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NSW Election 2019: Epping and Ryde election results
See how the electorates of Epping and Ryde voted in the NSW Election.
Welcome to the NSW Election 2019 Live Blog for Epping and Ryde. Voting booths are open and exit polls are rolling in. We will be updating this blog from on the ground in Sydney’s north.
A quick recap on the last few days in pre-election:
Ryde is the seat that usually goes with government — and, despite polls showing a sizeable swing against Victor Dominello, the sitting Ryde Liberal MP is expected to hold his seat.
Two recent YouGov Galaxy polls have shown a swing of up to 8.5 per cent to Labor candidate Jerome Laxale, but Mr Dominello’s 11.5 per cent margin is likely to be enough to withstand the Ryde mayor’s challenge.
Punters, however, are backing Mr Laxale to upset the finance minister at his third crack at the seat.
The latest YouGov Galaxy poll and betting markets put the Coalition and ALP at neck and neck in the race to form government.
Labor needs to flip 13 seats — with a statewide swing of 8.7 per cent — to govern in its own right.
Check back in for more updates and results throughout the day.
Updates
'Victory for the people'
Ryde residents have voted to re-elect Victor Dominello as their MP for a fourth time.
Mr Dominello, who has held the seat since 2008, called it a "victory for the people of Ryde".
"It means we can rebuild Ryde Hospital, build the schools, widen Victoria Rd and get on with the good government of the state," he said.
Mr Dominello easily retained the seat despite a swing to Labor candidate and Ryde Mayor Jerome Laxale.
"I want to thank the people of Ryde from the bottom of my heart for believing in me," Mr Dominello said.
"I won't let you down.
"We have a positive vision for Ryde. It is truly the beginning of the Ryde renaissance. I love Ryde."
Newly-elected Epping MP Dominic Perrottet has had a burst of honesty admitting Sydneysiders are fed up with much of it being a building site.
Mr Perrottet had a major victory over Labor candidate Alan Mascarenhas in Epping despite an ugly pre-selection battle in September.
“There have been challenges. We haven’t got everything right over the last eight years,” Mr Perrottet said on the ABC.
“Sydney is under construction and it’s inconvenient and no doubt many major projects have not opened but overall we believe that NSW is a better place today than it was eight years ago.”
Mr Perrottet was previously the MP for Hawkesbury.
Coalition 'hasn't got everything right'
Newly-elected Epping MP Dominic Perrottet has had a burst of honesty admitting Sydneysiders are fed up with much of it being a building site.
Mr Perrottet had a major victory over Labor candidate Alan Mascarenhas in Epping despite an ugly pre-selection battle in September.
“There have been challenges. We haven’t got everything right over the last eight years,” Mr Perrottet said on the ABC.
“Sydney is under construction and it’s inconvenient and no doubt many major projects have not opened but overall we believe that NSW is a better place today than it was eight years ago.”
Mr Perrottet was previously the MP for Hawkesbury.
Laxale concedes defeat
Ryde Mayor and state Labor candidate Jerome Laxale has conceded defeat in his third attempt to wrest the seat of Ryde from incumbent Liberal Victor Dominello.
Ryde state Liberal MP Victor Dominello looks set to easily retain the seat of Ryde despite a small swing towards Labor candidate and local mayor Jerome Laxale.
With more than a third of the vote counted, Mr Dominello had 61.8 per cent of the vote.
Treasurer Dominic Perrottet described it as a "strong result" despite a strong anti-development campaign in the electorate.
Mr Perrottet described Mr Dominello as a "tireless advocate" for his community.
Strong result for Dominello
Ryde state Liberal MP Victor Dominello looks set to easily retain the seat of Ryde despite a small swing towards Labor candidate and local mayor Jerome Laxale.
With more than a third of the vote counted, Mr Dominello had 61.8 per cent of the vote.
Treasurer Dominic Perrottet described it as a "strong result" despite a strong anti-development campaign in the electorate.
Mr Perrottet described Mr Dominello as a "tireless advocate" for his community.
SHORTEN PROMISES 'STRONGER SURPLUS'
ABC election analyst Antony Green said this was "one of the slowest counts" he had ever seen.
Early in the count in Ryde there is a 6.3 per cent swing to Labor and Ryde Mayor Jerome Laxale.
In Epping, Treasurer Dominic Perrottet is expected to easily win his third different seat in as many state elections but Mr Perrottet said it was "very early days".
Mr Perrottet was endorsed as the Liberal Party’s candidate for Epping after an ugly preselection battle in September when he attempted to switch electorates from Hawkesbury to Castle Hill.
Epping MP Damien Tudehope moved to the Upper House.
'One of the slowest counts'
ABC election analyst Antony Green said this was "one of the slowest counts" he had ever seen.
Early in the count in Ryde there is a 6.3 per cent swing to Labor and Ryde Mayor Jerome Laxale.
In Epping, Treasurer Dominic Perrottet is expected to easily win his third different seat in as many state elections but Mr Perrottet said it was "very early days".
Mr Perrottet was endorsed as the Liberal Party’s candidate for Epping after an ugly preselection battle in September when he attempted to switch electorates from Hawkesbury to Castle Hill.
Epping MP Damien Tudehope moved to the Upper House.
Labor candidate slams Daley
A Labor candidate in Sydney’s northwest has broken ranks in the dying minutes of the election campaign to slam his party leader’s attack against Asian workers.
Alan Mascarenhas, the Epping ALP candidate who came out from India with his family in the late 1980s at the age of seven, called out Michael Daley’s comments just moments before polls closed today.
“I was heartbroken by the comments and the hurt that they caused people,” Mr Mascarenhas told the Northern District Times.
“It wasn’t something that was raised overwhelmingly with me, but I know Epping is such a diverse community.
“People are here from all over the world making a contribution to society. We need to welcome everyone and we need to be colour blind and race blind in our language.”
Mr Daley’s comments came in a video, taken in the Blue Mountains in September last year, where he said young people were being forced to “flee” Sydney because their jobs were being taken by educated Asian migrants.
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