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Swansea - 1988 (Roll: 33,803) Independent gain from Labor Party Preferences required Candidate Party Votes % Final % Welsh, Ivan Joseph (Elected) Independent 12,145 38.69 17,631 58.43 Donovan, Linda Liberal Party 6,168 19.65 Simpson, Shane Terrence Australian Democrats 967 3.08 Bowman, Donald John (Defeated) Labor Party 12,112 38.58 12,545 41.57 Formal Votes 31,392 Informal / Exhausted Votes 973 3.01 1,216 3.87 Total Votes / Turnout 32,365 95.75 Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Simpson (DEM) Exclusion 2 Donovan (LIB) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Welsh (IND) 453 63.45 12598 40.46 5033 94.48 17631 58.43 Donovan (LIB) 122 17.09 6290 20.20 -6290 Simpson (DEM) -967 Bowman (ALP) 139 19.47 12251 39.34 294 5.52 12545 41.57 Votes In Count 714 31139 5327 30176 Exhausted 253 26.16 253 0.81 963 15.31 1216 3.87