A by-election for the

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district of Broadmeadows was conducted on 19 February 2011, and was retained by the Labor Party. The by-election was triggered by the resignation on 21 December 2010 of

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, the former

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whose 11-year incumbent Labor government was defeated at the 2010 election. Writs for the by-election were issued on 20 January 2011.

Background

Primary votes in Broadmeadows at the 2010 election saw Labor win 62.3 percent and the Liberals win 25.3 percent, with a 71 percent two-party Labor vote. Being Labor's safest seat at that election, the Liberals chose not to contest the by-election. Labor chose to stand

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, brother of

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as their candidate. Nine candidates stood at the by-election, with McGuire predicted to win.Eddie McGuire's brother tipped for safe Victorian seat: ABC AM 19 February 2011
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Results

Labor won the seat with a majority of primary votes alone. Turkish independent Celal Sahin made a show with a fifth of the primary vote and 30 percent of the

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vote.Broadmeadows by-election results: ABC
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References

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Broadmeadows by-election: Poll Bludger
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