July 11, 2016
UPDATE: On Monday afternoon, the ABC’s election computer called the seat of Flynn – which takes in Wondai, Proston, Durong and Boondooma – as an LNP win.
At 6:25pm, LNP candidate Mr Ken O’Dowd was 933 votes ahead of ALP rival Zac Beers on a two-candidate preferred basis as counting continued.
Mr O’Dowd had 40,592 votes to Mr Beers’ 39,659.
The LNP was also leading on first preference votes: 29,613 to 27,371.
There were 5166 votes left to count.
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At 5:03pm Monday, LNP candidate Mr Ken O’Dowd was 928 votes ahead of ALP rival Zac Beers on a two-candidate preferred basis as counting continued.
Mr O’Dowd had 40,589 votes to Mr Beers’ 39,661.
The LNP was also leading on first preference votes: 29,612 to 27,371.
There were 4942 votes left to count.
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At 3:09pm Monday, LNP candidate Mr O’Dowd was 902 votes ahead of ALP rival Zac Beers on a two-candidate preferred basis as counting continued.
Mr O’Dowd was also leading on first preference votes: 29,356 to 27,157.
The LNP’s lead has been steadily growing as postal votes, which usually favour the LNP, have been counted.
According to the AEC website, there were still 5742 votes to count at 3:09pm.
Postal votes (1587 left to count) and Pre-poll votes have been trending towards the LNP, while Absent and Provisional have been trending towards the ALP.
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At 11:03am Monday: LNP candidate for Flynn Ken O’Dowd was 411 votes ahead of ALP rival Zac Beers as counting on the Federal Election continued.
On a two-candidate preferred basis, Mr O’Dowd has 38,832 votes compared with 38,421 for Mr Beers.
Mr O’Dowd was also leading on first preference votes: 28,385 to 26,634.
However, there were still 5397 votes to count.
Postal votes (3119 left to count) and Pre-poll votes have been trending towards the LNP, while Absent and Provisional have been trending towards the ALP.
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July 10, 2016
UPDATE: LNP candidate Ken O’Dowd pulled further ahead of ALP rival Zac Beers as counting continued on Sunday.
Mr O’Dowd expanded Saturday’s 261 vote lead over Mr Beers to 391 on a two-party preferred basis as Australian Electoral Commission officials continued to count postal votes.
Senator Arthur Sinodinos and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce both told ABC media on Sunday they were confident the LNP would retain both Flynn and Capricornia.
This would give the Coalition the final two seats it needs to form government in its own right.
There are still 5783 postal votes remaining to be counted in Flynn, and a final result will probably not be known until later this week.
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July 9, 2016
UPDATE: LNP candidate Ken O’Dowd pulled ahead of ALP rival Zac Beers as counting continued on Saturday.
Mr O’Dowd now leads Mr Beers by 261 votes on a two-party preferred basis, with 5779 postal, absent, provisional and pre-poll votes waiting to be counted.
Mr O’Dowd’s turnaround is being fuelled by postal votes, where he is gathering 64 per cent on a two-party preferred basis against Mr Beers’ 36 per cent.
While the ABC still rates the seat as one of five still in doubt, it is now one of two seats that seem most likely to give the LNP the 76 seat total it needs to govern in its own right (the other seat likely to go to the LNP is Capricornia)
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July 8, 2016
LNP candidate Ken O’Dowd is now just seven votes behind the ALP’s Zac Beers on a two-candidate basis in the crucial Queensland seat of Flynn.
At 2:00pm on Friday, Mr O’Dowd had 37,280 votes to Mr Beers’ 37,287, and the Australian Electoral Commission’s graph had the seat split 50/50.
Mr O’Dowd as also clearly ahead on first preference votes, 27,241 to 25,957.
One Nation candidate Phil Baker had 12,535 first preference votes.
According to the AEC, there were still 7734 votes awaiting counting , including 4640 postal and 1728 absentee votes.
Mr O’Dowd is accelerating home on postal votes, securing 63.93 per cent to Mr Beers’ 36.07 per cent on a two-candidate preferred basis.
- External link: Flynn results (AEC website)
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[Originally published as “O’Dowd Just Seven Votes Behind”]
