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Teal Edges Ahead as Libs Fear Bradfield Is Slipping Away

Independent candidate Nicolette Boele led Liberal Gisele Kapterian by 40 votes in Bradfield after two weeks of counting on May 19, 2025.
Boele’s lead followed a late surge in absent, postal, and pre-poll votes that overturned earlier projections favoring Kapterian in the historically Liberal northern Sydney seat.
The Australian Electoral Commission still has 59 ballots and 268 envelopes left to count and will complete the formal preferences distribution process; if the final difference remains below 100 votes, an automatic recount is expected.
Boele secured 56,233 votes, finishing 40 votes ahead of Kapterian, with officials expecting the official result to take days or weeks, as Boele did not claim victory on election night.
If confirmed, Boele would become the tenth independent in the House, continuing the trend of teal candidates challenging traditionally safe Liberal seats in Sydney.

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Independent Nicolette Boele edges ahead in traditionally Liberal seat of Bradfield

The count in the Sydney electorate of Bradfield is close, with AEC reporting only 40 votes separate the leading candidates.

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Tight race between teal and Liberal set for recount

Postal votes have put independent Nicolette Boele ahead in the tightly-contested seat of Bradfield. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS) By Andrew Brown in Canberra A recount will be carried out in the Sydney electorate of Bradfield as teal candidate Nicolette Boele narrowly edges ahead of Liberal Gisele Kapterian. Ms Boele took the lead over Ms Kapterian by 40 votes after the latest round of ballots were counted on Monday. There are just two postal ball…

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