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Luke Costin

NSW Labor urges seat recount after 50-vote final margin

NSW Labor wants an election result recount in Ryde after Lyndal Howison (right) fell 50 votes short. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The battle for the final electorate in play after the NSW election - the tightest contest in years - will continue as Labor seeks a recount in one crucial seat.

Electoral analysts called the northern Sydney seat of Ryde for the Liberal Party after postal votes showed former mayor Jordan Lane 50 votes ahead of his Labor opponent, former councillor Lyndal Howison.

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