Earlier Antony Green said there was "no doubt" McKew had won.

Opinion polls indicated that this was likely and ABC elections expert Antony Green said that the "Labor government looks set to be returned with an increased majority".

The ABC's coverage was hosted by Kerry O'Brien, Tony Jones and Antony Green.

In 2007 Company B released a cast recording of the extended show containing all of the musical numbers featured on stage except for "Antony Green".

Antony Green notes that "The exhaustion rate has approached 80% in some seats....optional preferential voting almost always assists the party with the highest primary vote."

ABC political analyst Antony Green described Oakeshott as the "clear favourite", and "highly likely" to win the by-election.

Antony Green: 2013 Wanguri by-election (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Julian Glover, Anne Perkins, Antony Green and Mike Smithson discuss next week's local elections.

Editors: Eamonn Clifford, Antony Green & David Clune.

Several commentators, such as Antony Green, agreed with this conclusion.