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Kelly Fuller, Patrick Bell, Emma Simkin and staff

Liberals and Nationals lose regional NSW seats, while independents make gains in state's west

Labor's Sam Boughton says he wasn't expecting to win. (ABC Central Coast: Emma Simkin)

The Coalition has suffered massive swings and some losses in several regional New South Wales seats on the way to its election loss on Saturday night.

Labor has claimed the once safe Liberal South Coast seat with retiring incumbent Shelly Hancock unable to pass the reins on to her former staffer, who ran as the candidate.

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