More than four months after the federal election, the last remaining seat has finally been decided after Liberal hopeful Gisele Kapterian conceded defeat and abandoned a court challenge.

The Sydney seat of Bradfield was an extremely tight race, with Kapterian initially winning by just eight votes before a full recount saw teal independent Nicolette Boele succeed with 26 votes.

The NSW Liberal Party launched legal action to review the validity of 151 of the 118,000 ballot papers, which had internally come into question, but Kapterian today announced the challenge has been withdrawn after a review provided her with the reassurance that the results were accurate.

"After a final review of the ballot papers following the two different results in Bradfield, I am satisfied that, overall, th

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