All polling places in Forrest

2025 federal House election · Official AEC results

Busselton South

Forrest, WA · Election-day booth · AEC polling-place ID 34114

Busselton Senior High School, 136-156 Bussell Hwy, WEST BUSSELTON, WA, 6280

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.

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Formal votes

1,449

Denominator for candidate and preferred-vote shares.

Informal votes

125

7.94% of 1,574 total ballots.

First preferences

1,449 formal votes; informal votes excluded from candidate percentages
Candidate / partyVotesShare
Ben SMALL
Liberal		42028.99%
Tabitha DOWDING
Australian Labor Party		27318.84%
Sue CHAPMAN
Independent		22515.53%
Paul van der MEY
Pauline Hanson's One Nation		18312.63%
Georgia BEARDMAN
The Greens (WA) Inc		14610.08%
Aaron PEET
Legalise Cannabis Party		1178.07%
Cam PARSONS
The Nationals		644.42%
Peter GREENLAND
Trumpet of Patriots		211.45%

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

Two-candidate preferred (TCP)

1,449 formal votes; informal votes excluded from candidate percentages
Candidate / partyVotesShare
Ben SMALL
Liberal		80555.56%
Tabitha DOWDING
Australian Labor Party		64444.44%

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 · 1,449 formal votes
SideVotesShare
Australian Labor Party64444.44%
Liberal/National Coalition80555.56%

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 2022

Busselton South in 2022 has the same AEC polling-place ID.

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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

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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 detailsBusselton South1Busselton West2Busselton3Busselton East4Yalyalup5Vasse6Acton Park7

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Nearby booths by distance

  1. Busselton South — selected polling place
  2. Busselton West, Forrest · 1.0 km · 1,121 formal votes · Labor TPP 44.87%
  3. Busselton, Forrest · 2.6 km · 539 formal votes · Labor TPP 49.17%
  4. Busselton East, Forrest · 5.1 km · 909 formal votes · Labor TPP 49.39%
  5. Yalyalup, Forrest · 5.2 km · 865 formal votes · Labor TPP 41.50%
  6. Vasse, Forrest · 7.5 km · 1,628 formal votes · Labor TPP 46.31%
  7. Acton Park, Forrest · 13.4 km · 264 formal votes · Labor TPP 17.05%

AEC 2025 final-results CSV downloads · generated 2025-06-16T10:39:14 (source timestamp) · retrieved 7 September 2026. © Commonwealth of Australia 2025, CC BY 4.0. Percentages calculated from AEC counts; no endorsement by AEC.

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