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Labor wins Northcote by-election
The ALP candidate, Ms Mary Delahunty, has won the Northcote by-election with a primary vote rise of 0.37% compared with the 1996 general election.
The two-party preferred vote against the Australian Democrats was 64.9%, compared with a two-party preferred vote against the Liberal Party of 69.9% in 1996.
According to media reports, the primary and two-party preferred voting percentages were:
| Candidate | Primary | Two Party |
| Mary Delahunty (ALP) | 59.97 | 64.9 |
| Ken Saunders (Democrats) | 26.50 | 35.1 |
| Nikolas Kavalenka (One Nation) | 5.76 | |
| Gurmeet Sekhon (Greens) | 3.89 | |
| Maurice Sibelle (Ind.) | 1.69 | |
| Abboud Haider (Abolish Child Support) | 0.25 |
In the 1996 general election, the relevant figures were:
| Candidate | Primary | Two Party |
| Tony Sheehan (ALP) | 59.6 | 69.9 |
| Alex Hay (Liberal) | 28.2 | 30.1 |
| Greg Barber | 7.8 | |
| Jonathan Hogge | 2.6 | |
| Michael Dickins (Natural Law) | 1.8 |
(Source for 1996 figures: Victorian Electoral Commission