Results of the 2010 Australian federal election in Tasmania

2010 Australian federal election
(Tasmania)

21 August 2010
All 5 Tasmanian seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 (of the 12) seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Julia Gillard Tony Abbott Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Last election 5 seats 0 seats Seats won 4 seats 0 seats Seat change 1 Popular vote 143,796 109,908 Percentage 43.95% 33.60% Swing 4.07 4.62 TPP 60.62% 39.38% TPP swing 4.41 4.41
Results by electorate

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

Overall

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2010 Australian federal election (House of Representatives) § Tasmania.[edit]

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	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

Bass

2010 Australian federal election: Bass

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

2010 Australian federal election: Braddon

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

2010 Australian federal election: Denison

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

2010 Australian federal election: Franklin

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

2010 Australian federal election: Lyons

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

• 2010 Australian federal election
• Results of the 2010 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
• Post-election pendulum for the 2010 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2010–2013