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Australian House of Representatives elections, 2010

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All 150 seats in the Australian House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	93.2%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Labor Julia Gillard 38.0% 72 −11 Liberal Tony Abbott 30.4% 44 −11 Liberal National John-Paul Langbroek 9.1% 21 New National Warren Truss 3.4% 6 −4 Greens Bob Brown 11.8% 1 +1 National (WA) Brendon Grylls 0.3% 1 +1 Country Liberal Terry Mills 0.3% 1 +1 Independents — 3.0% 4 +2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Julia Gillard Labor Julia Gillard Labor

2010 Australian federal election
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The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2010 federal election, Labor 72, Coalition 72, Nationals (WA) 1, Australian Greens 1, with 4 independents.

Australia

House of Representatives (IRV) — Turnout 93.21% (CV) — Informal 5.55%

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	3,777,383	30.46	+0.76	44	1
		Liberal National Party (QLD)	1,130,525	9.12	+0.60	21	8
		National	419,286	3.43	−0.04	6	1
		Country Liberal (NT)	38,335	0.31	−0.01	1	1
	Coalition		5,365,529	43.32	+1.31	72	7
	Australian Labor Party		4,711,363	37.99	−5.40	72	11
	Australian Greens		1,458,998	11.76	+3.97	1	1
	Independents		312,496	2.52	+0.30	4	2
	Family First Party		279,330	2.25	+0.26
	Christian Democratic Party		83,009	0.67	−0.17
	National (WA)		43,101	0.34	+0.20	1	1
	One Nation		27,184	0.22	−0.04
	Liberal Democratic Party		24,262	0.20	+0.06
	Australian Democrats		22,376	0.18	−0.54
	Secular Party of Australia		12,752	0.10	+0.10
	Australian Sex Party		11,263	0.09	+0.09
	Socialist Equality Party		11,160	0.09	+0.06
	Socialist Alliance		9,348	0.08	+0.01
	Citizens Electoral Council		8,017	0.06	−0.16
	Democratic Labor Party		5,212	0.04	−0.01
	The Climate Sceptics		4,339	0.03	+0.03
	Australia First Party		3,670	0.03	+0.03
	Non-Custodial Parents Party		2,835	0.02	+0.01
	Building Australia Party		1,497	0.01	+0.01
	Carers Alliance		1,458	0.01	+0.01
	Communist Alliance		656	0.01	+0.01
	Others		2,508	0.02	+0.01
Total			12,402,363			150
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party		6,216,445	50.12	−2.58	72	11
	Liberal/National Coalition		6,185,918	49.88	+2.58	72	7
Invalid/blank votes			729,304	5.55	+1.60
Registered voters/turnout			14,086,869	93.22
Source: Commonwealth Election 2010

Preference flows

• Greens − Labor 78.8% (-0.9) to Coalition 21.2% (+0.9)
• Family First − Coalition 59.8% (-0.5) to Labor 40.2% (+0.5)
• Christian Democrats − Coalition 73.5% (+3.9) to Labor 26.5% (-3.9)
• Nationals WA − Coalition 75.9% (-5.1) to Labor 24.1% (+5.1)
• Independent candidates − Coalition 56.5% (+1.9) to Labor 43.5% (-1.9)

New South Wales

Turnout 93.32% (CV) — Informal 6.83%

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	1,470,146	36.67	+4.04	16	1
		National	317,867	7.93	+0.02	4	1
	Coalition		1,788,013	44.60	+4.06	20
	Australian Labor Party		1,494,490	37.28	−6.86	26	2
	Australian Greens		410,405	10.24	+2.35
	Independents		172,921	4.31	+1.00	2	1
	Christian Democratic Party		54,544	1.36	−0.56
	One Nation		19,182	0.48	+0.27
	Family First Party		17,453	0.44	−0.43
	Australian Democrats		11,409	0.28	+0.01
	Socialist Equality Party		9,106	0.23	+0.15
	Liberal Democratic Party		8,928	0.22	+0.10
	Secular Party of Australia		3,529	0.09	+0.09
	Socialist Alliance		3,484	0.09	+0.03
	Australia First Party		3,375	0.08	+0.08
	Australian Sex Party		3,180	0.08	+0.08
	Non-Custodial Parents Party		2,835	0.07	+0.05
	Building Australia Party		1,497	0.04	+0.04
	Carers Alliance		1,458	0.04	+0.04
	Citizens Electoral Council		1,187	0.03	−0.19
	Communist Alliance		656	0.02	+0.02
	The Climate Sceptics		275	0.01	+0.01
	Others		1,391	0.03	+0.01
Total			4,009,318			48	1
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party		1,958,077	48.84	–4.84	26	2
	Liberal/National Coalition		2,051,241	51.16	+4.84	20
Invalid/blank votes			293,763	6.83	+1.88
Registered voters/turnout			4,610,795	93.33
Source: Commonwealth Election 2010

