The result itself was not the only close run thing about last month’s Federal election.

We had to go to the tie-breaker question to determine the winner of the Crikey Election Tipping contest and that meant waiting until the Australian Electoral Commission determined the final two party preferred votes. Hence the month’s delay in announcing our winners.

It has been an anxious time for our winner, Peter Forrest, who was one of those who picked the winner in 19 of the 20 marginal electorates. His only regret, he told us this morning, was not getting the lot right.

“I can’t believe I didn’t get Robertson!” he said. “Want to know how I did it? I waited until the last day…”

Then he used the 2007 figures and applied the same swing.

And what will he do with his $5000 winnings? Pay bills or go on a holiday?

“All of the above.”

The full list of winners and their prizes is:

PLACE SUBSCRIBER PRIZE
1 Peter Forrest $5000
2 Patrick Clancy $1000
3 John Cuch $750
4 Julian Zytnik $600
5 Guy Hargreaves $400
6 Akim Bannikoff $350
7 Mark Podesta $300
8 Gary Mays $250
9 Paul Mossman $200
10 David Pettersson $160
11 Stuart Macqueen 30 Rock DVD Box Set (Series 1-3).
Value $59.98 per set
12 Edmund Moran 30 Rock DVD Box Set (Series 1-3).
Value $59.98 per set
13 Ben John 30 Rock DVD Box Set (Series 1-3).
Value $59.98 per set
14 Paul Hirst 30 Rock DVD Box Set (Series 1-3).
Value $59.98 per set
15 Geoffrey Briot 30 Rock DVD Box Set (Series 1-3).
Value $59.98 per set
16 Paul Martin Crikey merchandise set. Value $40 per set
17 Pag Arao-Arao Crikey merchandise set. Value $40 per set
18 Ben Raue Crikey merchandise set. Value $40 per set
19 Kevin Bonham Crikey merchandise set. Value $40 per set
20 Geoff Hopkins Crikey merchandise set. Value $40 per set