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Bathurst - 1991 (Roll: 36,916) Labor Party gain from Liberal Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Clough, Ralph (Elected) Labor Party 15,958 48.16 17,486 55.12 Merkel, John Australian Democrats 2,143 6.47 Berry, David (Defeated) Liberal Party 12,822 38.70 14,239 44.88 Rich, Mal Country Residents Party 2,211 6.67 Formal Votes 33,134 Informal / Exhausted Votes 2,111 5.99 1,409 4.25 Total Votes / Turnout 35,245 95.47 Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Merkel (DEM) Exclusion 2 Rich (CRP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Clough (ALP) 776 50.55 16734 51.45 752 41.23 17486 55.12 Merkel (DEM) -2143 Berry (LIB) 345 22.48 13167 40.48 1072 58.77 14239 44.88 Rich (CRP) 414 26.97 2625 8.07 -2625 Votes In Count 1535 32526 1824 31725 Exhausted 608 28.37 608 1.83 801 30.51 1409 4.25