Federal election results: Monique Ryan wins Kooyong while Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian takes Bradfield
by Sarah Basford Canales from World news | The Guardian on (#6X77N)
Amelia Hamer could only secure small primary vote swing towards Liberals in Kooyong, while Greens MP Elizabeth Watson-Brown holds inner-Brisbane seat of Ryan
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The independent MP Monique Ryan has won Kooyong in Melbourne, holding off her Liberal challenger, but Nicolette Boele, another Climate 200-backed candidate, is expected to fall short on Sydney's north shore.
The ABC's election analyst, Antony Green, on Monday projected that Ryan would maintain her slim lead in the Melbourne seat, where she led by about 700 votes with a few thousand left to count.
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