Monique Ryan clings on as Sky News calls Kooyong for Teal MP despite spirited challenge from Liberal Amelia Hamer
As it stands the Climate 200-backed independent has 50.3 per cent of the vote, leading Liberal Amelia Hamer by just 693 votes.
However, with only 5,000 votes to count, and with those votes splitting roughly 50/50, it is all but certain Ms Hamer cannot bridge the gap.
While the margin could tighten, there is enough of a trend to say that Ms Ryan will hold on in a cliffhanger.
The so-called Teal MPs will now hold on to five out of six of their existing seats having lost Goldstein, but will likely fall short of winning an extra seat in Bradfield, Sydney.
Although that race is currently too close to call, the Liberal candidate, Gisele Kapterian, will likely to hang on.
She currently leads by just 237 votes.
Climate-200 backed candidates have also fallen just short in several seats at this election, including Bean, Fremantle, Forrest, Flinders, and Monash.
However, one candidate, Keryn Jones, remains an outside chance of winning Fisher if she can finish in the final two once preferences are distributed.
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