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Results of the 2010 Australian federal election in South Australia

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2010 Australian federal election
(South Australia)

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21 August 2010

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All 11 South Australia 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	6 seats	5 seats
Seats won	6 seats	5 seats
Seat change
Popular vote	399,279	394,003
Percentage	40.74%	40.21%
Swing	2.44	1.55
TPP	53.18%	46.82%
TPP swing	0.78	0.78

Results by electorate

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

Overall

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2010 Australian federal election (House of Representatives) § South Australia.

Electoral divisions: South Australia

**Turnout 93.80% (CV) — Informal 5.46%**
Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party	399,279	40.74	–2.44	6
	Liberal	394,003	40.21	–1.55	5
	Australian Greens	117,364	11.98	+5.03
	Family First Party	48,638	4.96	+0.91
	Australian Democrats	7,020	0.72	−0.79
	Independents	5,086	0.52	–0.18
	The Climate Sceptics	3,525	0.36	+0.36
	Liberal Democratic Party	2,833	0.29	+0.12
	One Nation	1,105	0.11	−0.06
	Socialist Alliance	786	0.08	+0.08
	Secular Party of Australia	310	0.03	+0.03
Total		979,949			11
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party	521,115	53.18	+0.78	6
	Liberal	458,834	46.82	–0.78	5

Invalid/blank votes			56,565	5.46	+1.68
Registered voters/turnout			1,104,698	93.83
Source: Commonwealth Election 2010

Results by division

Adelaide

2010 Australian federal election: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kate Ellis	38,162	43.89	−4.37
	Liberal	Luke Westley	32,673	37.57	−0.86
	Greens	Ruth Beach	11,901	13.69	+3.94
	Family First	Suzanne Neal	1,900	2.18	+0.15
	Democrats	Marie Nicholls	819	0.94	−0.59
	Socialist Alliance	Gemma Weedall	786	0.90	+0.90
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Steele	716	0.82	+0.82
Total formal votes			86,957	95.19	−1.70
Informal votes			4,394	4.81	+1.70
Turnout			91,351	92.72	−1.87
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kate Ellis	50,164	57.69	−0.84
	Liberal	Luke Westley	36,793	42.31	+0.84
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.84

Barker

2010 Australian federal election: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Patrick Secker	51,810	54.96	+8.15
	Labor	Simone McDonnell	26,433	28.04	−2.03
	Greens	Sean Moffat	8,607	9.13	+4.06
	Family First	Trevor Honeychurch	5,829	6.18	+0.46
	Climate Sceptics	Steven Davies	1,591	1.69	+1.69
Total formal votes			94,270	94.54	−1.61
Informal votes			5,443	5.46	+1.61
Turnout			99,713	95.07	−0.90
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Patrick Secker	59,278	62.88	+3.43
	Labor	Simone McDonnell	34,992	37.12	−3.43
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.43

Boothby

2010 Australian federal election: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Southcott	38,248	44.81	−1.44
	Labor	Annabel Digance	30,515	35.75	+1.63
	Greens	Fiona Blinco	11,305	13.24	+3.02
	Family First	Meredith Resce	2,120	2.48	+0.04
	Independent	Ray McGhee	1,689	1.98	−2.93
	Democrats	Thomas Salerno	517	0.61	−0.93
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Noack	339	0.40	+0.23
	Climate Sceptics	Stephen Skillitzi	316	0.37	+0.37
	Secular	Avi Chapman	310	0.36	+0.36
Total formal votes			85,359	95.37	−1.76
Informal votes			4,148	4.63	+1.76
Turnout			89,507	91.43	−4.25
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Southcott	43,317	50.75	−2.18
	Labor	Annabel Digance	42,042	49.25	+2.18
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.18

Grey

2010 Australian federal election: Grey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rowan Ramsey	49,361	55.78	+8.52
	Labor	Tauto Sansbury	27,514	31.09	−7.57
	Greens	Andrew Melville-Smith	6,876	7.77	+3.65
	Family First	Sylvia Holland	4,741	5.36	+0.86
Total formal votes			88,492	94.65	−1.10
Informal votes			4,997	5.35	+1.10
Turnout			93,489	93.66	−1.29
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rowan Ramsey	54,119	61.16	+6.73
	Labor	Tauto Sansbury	34,373	38.84	−6.73
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.73

Hindmarsh

2010 Australian federal election: Hindmarsh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Steve Georganas	39,736	44.54	−2.67
	Liberal	Jassmine Wood	34,831	39.04	−1.04
	Greens	Matthew Fisher	10,773	12.07	+5.09
	Family First	Bob Randall	2,563	2.87	+0.75
	Democrats	Greg Croke	767	0.86	−1.14
	Climate Sceptics	Adrian Paech	554	0.62	+0.62
Total formal votes			89,224	94.83	−1.33
Informal votes			4,868	5.17	+1.33
Turnout			94,092	93.86	−1.51
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steve Georganas	49,698	55.70	+0.65
	Liberal	Jassmine Wood	39,526	44.30	−0.65
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.65

