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Watson

Watson is a federal electorate in New South Wales, held by Tony Burke of the Australian Labor Party since the 2025 election, by a margin of 16.52 points — a safe seat.

Member for Watson

Tony Burke

Australian Labor Party

Their voting record and expenses →

The 2025 result

Final two candidates after preferences were distributed, from the election held 3 May 2025.

  • Tony BURKELabor66.52%55,099 votes
  • Ziad BASYOUNYIndependent33.48%27,735 votes
Margin
16.52%
Safe
Two-party-preferred swing
+7.70%
to Australian Labor Party
Turnout
85.73%
116,432 enrolled

First preferences in 2025

How the seat voted before preferences were distributed. The Coalition is counted as one figure across its four registrations, and the Greens across both of theirs — in Victoria they contest as GVIC and elsewhere as GRN, which read as two separate minor parties if left unmerged.

  • Labor48.0%
  • Independents16.0%
  • Coalition15.2%
  • Greens8.9%
  • Minor parties8.6%
  • One Nation3.2%

Suburbs in Watson

18 suburbs and localities have residents in this electorate. 7of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

  • Bankstown 100%
  • Greenacre
  • Campsie 80%
  • Yagoona 94%
  • Lakemba
  • Punchbowl (Canterbury-Bankstown - NSW) 73%
  • Condell Park
  • Belmore 76%
  • Wiley Park
  • Georges Hall
  • Belfield
  • Bass Hill 40%
  • Strathfield South
  • Canterbury (NSW) 15%
  • Mount Lewis
  • Lansdowne (Canterbury-Bankstown - NSW)
  • Chullora
  • Bankstown Aerodrome

Postcodes in Watson

13 postcodes have residents in this electorate. 9of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

  • 2200 100%
  • 2190
  • 2195
  • 2194 80%
  • 2199 94%
  • 2196 46%
  • 2192 76%
  • 2198
  • 2191
  • 2197 39%
  • 2136 47%
  • 2193 8%
  • 2163 0%

Where this comes from

  • Results, margins and turnout are the AEC’s published 2025figures. The margin is derived — the winner’s two-candidate-preferred share minus 50 — and the seat status is the AEC’s own classification.
  • Suburbs and postcodes come from 2021 Census mesh blocks matched to CED_2025 boundaries, weighted by resident population rather than by area — otherwise a large, largely uninhabited postcode is assigned to whichever division holds the most empty land.
  • These are an approximation of the AEC’s legal boundaries, so close to a boundary they can differ. To confirm where you are enrolled, check the AEC.

Australian Statistical Geography Standard Edition 3 allocation files and 2021 Census Mesh Block Counts, © Australian Bureau of Statistics.