2008 Lakemba state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Lakemba on 18 October 2008 after former Premier Morris Iemma resigned as member for Lakemba.^[1] By-elections for the seats of Cabramatta, Port Macquarie and Ryde were held on the same day.

The seat was retained by the Labor Party at the by-election.

Dates

Date	Event
19 September 2008	Resignation of Morris Iemma.^[2]
22 September 2008	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.^[3]
26 September 2008	Date of nomination
18 October 2008	Polling day
1 November 2008	Return of writ

2008 Lakemba by-election
Saturday 18 October ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Furolo	23,004	58.2	−15.7
	Liberal	Michael Hawatt	9,354	23.66	+10.5
	Greens	Kristian Bolwell	4,847	12.3	+8.4
	Christian Democrats	Allan Lotfizadeh	1,292	3.3	^[a]
		Robert Aiken	564	1.4	+1.4
	Christian Democrats	Zarif Abdulla	479	1.2	^[a]
Total formal votes			39,540	96.1	+0.3
Informal votes			1,696	3.9	−0.3
Turnout			41,236	80.4	−11.75
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Robert Furolo	24,308	70.5	−13.5
	Liberal	Michael Hawatt	10,173	29.5	+13.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−13.5

^ ^a ^b The combined Christian Democrats vote was 4.5 percent, an increase of 0.5 percentage points.

^ Norington, Brad (20 September 2008). "Iemma quits, bringing on by-election season". The Australian. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2008.
^ "The Hon. Morris Iemma (1961-)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
^ "Writ of election: Lakemba" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 122. 22 September 2008. p. 9391. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
^ "2008 Lakemba by-election results". NSW Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009.

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