Sydney supplementary election, August 2019

The Sydney supplementary election, August 2019 is a supplementary election that will be held in the Division of Sydney after no candidates nominated to run in the seat for the July 2019 federal election.

Background
The result of the previous federal election was a hung Parliament, with neither side possessing a majority and the crossbench holding the balance of power. This means that, although the result in Sydney will not give either side a majority, it will be influential in negotiations to form government. On the ABC's election night panel, the election was discussed, and newly elected Liberal senator tobycool2001_1 stated that "I think that might be the place the whigs might make their final stand," and South Gippsland Network leader AnswerMeNow1 saying that "I would hope Gredsen chooses to contest the supplementary election, he would be a great addition to Parliament and to the national debate."

Candidates
3 candidates have currently announced their candidacy. All but one previously contested the July 2019 federal election. Riley8583, Liberal for Mayo at the previous election, is contesting as the Liberal candidate. stalintwo, former MP for Sydney, is standing as the Agrarian candidate and Plupsnup, who contested Canberra at the federal election and the Sydney by-election of June 2019 is contesting as the candidate for The Australian Whigs. gavingrotegut, former MP for Fairfax, also stood as a candidate, seeking the nomination of the Public Transport Victoria Party. Plupsnup withdrew from the campaign on 31 July 2019 for health reasons. PaulKeating13 is also standing as the United Democratic candidate.

Candidate table

 * gavingrotegut unsuccessfully seeked the nomination of Public Transport Party Victoria, which did not contest the by-election.