Rebekha Sharkie has been returned as the Member for Mayo but the final numbers for the electorate will not be known for some time as the Australian Electoral Commission counts the unprecedented number of prepoll and postal votes.

Mayo has 130 767 voters but only around 77 000 of them voted on the day of the election; 4.71% of the votes cast were informal and could not be counted.

More than 60 000 prepoll and postal votes are still to be counted.

The AEC says it issued 15 763 postal votes but has only received 12 645 so far. Postal votes must be received by Friday 3 June to be included in the count.

Of the votes counted so far:

-      Overall, Ms Sharkie lost some ground on her primary vote (-1.57%) but after preferences have been distributed has a swing of 8.27% to her.

-      The Labor candidate, Marisa Bell had a primary vote swing of +3.53%

-      The Liberals had a swing of -11.9%.

-      Despite the enormous amount of advertising and corflutes around Mayo for the United Australia Party (Clive Palmer) their vote only increased by 0.47% (to 3.66%). 

-      One Nation looks to have achieved more than 4% of the primary vote in Mayo, which would qualify for them to receive election funding from the Australian Electoral Commission.

What happened around the Fleurieu booths?

The Liberal candidate Allison Bluck was not popular on Kangaroo Island. Perhaps not surprisingly after Liberal HQ sent out a letter written as if from Ms Bluck that said she was employed on Kangaroo Island and managed a nature trail. A job held by the similarly named Kangaroo Island resident Alison Buck. 

The Liberal primary vote on American River was down by more than 27% at American River, 17% at Kingscote, nearly 13% at Penneshaw and nearly 18% at Parndana.  However, it is worth remembering that they are small booths so a handful of votes can change the percentages considerably.

Surprisingly, the Greens lost a little of their primary vote at trendy Port Elliot – down 0.05%. The Liberal vote was also down (by over 13%) with the main beneficiary the ALP candidate but One Nation also attracted 4% of the vote.

The Liberals lost over 11% of their primary vote at the Victor Town Hall Booth but were helped to a less depressing Two Party Preferred swing with preferences. One Nation polled 5.84% of the primary votes at this booth.

The ALP had one of their smallest swings at the Willunga booth (+0.85%) with One Nation getting 4.26% of the vote.