By Callum Ludwig
Mary Doyle has held the seat of Aston which she gained at a by-election in 2023 in another strong Labor result despite expectations that Liberal candidate Manny Cicchiello could win it back. 72.8 per cent of the Aston vote has been counted and Doyle leads the preference count 56.2 per cent (5.3 per cent swing to) to Cicchiello’s 43.8 per cent (5.6 per cent swing against).
The AEC Tally Room projects Doyle’s TCP at 55.06 per cent to Cicchiello’s 44.94 per cent.
The Greens’ Reuben Steen garnered 11.8 per cent of the vote and is followed by One Nation’s John De Wacht (3.2 per cent), Family First’s Craig Manners (2.7 per cent), Independent Mark Grondman (2.3 per cent), Trumpet of Patriots Steve Desveaux (2.2 per cent), Independent Andrew Williams (1.8 per cent) and Libertarian David Fawcett (1.0 per cent).
