QLD ELECTION: Currumbin & Burleigh UPDATE

Burleigh - Undecided

In the 2017 State poll, Mr Hart’s primary vote was 49.72 per cent. On the current count, he is polling 40.49 per cent. It is largely predicted that Mr Hart will retain the seat after strategists thought he may lose it.

Labor last time around polled 34.20 per cent. The ALP’s celebrity candidate Wayne “Rabbit” Bartholomew is capturing about 36.22 per cent of the vote.

Support for the Greens took a similar path to Mr Hart’s — from more than 16 per cent at the last poll to just less than nine per cent.

Georgie Batty stood for One Nation this time around and secured seven per cent of the vote.

The anti-light rail brigade did not deliver a huge boost to Mr Hart. Labor reckons it has gained votes from pro-rail supporters.

Currumbin - Undecided

The official indicative count shows Laura Gerber with 50.45 of the vote, with Labor’s Kaylee Campradt on 49.46 per cent.

Ms Gerber on the current count has a primary vote of 40.41 per cent. Ms Campradt is polling at 35.27 per cent. Her vote is down from the March by-election (then 38.3 per cent).

The Greens vote is slightly down, from 10.97 per cent to 9.38 per cent, and their preferences flow to Labor.

The big difference this time around is the independent, Dr Richard Stuckey, husband of Jann Stuckey the former long serving MP who quit the LNP. His preferences also go to Labor.

One Nation (3.8 per cent) and Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party (1.47 per cent) had no impact, and whatever the outcome this is marginal seat which Labor will want to get back.