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Swansea - 1991 (Roll: 36,579)
Labor Party gain from Independent
Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion
Candidate Party Votes % Final %
Welsh, Ivan (Defeated) Independent 7,745 24.10 12,797 43.62
Coghlan, Laurie Liberal Party 5,888 18.32
Morrow, Ivan Call to Australia 629 1.96
Reckenberg, Michael Australian Democrats 1,617 5.03
Selway, John Independent 1,400 4.36
Bowman, Don (Elected) Labor Party 14,658 45.62 16,539 56.38
Pyke, Harold Independent 195 0.61
Formal Votes 32,132
Informal / Exhausted Votes 2,579 7.43 2,796 8.70
Total Votes / Turnout 34,711 94.89
Notes: Don Bowman was the defeated Labor MP at the 1988 election.

Distribution of Preferences
Exclusion 1
Pyke (IND)
Exclusion 2
Morrow (CTA)
Exclusion 3
Selway (IND)
PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes%
Welsh (IND) 28 21.21 7773 24.24 198 47.14 7971 25.02 193 16.80 8164 25.89
Coghlan (LIB) 4 3.03 5892 18.37 105 25.00 5997 18.83 66 5.74 6063 19.23
Morrow (CTA) 4 3.03 633 1.97 -633
Reckenberg (DEM) 6 4.55 1623 5.06 39 9.29 1662 5.22 692 60.23 2354 7.47
Selway (IND) 40 30.30 1440 4.49 35 8.33 1475 4.63 -1475
Bowman (ALP) 50 37.88 14708 45.86 43 10.24 14751 46.31 198 17.23 14949 47.41
Pyke (IND) -195
Votes In Count 132 32069 420 31856 1149 31530
Exhausted 63 32.31 63 0.20 213 33.65 276 0.86 326 22.10 602 1.87

Distribution of Preferences - part 2
Exclusion 4
Reckenberg (DEM)
Exclusion 5
Coghlan (LIB)
PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes%
Welsh (IND) 371 20.01 8535 27.51 4262 90.91 12797 43.62
Coghlan (LIB) 319 17.21 6382 20.57 -6382
Reckenberg (DEM) -2354
Bowman (ALP) 1164 62.78 16113 51.93 426 9.09 16539 56.38
Votes In Count 1854 31030 4688 29336
Exhausted 500 21.24 1102 3.43 1694 26.54 2796 8.70