2022 federal House election · Official AEC results

Nelson Bay

Paterson, NSW · Election-day booth · AEC polling-place ID 1619

Baptist Church Hall, 19 Government Rd, NELSON BAY, NSW, 2315

Votes recorded at this polling place are not the views of all local residents. People can vote away from home; pre-poll and mobile services cover wider populations. These results are separate from Australian Poll participant sentiment.

Formal votes

705

Denominator for candidate and preferred-vote shares.

Informal votes

54

7.11% of 759 total ballots.

First preferences

705 formal votes; informal votes excluded from candidate percentages
Candidate / partyVotesShare
Brooke VITNELL
Liberal
31744.96%
Meryl SWANSON
Labor
22131.35%
Louise IHLEIN
The Greens
7610.78%
Neil TURNER
Pauline Hanson's One Nation
517.23%
Jason Mark OLBOURNE
United Australia Party
223.12%
Angela KETAS
Informed Medical Options Party
91.28%
Sonia BAILEY
Liberal Democrats
91.28%

First preferences count the candidate marked first on each formal ballot.

Two-candidate preferred (TCP)

705 formal votes; informal votes excluded from candidate percentages
Candidate / partyVotesShare
Brooke VITNELL
Liberal
39055.32%
Meryl SWANSON
Labor
31544.68%

TCP distributes preferences to the final two candidates in this electorate. The pair can include independents or minor parties.

Two-party preferred (TPP)

Labor–Coalition comparison · 705 formal votes
SideVotesShare
Australian Labor Party31544.68%
Liberal/National Coalition39055.32%

TPP is the AEC’s Labor–Coalition measure even where those parties were not the final two candidates. It must not be substituted for TCP.

Compare with 2025

Nelson Bay in 2025 has the same AEC polling-place ID.

The ID, name, electorate and address match, and coordinates are within 100 metres. This supports a location comparison, not a claim that the same people voted. Redistribution can still alter the surrounding electorate; candidates and parties can change.

Labor TPP: 46.33% in 2025 and 44.68% in 2022; -1.65 percentage points (2022 minus 2025). Each uses that election’s formal-vote denominator.

Use each election’s candidate tables for first preferences and TCP; differing candidate pairs are not a continuous candidate series.

Nearby election-day booths

Straight-line distance within 50 km, using AEC coordinates. Nearby booths may serve different electorates and voter groups.

Map of nearby booths

Numbers match the list below. Select a marker for its results link. Circles: election day; squares: pre-poll; diamonds: mobile/hospital teams. Teams can cover many locations; markers do not show service areas.

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Geographic overview without street tiles

Geographic overview

Numbers match the list below. Circles: election day; squares: pre-poll; triangles: mobile/hospital teams. 7 of 7 places have source coordinates. Teams can cover many locations; their marker is not their service area.

Polling-place locations; use the equivalent numbered list for detailsNelson Bay1Nelson Bay Central2Corlette3Salamander4Shoal Bay5Salamander Bay6Tea Gardens7

Natural Earth public-domain outline, 1:110m. Geographic overview, not street navigation or electorate boundaries. Missing coordinates stay in the list.

Nearby booths by distance

  1. Nelson Bay — selected polling place
  2. Nelson Bay Central, Paterson · 1.3 km · 508 formal votes · Labor TPP 55.12%
  3. Corlette, Paterson · 2.7 km · 852 formal votes · Labor TPP 40.26%
  4. Salamander, Paterson · 3.1 km · 514 formal votes · Labor TPP 50.00%
  5. Shoal Bay, Paterson · 3.3 km · 559 formal votes · Labor TPP 49.73%
  6. Salamander Bay, Paterson · 5.6 km · 725 formal votes · Labor TPP 42.90%
  7. Tea Gardens, Lyne · 6.2 km · 1,482 formal votes · Labor TPP 34.82%

AEC 2022 final-results CSV downloads · generated 2022-07-19T10:31:27 (source timestamp) · retrieved 7 September 2026. © Commonwealth of Australia 2022, CC BY 4.0. Percentages calculated from AEC counts; no endorsement by AEC.

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