Result in Fairfax at least a week away

A RESULT in Fairfax won't be known for at least another week as ballot challenges drag out a full recount of the seat.

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) says about half of all ballot papers have been challenged so far, with most disputes coming from the Palmer United Party.

Before the full recount, the party's leader Clive Palmer led LNP opponent Ted O'Brien by a mere seven votes.

The AEC's Phil Diak says while almost 40,000 of the 89,000 votes have been viewed, just over 20,000 have been challenged.

About 9000 of the challenged ballots have been sent down to an AEC officer in Brisbane for a decision.

"The challenge rate does influence the speed of the count," Mr Diak said in regards to how long the recount would take.

It won't be finished for at least another week if a previous recount in McEwen is anything to go by.

That recount, in 2007, took eight days. There has been four days of recounting in Fairfax and while half of ballot papers have been viewed the high challenge rate is prolonging the process.

The Sunshine Coast electorate is the only lower house seat in the country awaiting a definitive result following the September 7 election.

Mr Palmer originally finished with 36 more votes than Mr O'Brien.

A recount of the distribution of preferences found the margin was just seven votes.

Margins of less than 100 trigger a recount.

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