by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

for the seat of Lyndhurst in the

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was held on 27 April 2013. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labor Party (ALP) member

Tim Holding Timothy James Holding (born 21 August 1972) is a former Australian politician. He was a Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2013. He served as minister for water; mini ...

on 18 February 2013.

Martin Pakula Martin Philip Pakula (born 7 January 1969) is a former Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria since 2006: in the Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region from 2006 to 2010, and then in ...

retained the seat for Labor.

Dates

The

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for the by-election was issued on 5 March 2013. The

electoral roll An electoral roll (variously called an electoral register, voters roll, poll book or other description) is a compilation that lists persons who are entitled to vote for particular elections in a particular jurisdiction. The list is usually broke ...

in Lyndhurst closed on 12 March, and the final date for candidates to nominate was 28 March. Registration of

how-to-vote card How-to-vote cards (HTV) are small leaflets that are handed out by party supporters during elections in Australia. Voting in the Australian lower house uses a preferential voting system. Voters must rank every candidate on the ballot in order for ...

s closed on 18 April. Polling day was 27 April.

Candidates

Candidates in ballot paper order for the by-election were: The

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declined to nominate a candidate for the by-election.

How-to-vote cards

How-to-vote card How-to-vote cards (HTV) are small leaflets that are handed out by party supporters during elections in Australia. Voting in the Australian lower house uses a preferential voting system. Voters must rank every candidate on the ballot in order for ...

s are distributed to voters at polling stations to provide information with how the candidate suggests preferences be allocated. Candidates and parties suggesting preferences are shown in each column of the table below. The Sex Party released a card with two preferences allocated, one favouring Labor and the other favouring the Greens. The Greens ran an open card at this by-election.

Results

Results are final. Pre-poll and postal votes were included on election night upon which media outlets called the by-election for Labor. The full preference distribution occurred on 1 May.Lyndhurst District By-election 2013 Distribution of preference votes: VEC
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References

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Dates

Candidates

How-to-vote cards

Results

See also

References