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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Joe Hinchliffe

‘Startling’: Queensland independent polls second in Groom with only 8.3% of primary vote

Aerial view of Toowoomba
Independent Suzie Holt has surged into second spot in the seat of Groom, centred on Toowoomba. Photograph: aeropix/Alamy

Queensland’s only “voices of” candidate has leapfrogged One Nation and Labor to poll second in the seat of Groom after preferences – despite winning just 8.26% of the primary vote – in a result election analyst Antony Green describes as “startling”.

On the primary vote, independent Suzie Holt finished fourth in the Liberal National party-held seat. But Holt has surged into second spot with 42.89% of the two-candidate preferred vote due to preference flows.

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