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Wollongong - 1981 (Roll: 32,235) Retained by Labor Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, No absolute majority for winning candidate Candidate Party Votes % Final % Sampson, Megan Anne Australian Democrats 974 3.42 Brooks, Ronald Walker Liberal Party 2,346 8.25 Ramsay, Eric Daniel (Re-elected) Labor Party 13,223 46.47 14,034 50.09 Love, Ellen Daphne Independent 142 0.50 Arkell, Francis Neville Independent 11,767 41.36 13,983 49.91 Formal Votes 28,452 Informal / Exhausted Votes 1,185 4.00 435 1.53 Total Votes / Turnout 29,637 91.94 Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Love (IND) Exclusion 2 Sampson (DEM) Exclusion 3 Brooks (LIB) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Sampson (DEM) 36 33.96 1010 3.55 -1010 Brooks (LIB) 25 23.58 2371 8.34 441 53.85 2812 9.96 -2812 Ramsay (ALP) 21 19.81 13244 46.61 197 24.05 13441 47.62 593 22.77 14034 50.09 Love (IND) -142 Arkell (IND) 24 22.64 11791 41.49 181 22.10 11972 42.42 2011 77.23 13983 49.91 Votes In Count 106 28416 819 28225 2604 28017 Exhausted 36 25.35 36 0.13 191 18.91 227 0.80 208 7.40 435 1.53