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Maeve Bannister, Farid Farid and Kat Wong

Premier hails Labor victory hours after polls close

The Kiama by-election was triggered by the jailing of sitting indepedent MP Gareth Ward. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Labor has claimed victory in a NSW seat vacated by a disgraced MP convicted of rape, nabbing it in a rare win for the government.

The by-election in Kiama was held on Saturday to pick a replacement for former MP Gareth Ward, convicted of sexual and indecent assault in July. 

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