The Australian Electoral Commission has delayed declaring Labor the winner in the NSW electorate of Gilmore after the Liberal Party’s star candidate for the seat, Andrew Constance, issued a last-minute request for a recount.

The AEC was due to formally declare at 2pm on Tuesday that Labor’s Fiona Phillips had won the seat on NSW’s south coast by 373 votes. The tally equates to a razor-thin two-party preferred figure of 50.17 per cent to 49.83 per cent in Ms Phillips’ favour.