<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Teal independent Monique Ryan is set to overcome the challenge from Liberal candidate Amelia Hamer and keep her place in parliament after a flurry of close seats were called.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nine projects that Ryan will defeat Hamer in the battle for the former blue-ribbon stronghold of Kooyong.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Shortly after 12:30pm (AEST), the independent was ahead 50.4 per cent to 49.6 per cent on the two-candidate preferred count, a lead of more than 800 votes.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>FEDERAL ELECTION:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/federal-election-2025-results-key-seats/5a74bf53-669c-4763-ae33-f5ca39be09b6"><strong><span>How each of the key seats voted</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While postal votes favoured Hamer – although not to the same extent they did to fellow Liberal candidate Tim Wilson in neighbouring Goldstein, which he won off Zoe Daniel – a strong enough showing for Ryan on absentee and declaration pre-polls will see her retain the seat she won off then-treasurer Josh Frydenberg in 2022.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There was better news for the Liberals in another neck-and-neck race against a teal, with Gisele Kapterian projected to win the northern Sydney seat of Bradfield.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Independent Nicolette Boele had been fancied to claim the seat following the retirement of former MP Paul Fletcher, and had been in a strong position following counting on election night.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/federal-election-2025-results-monique-ryan-kooyong/51d31356-fea8-4088-b52a-a7c664d80540" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-weather-update-rain-and-chance-of-storms-expected-along-east-coast/bf8735ef-5a6f-464e-8eea-3b3e0774cf4e"><strong><span>Week-long rain, storms heading for Australia's east coast</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However, Kapterian has outperformed her on postals, declarations and absentees.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The two-candidate preferred count is sitting at 50.1 per cent to 49.9 per cent – a lead of 214 votes for Kapterian.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Elsewhere, Labor's David Smith is projected to have defeated independent Jessie Price in what was a surprisingly close contest in the outer Canberra seat of Bean.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The newly-established Bullwinkel in Perth's east has also been called for Labor, taking the government to 93 seats in the House of Representatives.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/liberals-to-vote-for-new-leader-as-tim-wilson-weighs-up-challenge/bb67be78-60a3-405b-b193-8966626fb368"><strong><span>Tim Wilson considers tilt at Liberal leadership as contest shapes into a three-way battle</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>That's the highest seat tally in Australian history, but could still grow further, with Labor leading in Calwell, although the northern Melbourne electorate is not likely to be called for some time yet.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The other seats which remain too close to call include Ryan in Brisbane, where Elizabeth Watson-Brown is ahead as she looks to maintain a presence for the Greens in the lower house.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The remaining undecided contests are Flinders and Monash in Victoria, and Longman in Queensland.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Liberal candidate in each is currently leading all three counts, but they remain too close to call.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><strong><span>Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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