Climate 200 Candidate Wins Final Seat by 26 Votes After Recount

Boele edged out Liberal contender Gisele Kapterian, overturning an earlier eight-vote deficit recorded in the initial count.

Volunteers hand out voting cards next to election candidate posters outside a pre-polling centre in Sydney on May 2, 2025. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images

Independent Climate 200-backed “teal” candidate Nicolette Boele has secured the tightest of victories in the former Liberal Party blue-ribbon seat of Bradfield in north Sydney, winning by just 26 votes.

The result comes after a recount and is the final seat to be decided weeks after the he federal election ended.