Federal election 2025: Teal independent Monique Ryan set for victory in seat of Kooyong
After over a week since Anthony Albanese and Labor swept to a famous Federal election victory, one of the most hotly contested seats looks set to go to the Teals.
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has called Monique Ryan winning in the seat of Kooyong, providing another body blow for the Liberals.
A week of close counts and false claims, has delivered a desperately close vote count, however the remaining count is likely to allow Ms Ryan to hold her slim lead and retain the seat.
Ms Ryan currently has 50.3 per cent of the vote, leading Liberal Amelia Hamer by just 693 votes.
But 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 Dr Ryan will hold on.
Teal MPs will now hold on to five out of six of their existing seats after losing Goldstein, but will likely fall short of winning an extra seat in Sydney's Bradfield.
Climate-200 backed candidates have also fallen just short in Bean, Fremantle, Forrest, Flinders, and Monash.
Kooyong has been one of the focus seats during the election with Ms Ryan and Ms Hamer at various points since the election thinking they had won.
'I actually did speak to the team and I said: 'Look, should I call and concede?'' Ms Hamer told 3AW last Tuesday.
'The team said to me, no, it does look like what's coming out of pre-poll is much more positive.
'I trust my team and so we hung on.'
Dr Ryan secured the seat of Kooyong at the 2022 election over former federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg.
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