

Lead: 44,929 of 107,249 votes. The final two were not Labor and the Coalition; the AEC's separate Labor–Coalition count gives Labor 78.08%.

Distribution of preferences · 4 counts
CandidateFirstCount 2Count 3Count 4
Tanya Plibersek · Labor 59,15359,64560,23676,089
Rachel Evans · Socialist Alliance 2,376excl.
Alex Xu · Liberal 18,86019,02021,765excl.
Vedran Torbarac · One Nation 3,6983,875excl.
Luc Velez · Greens 23,16224,70925,24831,160

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

Photos: Tanya Plibersek — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, CC BY 4.0 . Via Wikimedia Commons.