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.^[1]^[2]

Overall

**Turnout 93.80% (CV) — Informal 5.46%**
Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats
	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^[3]
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^[4]
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^[5]
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^[6]
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^[7]
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^[8]
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^[9]
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^[10]
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^[11]
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^[12]
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^[13]
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

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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