2021 Upper Hunter state by-election
22 May 2021
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Electoral district of Upper Hunter in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 56,127 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 86.74 3.80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Electoral district of Upper Hunter in New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Upper Hunter by-election was held on 22 May 2021 to elect the member for Upper Hunter in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, following the resignation of National Party MP Michael Johnsen.
At around 8:30 pm on the by-election night, ABC News psephologist Antony Green called the election for the Nationals candidate Dave Layzell. Although Layzell was considered the narrow favourite based on polling, he ultimately won by a margin of 5.8% in the two-candidate-preferred vote, larger than polling suggested.