Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in Tasmania

2013 Australian federal election
(Tasmania)

7 September 2013
All 5 Tasmanian seats in the House of Representatives and all 12 seats in the Senate
First party Second party   Leader Tony Abbott Kevin Rudd Party Liberal Labor Last election 0 seats 4 seats Seats won 3 seats 1 seat Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 132,961 114,977 Percentage 40.26% 34.81% Swing 6.66 9.14 TPP 48.77% 51.23% TPP swing 9.39 9.39

This is a list of electoral division results for the 2013 Australian federal election in the state of Tasmania.

Overall result

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal Party of Australia	132,961	40.26	+6.66	3	3
	Australian Labor Party	114,977	34.81	–9.14	1	3
	Australian Greens	27,467	8.32	–8.50
	Palmer United Party	20,026	6.06	+6.06
	Family First Party	4,971	1.51	+1.51
	Rise Up Australia Party	1,824	0.55	+0.55
	Australian Christians	963	0.29	+0.29
	Australian Sex Party	877	0.27	+0.27
	Democratic Labour Party	554	0.17	+0.17
	Katter's Australian Party	478	0.14	+0.14
	Secular Party of Australia	384	0.12	–0.21
	Australian Stable Population Party	124	0.04	+0.04
	Independents	24,688	7.47	+2.69	1
	Total	330,294			5
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party	169,208	51.23	–9.39	1	3
	Liberal/National Coalition	161,086	48.77	+9.39	3	3

Electoral divisions: Tasmania

Results by division

Bass

2013 Australian federal election: Bass

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Nikolic	31,267	47.85	+8.14
	Labor	Geoff Lyons	22,643	34.65	−8.78
	Greens	Lucy Landon-Lane	5,160	7.90	−7.68
	Palmer United	Christopher Dobson	3,520	5.39	+5.39
	Family First	Christine Bergman	1,407	2.15	+2.15
	Christians	Ray Kroeze	963	1.47	+1.47
	Secular	Jin-oh Choi	384	0.59	+0.59
Total formal votes			65,344	95.82	−0.20
Informal votes			2,850	4.18	+0.20
Turnout			68,194	94.46	−0.70
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Nikolic	35,310	54.04	+10.78
	Labor	Geoff Lyons	30,034	45.96	−10.78
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+10.78

Braddon

2013 Australian federal election: Braddon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brett Whiteley	30,904	46.86	+7.51
	Labor	Sid Sidebottom	24,791	37.59	−11.09
	Palmer United	Kevin Morgan	6,125	9.29	+9.29
	Greens	Melissa Houghton	3,410	5.17	−6.79
	Rise Up Australia	Bernard Shaw	726	1.10	+1.10
Total formal votes			65,956	96.45	+0.77
Informal votes			2,428	3.55	−0.77
Turnout			68,384	95.41	−0.24
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brett Whiteley	34,668	52.56	+10.04
	Labor	Sid Sidebottom	31,288	47.44	−10.04
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+10.04

Denison

2013 Australian federal election: Denison

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andrew Wilkie	24,688	38.08	+16.82
	Labor	Jane Austin	16,043	24.75	−11.04
	Liberal	Tanya Denison	15,058	23.23	+0.58
	Greens	Anna Reynolds	5,133	7.92	−11.06
	Palmer United	Debra Thurley	1,576	2.43	+2.43
	Sex Party	Bob Butler	877	1.35	+1.35
	Family First	Trevlyn McCallum	593	0.91	+0.91
	Democratic Labour	Wayne Williams	554	0.85	+0.85
	Rise Up Australia	Graeme Devlin	179	0.28	+0.28
	Stable Population	Brandon Hoult	124	0.19	+0.19
Total formal votes			64,825	95.78	−0.60
Informal votes			2,856	4.22	+0.60
Turnout			67,681	94.31	−0.01
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Jane Austin	38,186	58.91	−6.91
	Liberal	Tanya Denison	26,639	41.09	+6.91
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Andrew Wilkie	42,470	65.51	+14.30
	Labor	Jane Austin	22,355	34.49	−14.30
	Independent hold		Swing	+14.30

Franklin

2013 Australian federal election: Franklin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julie Collins	26,893	39.93	−2.92
	Liberal	Bernadette Black	26,070	38.71	+5.23
	Greens	Rosalie Woodruff	8,201	12.18	−8.69
	Palmer United	Marti Zucco	4,108	6.10	+6.10
	Family First	Josh Downes	1,264	1.88	+1.88
	Katter's Australian	Sarah Ugalde	478	0.71	+0.71
	Rise Up Australia	Olwyn Bowden	330	0.49	+0.49
Total formal votes			67,344	96.23	−0.29
Informal votes			2,639	3.77	+0.29
Turnout			69,983	95.09	−0.37
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julie Collins	37,103	55.09	−5.73
	Liberal	Bernadette Black	30,241	44.91	+5.73
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.73

Lyons

2013 Australian federal election: Lyons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Hutchinson	29,662	44.39	+11.70
	Labor	Dick Adams	24,607	36.82	−12.09
	Greens	Pip Brinklow	5,563	8.32	−8.43
	Palmer United	Quentin Von Stieglitz	4,697	7.03	+7.03
	Family First	Gaye James	1,707	2.55	+2.55
	Rise Up Australia	Julian Rogers	589	0.88	+0.88
Total formal votes			66,825	95.54	+0.34
Informal votes			3,119	4.46	−0.34
Turnout			69,944	94.64	−0.14
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Eric Hutchinson	34,228	51.22	+13.51
	Labor	Dick Adams	32,597	48.78	−13.51
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+13.51

See also

• 2013 Australian federal election
• Results of the 2013 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
• Post-election pendulum for the 2013 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2013–2016