Bombshell as final seat in election called
The Liberals are poised to lose the blue ribbon seat of Bradfield to teal independent Nicolette Boele following a closely watched recount.
Gladys Berejiklian-backed candidate Gisele Kapterian is currently trailing Ms Boele by 27 votes, despite winning the first count by eight votes, triggering an automatic recount.
Sky News called the electorate for the Climate-200 backed independent, and the Australian Electoral Commission is set to officially announce the winner later today.
An AEC spokesman said about 99.9 per cent of the vote had been counted with Ms Boele ahead by 27 votes.
The seat was previously held by former Morrison-era minister Paul Fletcher who retired at the last election.
Ms Kapterian and the Liberal Party now have the option to contest the result at the Court of Disputed Returns, which would most likely result in a by-election.
Sussan Ley had also previously awarded the former Salesforce executive the shadow assistant portfolios for technology and the digital economy, however this was contingent on her winning Bradfield.
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