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Federal electorate · House of Representatives · NSW

Banks

Current member

Zhi Soon, Australian Labor Party

Won at the 2025 federal election
Labor
Zhi Soon, gained the seat
Margin after preferences
2.4 pts
A marginal seat
Announced candidates, next election
0
None with a source so far

Next federal election

Candidates publicly announced or preselected so far.

No candidates have been announced for Banks yet.

Sitting member

Zhi Soon (Australian Labor Party) holds the seat, but no source yet confirms they'll recontest it, so they aren't counted above.

Where Banks is

Boundary used at the 2025 federal election, from the ABS. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

2025 federal election result

Bar colours show each candidate's party.

First preferences

2025 federal election result, first preferences

David Coleman (LIB)38,683 votes,39.1%
Zhi Soon (ALP)Elected36,039 votes,36.4%
Natalie Hanna (GRN)11,756 votes,11.9%
Todd Nicol (ONP)3,666 votes,3.7%
Allan Taruste (TP)3,430 votes,3.5%
Marika Momircevski (LBT)2,678 votes,2.7%
John Coyne (IND)1,995 votes,2.0%
Phillip Pearce (D)688 votes,0.7%

Bars show each candidate's share of formal first-preference votes on a 0–100% scale. Swing is the change in share, in percentage points, as published by the AEC.

After preferences (two-candidate preferred)

52.4%47.6%
Zhi Soon (ALP)David Coleman (LIB)

The vertical line marks 50%.

Margin 2.4 pts (Labor): marginal by the AEC's thresholds (under 6 points marginal, 6–10 fairly safe, over 10 safe). This describes this result, not a forecast.

Results as a table
CandidatePartyVotesFirst pref.Swing
David ColemanLiberal38,68339.10%-5.5 pts
Zhi SoonLabor36,03936.43%+0.6 pts
Natalie HannaThe Greens11,75611.88%+3.3 pts
Todd NicolPauline Hanson's One Nation3,6663.71%+0.4 pts
Allan TarusteTrumpet of Patriots3,4303.47%+3.5 pts
Marika MomircevskiLibertarian2,6782.71%+2.7 pts
John CoyneIndependent1,9952.02%+2.0 pts
Phillip PearceAustralian Democrats6880.70%+0.7 pts

Source: Australian Electoral Commission