2008 Lakemba state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Lakemba on 18 October 2008 after former Premier Morris Iemma resigned as member for Lakemba.[1] By-elections for the seats of Cabramatta, Port Macquarie and Ryde were held on the same day.

Location in New South Wales

The seat was retained by the Labor Party at the by-election.

Dates
Date Event
19 September 2008 Resignation of Morris Iemma.[2]
22 September 2008 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[3]
26 September 2008 Date of nomination
18 October 2008 Polling day
1 November 2008 Return of writ

Results
2008 Lakemba by-election [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Furolo 23,004 58.18 −15.72
Liberal Michael Hawatt 9,354 23.66 +10.46
Greens Kristian Bolwell 4,847 12.26 +8.39
Christian Democrats Allan Lotfizadeh 1,292 3.27 [lower-alpha 1]
Robert Aiken 564 1.43 +1.43
Christian Democrats Zarif Abdulla 479 1.21 [lower-alpha 1]
Total formal votes 39,540 95.89 +0.11
Informal votes 1,696 4.11 −0.11
Turnout 40,149 80.40 −11.75
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Robert Furolo 24,308 70.50 −13.47
Liberal Michael Hawatt 10,173 29.50 +13.47
Labor hold Swing−13.47
  1. The combined Christian Democrats vote was 4.48 percent, an increase of 0.51 percentage points.

See also

References
  1. Norington, Brad (20 September 2008). "Iemma quits, bringing on by-election season". The Australian. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2008.
  2. "The Hon. Morris Iemma (1961-)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. "Writ of election: Lakemba" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (122). 22 September 2008. p. 9391. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  4. "2008 Lakemba by-election results". NSW Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009.
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