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Bligh - 1981 (Roll: 31,146) Retained by Labor Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Barraclough, Lindley John Forbes (Defeated) Liberal Party 10,997 44.31 11,561 47.31 Miller, Frederick Joseph (Elected) Labor Party 11,807 47.57 12,876 52.69 Zingarelli, Joseph Albert Australian Democrats 1,050 4.23 Warnecke, George Albert Independent 966 3.89 Formal Votes 24,820 Informal / Exhausted Votes 977 3.79 383 1.54 Total Votes / Turnout 25,797 82.83 Notes: One the new boundaries, Bligh had a notional Labor majority. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Warnecke (IND) Exclusion 2 Zingarelli (DEM) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Barraclough (LIB) 206 27.18 11203 45.52 358 33.03 11561 47.31 Miller (ALP) 343 45.25 12150 49.37 726 66.97 12876 52.69 Zingarelli (DEM) 209 27.57 1259 5.12 -1259 Warnecke (IND) -966 Votes In Count 758 24612 1084 24437 Exhausted 208 21.53 208 0.84 175 13.90 383 1.54