Labor's David Smith retains ACT seat of Bean narrowly defeating independent Jessie Price
Labor's David Smith has retained the southern ACT seat of Bean, narrowly defeating independent candidate Jessie Price in a tight contest.
The ABC is projecting Mr Smith will hold the seat for a third term despite a significant swing away from the Liberal Party and towards Ms Price.
Results for the seat have been on a knife's edge since the Albanese government's landslide victory on May 3.
Mr Smith has 50.09 per cent of the two-candidate preferred (TCP) vote, while independent Jessie Price is sitting on 49.91 per cent — a difference of just 183 votes.
But ABC's chief elections analyst Antony Green says Mr Smith won't be overtaken from here.
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