Bennelong: Howard won the primary vote count ...

Labor will spend the next 3 years playing down the impact of the Greens on their electoral win but the numbers show a different story.

For example:

Bennelong

First Preferences

Polling Places Returned: 48 of 48 Enrolment: 97,573 Turnout: 94.43%

HOWARD, John Winston (Liberal) 39,375 (45.56%)
McKEW, Maxine (Labor) 39,139 (45.29%)
PETERS, Lindsay (The Greens) 4,769 (5.52%)

Two Candidate Preferred

HOWARD, John Winston (Liberal) 42,053 (48.66%)
McKEW, Maxine (Labor) 44,364 (51.34%)

See - AEC - Bennelong.

It will be interesting to see the first Labor/Greens stoush in Parliament. Remember, from mid-2008, Labor needs the support of the Greens (and two independents) to pass any legislation through the Senate ...