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WikiLeaks Party will live on: Assange
AAP September 08, 2013 3:58PM
... With about two-thirds of Senate first preferences counted, the party picked up 0.62 per cent of the national vote. Its best showing was in Victoria, where Assange was the lead candidate, where it garnered 1.18 per cent of the primary vote. In NSW it picked up 0.8 per cent and in Western Australia 0.71 per cent ...
Assange told ABC TV on Sunday ... it was "rather bizarre" the Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party was being projected to win a Victorian Senate spot when it "has less than a third of the vote that we had" ...
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/wikileaks-party-will-live-on-assange/story-fn3dxiwe-1226714698778
