Victorian Labor surpasses its 2018 ‘Danslide’ result after claiming seat of Bass

Jordan Crugnale claims Bass, seeing the party's presence in the lower house increased by one seat

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Victorian Labor has surpassed its emphatic 2018 Danslide" election result, claiming victory in the seat of Bass, in Melbourne's south-east.

Labor MP Jordan Crugnale claimed the seat on Friday night, after a redistribution before the poll made the seat notionally Liberal with a margin of 0.7%.

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