Mr Oakeshott claimed a landslide win by polling almost two-thirds of the primary vote, almost three-quarters on a two-party preferred basis.

Mr Oakeshott declared it a “win for community representation” and a positive story of a new era for the Mid North Coast

"We're absolutely thrilled and we want to make it work for the future," the 38 year-old said.

"Hopefully (the result) is a reflection of a 15-year working relationship and trusted relationship between a state member and the local community," he said.

As an independent, he said his vote in the Federal parliament would be based on the value of an issue to his constituents, saying legislation that was good for the area would get his full support while he would argue against anything negative for the region.

The former State member for Port Macquarie’s victory has ended the Nationals’ stranglehold on Lyne, the party having held the seat since its inception in 1949.

Lyne had most recently been held by former Nationals leader Mark Vaile, the by-election brought about by his retirement from politics this year.

The Nationals candidate, former Port Macquarie mayor Rob Drew, polled less than a quarter of the primary vote after a heavy advertising campaign by his party in the weeks before the election.

As of yesterday morning and with 78.15 per cent of the primary vote counted, Mr Oakeshott held a huge margin over his seven rivals with 42,642 votes (64.29 per cent) to Mr Drew’s 14,741 (22.22).

On a two-party preferred basis, Mr Oakeshott’s majority sat at 74.38 per cent compared to Mr Drew’s 25.62 per cent.

The Greens’ Susie Russell (4801 votes - 7.24 per cent), The Fishing Party’s Bob Smith (2341 - 3.53) and the Democratic Labor Party’s Michael Patrick O’Donoghue (702 – 1.06) were the only other candidates to poll more than one per cent of the vote.