Special votes haven't been counted but she's leading by 500 votes.
Swarbrick told Kerre McIvor she doesn't want to count her chickens before they hatch, but says it was a very good night.
"When you give every fibre of your being to something, we built up a massive campaign and did things everyone ruled out."
Swarbrick says everyone thought it was impossible but she made it across the line.
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