Wentworth gubernatorial election, 2012

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2008 ← 	5 May 2012 	→ 2016 	
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Turnout 	2,798,614 (95.77%) ( 1.21pp) 	2,798,614 (95.77%) ( 1.21pp) 	2,798,614 (95.77%) ( 1.21pp)
 	 	 	
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Candidate 	Matthew Yang 	Corinne Hayhurst 	
Party 	Independent 	Liberal 	
Running mate 	Jaclyn Suttner 	Tom Nakayama 	
Popular vote 	1,401,826 	1,396,788 	
Percentage 	50.09% 	49.91% 	
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Two-party-preferred result by prefectural electorate	Two-party-preferred result by prefectural electorate	Two-party-preferred result by prefectural electorate	Two-party-preferred result by prefectural electorate
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Governor before election 	Governor before election 	Elected Governor 	
Corinne HayhurstLiberal 	Corinne HayhurstLiberal 	Matthew YangIndependent 	
The 2012 Wentworth gubernatorial election was held on Saturday, 5 May 2012 to elect the the Governor of Wentworth. The prefectural election was held on the same date.
The incumbent first-term Liberal governor Corinne Hayhurst, was narrowly defeated by independent candidate Matthew Yang in what is regarded as one of the greatest political upsets in Enderronian history. The margin of victory in the two-candidate-preferred vote was just 0.18 percent or 5,038 votes.
==Results==
===Governor===
Party 	Party 	Candidate 	Candidate 	Votes 	% 	
Party 	Party 	Governor 	Lt. Governor 	Votes 	% 	
 	Wentworth Liberal Party 	Corinne Hayhurst 	Tom Nakayama 	1,115,807 	39.87 	
 	Independent 	Matthew Yang 	Jaclyn Suttner 	633,046 	22.62 	
 	Social Democratic Party 	Kenneth Tran 	Michaela Chen 	458,693 	16.39 	
 	Independent 	Kylie Phillips 	Mark Riley 	224,729 	8.03 	
 	Wentworth Greens 	Jonathan Jiang 	Siobhan McNamara 	213,814 	7.64 	
 	Left Bloc 	Erin Zhang 	Gary Spence 	77,242 	2.76 	
 	Independent 	Max Wong 	Xujin Zeng 	51,774 	1.85 	
 	Independent 	Kristine Fujiwara 	Angela Platanos 	23,508 	0.84 	
Two-party-preferred vote (notional)	Two-party-preferred vote (notional)	Two-party-preferred vote (notional)	Two-party-preferred vote (notional)	Two-party-preferred vote (notional)	Two-party-preferred vote (notional)	
 	Wentworth Liberal Party 	Corinne Hayhurst 	Tom Nakayama 	1,473,470 	52.65 	
 	Social Democratic Party 	Kenneth Tran 	Michaela Chen 	1,325,144 	47.35 	
Two-candidate-preferred vote 	Two-candidate-preferred vote 	Two-candidate-preferred vote 	Two-candidate-preferred vote 	Two-candidate-preferred vote 	Two-candidate-preferred vote 	
 	Independent 	Matthew Yang 	Jaclyn Suttner 	1,401,826 	50.09 	
 	Wentworth Liberal Party 	Corinne Hayhurst 	Tom Nakayama 	1,396,788 	49.91 	
Total 	Total 	Total 	Total 	2,798,614