May 3, 2025
The three sitting LNP MPs in the Federal Electorates which cross the South Burnett have safely held on to their seats, despite a nationwide swing to Labor.
By early in the counting on Saturday night, David Littleproud (Maranoa), Colin Boyce (Flynn) and Llew O’Brien (Wide Bay) all had clear margins.
However, the LNP did suffer small swings against it.
At 11:15am on Monday, the latest figures showed LNP’s first preference votes had dropped: in Wide Bay by 4.11 per cent, Maranoa 3.74 per cent and Wide Bay 0.34 per cent.
Ahead of the election, Flynn had the slimmest margin, just 3.82 per cent while Maranoa (22.12 per cent) and Wide Bay (11.34 per cent) were very safe LNP seats.
NB: The figures below are from the official Australian Electoral Commission website at 11:15am on Monday.
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Maranoa
In Maranoa, LNP sitting member David Littleproud had secured more than 51.57 per cent of the vote.
First Preference Votes (ballot paper order)
DRAPER, Rod – People First – 4563
* LITTLEPROUD, David – Liberal National – 40,959
JOHNSTON, Elizabeth – Greens – 4028
OFFERDAHL, Michael – Libertarian – 1528
WHITTLE, John – Family First – 2345
NEWMAN, Alex – Labor – 12,872
CUMES, Jonathan – Trumpet Of Patriots – 2268
DUNCAN, Sharon – One Nation – 9423
INFORMAL – 4562
NB. * Sitting member
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Flynn
In Flynn, LNP sitting member Colin Boyce had secured a projected two-party preferred vote of 56.06 per cent, ahead of Labor’s Helen Madell with 43.94 per cent.
First Preference Votes (ballot paper order)
ANDERSON, John – Independent – 1850
MADELL, Helen – Labor – 14,033
ZUNKER, Peter – Trumpet Of Patriots – 2150
DORIAN, Peter – Family First – 1491
BAMBRICK, Paul – Greens – 3347
PRICE, Lance – People First – 3880
SCOTT, Duncan – Independent – 1061
* BOYCE, Colin – Liberal National – 20,700
HARRIS, David – One Nation – 8141
INFORMAL – 3989
NB. * Sitting member
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Wide Bay
In Wide Bay, sitting LNP member Llew O’Brien had secured a projected two-party preferred vote 57.03 per cent, ahead of Labor’s Elliott Chalmers with 42.97 per cent.
First Preference Votes (ballot paper order)
KENNINGALE, Kirsti – Family First – 4706
CHALMERS, Elliott – Labor – 23,704
BURGESS, Chad – One Nation – 10,546
* O’BRIEN, Llew – Liberal National – 35,281
IDDON, Casey – Independent – 4250
BUHSE, Emma – Greens – 7391
PENNICOTT, Gabrial – Trumpet Of Patriots – 3758
INFORMAL – 3908
NB. * Sitting member
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It can be a lonely job handing out How To Vote cards when so many people have pre-voted!
It’s also not good news for school P&Cs and P&Fs looking to raise funds with democracy sausages or a cake and bake stall but several schools persisted with the tradition on Saturday, including Nanango State School and St John’s Lutheran School in Kingaroy.
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