Counting of postal votes has begun in Gilmore, narrowing the gap between Liberal candidate Andrew Constance and Labor incumbent Fiona Phillips.
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As of this afternoon, Phillips has 50.15 per cent of the two candidate preferred vote - a total of 47,291.
Constance has 49.85 per cent, totalling 47,570 votes.
Just 279 votes separate the two candidates.
In Gilmore, all but one polling places have reported a two candidate preferred count; just over 78 per cent of votes have been counted.
So far there has been a 2.46 per cent swing towards Constance and the Liberals; at the previous election Phillips and Labor held Gilmore with a margin of 2.6 per cent.
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