The Kiama by-election was triggered by the jailing of sitting indepedent MP Gareth Ward. Photo: Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS

Voters are taking to the polls in Kiama on the NSW south coast, as Labor, Liberal and independent candidates battle it out for the seat.

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The by-election is being held on Saturday to pick a replacement for former MP Gareth Ward, convicted of sexual and indecent assault in July.

Before the then-Liberal MP won the seat in 2011, Labor had held it for the three decades from its re-establishment, putting the party in a good position to wrench the electorate back.

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