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2048 County Elections
Elections for New England's thirteen countires took place on Saturday, Xth August 2048.
- Earldoms
- Overview
- Greater Armidale
- Councils
Earldoms
The direct election of all thirteen earls took place, with eight incumbents returned and five defeated.
| Earldom Changes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Incumbent | Party | Margin | Winner | Party | Swing | |||
| 1 | Apsleyshire | Fred Nelson | Progressive | Helen Moss | SDLP | ||||
| 2 | Clarence | Patrick Doherty | Independent | Liz Gill | National | ||||
| 3 | Greater Armidale | Dean Mikulic | National | Gabby Harrison | Alliance | ||||
| 4 | Macleay | Kylie Bennett | National | Ian Devine | SDLP | ||||
| 5 | Severnshire | Phil Gates | Independent | Edgar Yelland | National | ||||
Greater Armidale - The SDLP had gone into the election hoping to regain some of the ground it had lost in 2044. However, their campaign proved to be a disaster, with the candidate, Mary-Ann Wright, making several blunders and was ineffective against the incumbent, Gabby Harrison.
| 2048 County Elections: Greater Armidale | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National | Paul Aulich | 55,447 | 18.7% | + | |
| Free Democrats | Natasha Bell | 24,017 | 8.1% | + | |
| Socialist | Alex Campbell | 2,965 | 1% | + | |
| Alliance | Gabby Harrison | 158,336 | 53.4% | + | |
| Australian Heritage | John Mulligan | 2,669 | 0.9% | + | |
| Green | Jamie Taylor | 297 | 0.1% | - | |
| SDLP | Mary-Ann Wright | 52,779 | 17.8% | - | |
| Total formal votes: | 296,510 | 97.4% | +0.6% | ||
| Informal votes: | 7,915 | 2.6% | -0.6% | ||
| Turnout: | 304,425 | 98.9% | +0.5% | ||
| Two-Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Alliance | Gabby Harrison | 208,743 | 70.4 | + | |
| National | Paul Aulich | 87,767 | 29.6 | + | |
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