Kingston

2010 Australian federal election: Kingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Amanda Rishworth	46,882	51.05	+4.40
	Liberal	Chris Zanker	26,652	29.02	−10.72
	Greens	Palitja Moore	11,264	12.27	+6.60
	Family First	Geoff Doecke	5,288	5.76	+0.05
	Democrats	Ron Baker	1,748	1.90	+0.95
Total formal votes			91,834	94.91	−1.36
Informal votes			4,925	5.09	+1.36
Turnout			96,759	94.59	−1.38
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Amanda Rishworth	58,695	63.91	+9.49
	Liberal	Chris Zanker	33,139	36.09	−9.49
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.49

Makin

2010 Australian federal election: Makin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Zappia	43,114	50.58	−0.87
	Liberal	Liz Davies	25,740	30.20	−8.07
	Greens	Jasemin Rose	8,604	10.09	+5.79
	Family First	Mark Potter	5,089	5.97	+2.42
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Gameau	1,081	1.27	+0.78
	One Nation	Anton Horvat	662	0.78	+0.20
	Democrats	Wayne Rich	534	0.63	−0.74
	Climate Sceptics	Robert Stewart	409	0.48	+0.48
Total formal votes			85,233	93.91	−2.02
Informal votes			5,532	6.09	+2.02
Turnout			90,765	94.29	−1.38
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Zappia	53,014	62.20	+4.50
	Liberal	Liz Davies	32,219	37.80	−4.50
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.50

Mayo

2010 Australian federal election: Mayo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jamie Briggs	42,976	46.76	−4.32
	Labor	Sam Davis	22,997	25.02	−6.10
	Greens	Diane Atkinson	15,593	16.97	+6.01
	Family First	Bruce Hicks	5,337	5.81	+1.79
	Stop Population Growth Now	Bill Spragg	2,404	2.62	+2.62
	Independent Protectionist	Andrew Phillips	993	1.08	+1.08
	Democrats	Rebekkah Osmond	948	1.03	−0.49
	Climate Sceptics	John Michelmore	655	0.71	+0.71
Total formal votes			91,903	95.42	−1.82
Informal votes			4,414	4.58	+1.82
Turnout			96,317	94.83	−1.05
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jamie Briggs	52,702	57.35	+0.29
	Labor	Sam Davis	39,201	42.65	−0.29
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.29

Port Adelaide

2010 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Butler	48,638	53.82	−4.42
	Liberal	Nigel McKenna	21,615	23.92	−1.29
	Greens	Kalyna Micenko	13,659	15.11	+6.35
	Family First	Bruce Hambour	6,467	7.16	+1.38
Total formal votes			90,379	92.82	−2.22
Informal votes			6,991	7.18	+2.22
Turnout			97,370	93.35	−1.52
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Butler	63,295	70.03	+0.28
	Liberal	Nigel McKenna	27,084	29.97	−0.28
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.28

Sturt

2010 Australian federal election: Sturt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Christopher Pyne	42,418	48.05	+0.88
	Labor	Rick Sarre	31,989	36.23	−5.23
	Greens	Peter Fiebig	8,834	10.01	+3.60
	Family First	Dale Clegg	3,346	3.79	+0.37
	Liberal Democrats	Jess Clark	697	0.79	+0.43
	Democrats	Darren Andrews	558	0.63	−0.54
	One Nation	Jack King	443	0.50	+0.50
Total formal votes			88,285	94.62	−1.92
Informal votes			5,016	5.38	+1.92
Turnout			93,301	94.19	−1.39
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Christopher Pyne	47,172	53.43	+2.49
	Labor	Rick Sarre	41,113	46.57	−2.49
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.49

Wakefield

2010 Australian federal election: Wakefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Champion	43,299	49.20	+0.55
	Liberal	David Strauss	27,679	31.45	−7.24
	Greens	Jane Alcorn	9,948	11.30	+7.17
	Family First	Paul Coombe	5,958	6.77	+1.61
	Democrats	Darren Hassan	1,129	1.28	+0.11
Total formal votes			88,013	93.78	−1.56
Informal votes			5,837	6.22	+1.56
Turnout			93,850	93.65	−1.48
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Champion	54,528	61.95	+5.36
	Liberal	David Strauss	33,485	38.05	−5.36
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.36

See also

References

"2010 election results by division SA". AEC.
"2010 first preference votes for SA". AEC.
"2010 results for Adelaide". AEC.
"2010 results for Barker". AEC.
"2010 results for Boothby". AEC.
"2010 results for Grey". AEC.
"2010 results for Hindmarsh". AEC.
"2010 results for Kingston". AEC.
"2010 results for Makin". AEC.
"2010 results for Mayo". AEC.
"2010 results for Port Adelaide". AEC.
"2010 results for Sturt". AEC.
"2010 results for Wakefield". AEC.

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