The Victorian Electoral Commission says voters in Ripon will have to wait until Wednesday or Thursday before further updates in counting will be known.
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A commission spokeswoman told Fairfax Media on Monday afternoon counting was paused while vote checking was undertaken.
The spokesperson said the seats with the closest margins were being prioritised. Ripon was one of those electorates, she said.
The count in the district of Ripon is expected to go down to the wire for the second consecutive state election.
As of 8.30pm on Monday evening, Labor’s Sarah De Santis held a slim 60 vote lead after preferences from the Liberal Party and incumbent MP Louise Staley.
In an update from the Victorian Electoral Commission at 6.27pm on Sunday, Ms De Santis had received 15,580 preferenced votes (50.1 per cent) ahead of Ms Staley’s 15,520 (49.9 per cent).
70.44 per cent of votes in the electorate had been counted at that point in time.
Ms Staley had received 80 more first preference votes but preferences from other parties were helping Ms De Santis into a slender lead.
The Victorian Electoral Commission has told Fairfax Media the final results are unlikely to be clear until Wednesday.
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers candidate Peter Fava had received the third most amount of first preference votes.
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