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Federal electorate · House of Representatives · NSW

Barton

Current member

Ash Ambihaipahar, Australian Labor Party

Won at the 2025 federal election
Labor
Ash Ambihaipahar, gained the seat
Margin after preferences
16.0 pts
A safe 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 Barton yet.

Sitting member

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

Where Barton 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

Ash Ambihaipahar (ALP)Elected47,098 votes,47.1%
Fiona Douskou (LIB)24,162 votes,24.2%
Manal Bahsa (GRN)15,885 votes,15.9%
Christos Nicolis (ONP)5,573 votes,5.6%
Thomas Pambris (TP)3,814 votes,3.8%
Vinay Kolhatkar (LBT)3,419 votes,3.4%

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)

66.0%34.0%
Ash Ambihaipahar (ALP)Fiona Douskou (LIB)

The vertical line marks 50%.

Margin 16.0 pts (Labor): safe 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
Ash AmbihaipaharLabor47,09847.12%-0.9 pts
Fiona DouskouLiberal24,16224.17%-5.2 pts
Manal BahsaThe Greens15,88515.89%+4.9 pts
Christos NicolisPauline Hanson's One Nation5,5735.58%+0.7 pts
Thomas PambrisTrumpet of Patriots3,8143.82%+3.8 pts
Vinay KolhatkarLibertarian3,4193.42%+3.4 pts

Source: Australian Electoral Commission