THE Tamworth electorate voted for One Nation at almost double the rate of the rest of NSW in this election.
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While no One Nation candidate contested the lower house seat of Tamworth, its constituents showed support for the party on the upper house ballot.
The count for the NSW upper house will go on for a number of days, but the initial tally of above the line votes shows more than 10 per cent of Tamworth's first preferences went to Pauline Hanson's party, an ostensible vote for its number one candidate, Mark Latham.
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Throughout NSW, One Nation has only polled 5.8 per cent of the vote which is almost half the level of support it received in Tamworth (10.3 per cent).
In this electorate, Gunnedah voters showed the greatest level of support for the party with 11 per cent of residents giving it their above the line vote.
The Liberal-National coalition received the highest proportion of upper house votes from the Tamworth electorate and pulled in close to 37 per cent.
The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers (SFF) was the next most preferred pick with 15.6 per cent of the number one votes, closely followed by Labor with 14.6 per cent.
While less than half of the electorate's vote has been counted for the upper house, the initial count shows a swing against the incumbent coalition government.
In 2015, the Liberal-National upper house ticket received 49.62 per cent of the first preference picks, more than 12 per cent up on the 2019 election.
The SFF party has marginally increased its vote in Tamworth; it is up from 12.33 per cent in 2015.
At this election, the SFF party received its biggest upper house vote in Manilla, where 21 per cent of people put a number one above the line.
Meanwhile, Labor actually received the highest number of above the line votes at the Coledale Community Centre polling booth (18.7 per cent), but its biggest vote came in Werris Creek (24 per cent).