Crossbencher Fiona Patten concedes Victorian upper house seat to former Labor MP Adem Somyurek
by Benita Kolovos from on (#66QZ0)
Reason party leader says she is in an unwinnable position against Democratic Labour's candidate
Fiona Patten has conceded she will be ousted from Victorian parliament's upper house by former Labor minister Adem Somyurek, who contested the election for the conservative Democratic Labour party.
The Victorian Electoral Commission was set to distribute preferences for the upper house on Tuesday - which has been since been rescheduled to Wednesday - but with 3.6% of first-preference votes to Somyurek's 4.8%, Patten says she is in an unwinnable position in the Northern Metropolitan region.
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