NSW Liberals to launch court challenge after losing Sydney seat of Bradfield to teal independent

Independent Nicolette Boele defeated Gisele Kapterian with wafer-thin margin of 26 votes after dramatic election recount

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The New South Wales Liberal party will launch a court challenge after losing the Sydney seat of Bradfield, asking a judge to recount some of the ballots that led to independent Nicolette Boele’s 26-vote margin.

Boele was declared the winner on 4 June, defeating the Liberal party’s candidate Gisele Kapterian after a month-long count. The seat has been held by the Liberal party since its creation in 1949.

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