Liberal hopeful Gisele Kapterian has conceded defeat in Bradfield more than four months after the federal election, abandoning a court challenge over the validity of 151 ballot papers.

Kapterian, who has a junior shadow cabinet position on hold for her in Canberra, said it was clear that the correct result had been declared and teal MP Nicolette Boele was rightly elected to the once-blue-ribbon Liberal seat in Sydney’s north.

“The initial results were so close that we felt it was the right call to have another look at the ballots,” Kapterian said on Thursday ahead of abandoning a challenge in the Court of Disputed Returns.

“Both sides challenged the determinations made – I think it was a total of over 320 ballots. Based on the submissions that were made, I think many challenges would ha

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