SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's ruling coalition is facing a major defeat in a state by-election after voters vented their frustration over recent political infighting that led to a change in prime minister.
Rural voters in Wagga Wagga, an agricultural electorate in New South Wales (NSW), posted a 29 per cent swing against the Liberal Party in first preference voting, according to Australian Electoral Commission figures on Sunday, in a result that will strip the party of the rural seat for the first time since 1956.
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