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Parramatta - 1988 (Roll: 30,469)
Liberal Party gain from Labor Party
Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, No absolute majority for winning candidate
Candidate Party Votes % Final %
Wilde, Barry (Defeated) Labor Party 12,807 46.48 13,475 49.51
Books, John Cameron (Elected) Liberal Party 12,972 47.08 13,743 50.49
Levett, Rodney Allan Australian Democrats 1,777 6.45
Formal Votes 27,556
Informal / Exhausted Votes 897 3.15 338 1.23
Total Votes / Turnout 28,453 93.38

Distribution of Preferences
Exclusion 1
Levett (DEM)
PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes%
Wilde (ALP) 668 46.42 13475 49.51
Books (LIB) 771 53.58 13743 50.49
Levett (DEM) -1777
Votes In Count 1439 27218
Exhausted 338 19.02 338 1.23