Results of the 2010 Australian federal election in Tasmania

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 2010 federal election in the state of Tasmania.[1][2]

2010 Australian federal election
(Tasmania)

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All 5 Tasmanian seats in the Australian House of Representatives
and 6 (of the 12) seats in the Australian Senate
  First party Second party
  Tony Abbott
Leader Julia Gillard Tony Abbott
Party Labor Liberal/National coalition
Last election 5 seats 0 seats
Seats won 4 seats 0 seats
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 143,796 109,908
Percentage 43.95% 33.60%
Swing Increase 4.07 Decrease 4.62
TPP 60.62% 39.38%
TPP swing Increase 4.41 Decrease 4.41

Results by electorate

Overall

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Electoral divisions: Tasmania
Turnout 95.08% (CV) — Informal 4.04%
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Australian Labor Party 143,796 43.95 +1.18 4   1
  Liberal 109,908 33.60 –4.62 0  
  Australian Greens 55,042 16.82 +3.32
  Independents 15,627 4.78 +2.56 1 [a]   1
  Secular Party of Australia 1,085 0.33 +0.33
  Socialist Alliance 856 0.26 +0.00
  Citizens Electoral Council 838 0.26 −0.31
Total 327,152     5
Two-party-preferred vote
  Australian Labor Party 198,332 60.62 +4.41 4   1
  Liberal 128,830 39.38 –4.41 0  
Invalid/blank votes 13,791 4.04 +1.12
Registered voters/turnout 358,609 95.07
Source: Commonwealth Election 2010

Results by division

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Bass

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2010 Australian federal election: Bass[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Geoff Lyons 28,448 43.43 +6.17
Liberal Steve Titmus 26,010 39.71 −3.71
Greens Sancia Colgrave 10,206 15.58 +0.44
Citizens Electoral Council Adrian Watts 838 1.28 +0.93
Total formal votes 65,502 96.02 −0.75
Informal votes 2,714 3.98 +0.75
Turnout 68,216 95.16 −1.14
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Lyons 37,165 56.74 +5.71
Liberal Steve Titmus 28,337 43.26 −5.71
Labor hold Swing +5.71

Braddon

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2010 Australian federal election: Braddon[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sid Sidebottom 31,890 48.68 +4.48
Liberal Garry Carpenter 25,779 39.35 −3.59
Greens Scott Jordan 7,836 11.96 +3.83
Total formal votes 65,505 95.68 −1.14
Informal votes 2,961 4.32 +1.14
Turnout 68,466 95.66 −0.62
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sid Sidebottom 37,650 57.48 +5.16
Liberal Garry Carpenter 27,855 42.52 −5.16
Labor hold Swing +5.16

Denison

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2010 Australian federal election: Denison[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jonathan Jackson 23,215 35.79 −12.37
Liberal Cameron Simpkins 14,688 22.65 −7.34
Independent Andrew Wilkie 13,788 21.26 +21.26
Greens Geoffrey Couser 12,312 18.98 +0.40
Socialist Alliance Mel Barnes 856 1.32 +0.56
Total formal votes 64,859 96.38 −1.12
Informal votes 2,435 3.62 +1.12
Turnout 67,294 94.32 −1.21
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Jonathan Jackson 42,692 65.82 +0.53
Liberal Cameron Simpkins 22,167 34.18 −0.53
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Andrew Wilkie 33,217 51.21 +51.21
Labor Jonathan Jackson 31,642 48.79 −16.50
Independent gain from Labor Swing +51.21

Franklin

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2010 Australian federal election: Franklin[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Julie Collins 28,079 42.85 +2.17
Liberal Jane Howlett 21,938 33.48 −7.82
Greens Wendy Heatley 13,675 20.87 +6.15
Independent John Forster 1,839 2.81 +2.81
Total formal votes 65,531 96.52 −0.83
Informal votes 2,365 3.48 +0.83
Turnout 67,896 95.51 −0.35
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Julie Collins 39,856 60.82 +6.79
Liberal Jane Howlett 25,675 39.18 −6.79
Labor hold Swing +6.79

Lyons

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2010 Australian federal election: Lyons[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Dick Adams 32,164 48.91 +5.42
Liberal Eric Hutchinson 21,493 32.69 −0.79
Greens Karen Cassidy 11,013 16.75 +5.79
Secular Lucas Noyes 1,085 1.65 +1.65
Total formal votes 65,755 95.20 −1.74
Informal votes 3,316 4.80 +1.74
Turnout 69,071 94.79 −0.05
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dick Adams 40,959 62.29 +3.95
Liberal Eric Hutchinson 24,796 37.71 −3.95
Labor hold Swing +3.95

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The independent was Andrew Wilkie (Denison).

References

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  1. ^ "2010 First preference votes for Tasmania". AEC.
  2. ^ "2010 Tasmanian division results". AEC.
  3. ^ "2010 results for Bass". AEC.
  4. ^ "2010 results for Braddon". AEC.
  5. ^ "2010 results for Denison". AEC.
  6. ^ "2010 results for Franklin". AEC.
  7. ^ "2010 results for Lyons". AEC.