Victoria

Turnout 93.46% (CV) — Informal 4.50%

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party		1,361,416	42.81	–1.88	22	1
		Liberal	1,159,301	36.45	–1.64	12	2
		National	101,419	3.19	+0.17	2
	Coalition		1,260,720	39.64	–1.47	14	2
	Australian Greens		402,482	12.66	+4.49	1	1
	Family First Party		99,747	3.14	+0.12
	Independents		26,525	0.83	−0.17
	Liberal Democratic Party		7,839	0.25	+0.15
	Australian Sex Party		6,023	0.19	+0.19
	Secular Party of Australia		5,239	0.16	+0.16
	Australian Democrats		3,947	0.12	−1.10
	Socialist Alliance		2,225	0.07	+0.00
	Socialist Equality Party		1,656	0.05	+0.03
	Citizens Electoral Council		922	0.03	−0.24
	Christian Democratic Party		632	0.02	−0.02
	Australia First Party		295	0.01	+0.01
	Others		516	0.02	+0.00
Total			3,180,184			37
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party		1,758,982	55.31	+1.04	22	1
	Liberal/National Coalition		1,421,202	44.69	–1.04	14	2
Invalid/blank votes			149,699	4.50	+1.25
Registered voters/turnout			3,561,873	93.49
Source: Commonwealth Election 2010

Queensland

Turnout 92.71% (CV) — Informal 5.45%

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal National Party	1,130,525	47.42	+2.95	21	8
	Australian Labor Party	800,712	33.58	–9.33	8	7
	Australian Greens	260,471	10.92	+5.29
	Family First Party	92,794	3.89	+1.62
	Independents	83,310	3.49	+0.50	1
	Liberal Democratic Party	4,662	0.20	+0.05
	Democratic Labor Party	4,590	0.19	+0.19
	One Nation	3,921	0.16	−0.20
	Citizens Electoral Council	1,462	0.06	−0.09
	Socialist Alliance	717	0.03	−0.02
	Secular Party of Australia	414	0.02	+0.02
	Others	601	0.03	+0.03
Total		2,384,179			30	1
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal National Party	1,314,675	55.14	+5.58	21	8
	Australian Labor Party	1,069,504	44.86	–5.58	8	7
Invalid/blank votes			137,395	5.45	+1.89
Registered voters/turnout			2,719,360	92.73
Source: Commonwealth Election 2010

Western Australia

Turnout 92.86% (CV) — Informal 4.82%

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal	566,145	47.02	+0.71	11
	Labor	375,381	31.18	–5.62	3	1
	Greens	158,117	13.13	+4.20
	National	43,101	3.58	+2.44	1	1
	Christian Democrats	27,833	2.31	+0.20
	Family First	20,698	1.72	+0.51
	Independents	5,079	0.42	–1.27
	Sex Party	2,060	0.17	+0.17
	One Nation	1,471	0.12	−1.03
	Socialist Alliance	1,280	0.11	+0.01
	Citizens Electoral Council	1,277	0.11	−0.15
	Democratic Labour	622	0.05	+0.05
	Climate Sceptics	539	0.04	+0.04
	Socialist Equality	398	0.03	+0.02
Total		1,204,001			15
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal	679,140	56.41	+3.15	11
	Labor	524,861	43.59	–3.15	3	1
Invalid/blank votes			60,967	4.82	+0.97
Registered voters/turnout			1,362,534	92.84
Source: Commonwealth Election 2010

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

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

Territories

Australian Capital Territory

House of Representatives (IRV) — Turnout 94.74% (CV) — Informal 4.66%

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party	100,700	45.02	–6.08	2
	Liberal	77,880	34.81	+1.58	0
	Australian Greens	42,942	19.20	+6.04
	Secular Party of Australia	2,175	0.97	+0.97
Total		223,697			2
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party	137,948	61.67	–1.73	2
	Liberal	85,749	38.33	+1.73	0
Invalid/blank votes			10,926	4.66	+2.35
Registered voters/turnout			247,941	94.63
Source: Commonwealth Election 2010

Northern Territory

House of Representatives (IRV) — Turnout 82.71% (CV) — Informal 6.19%

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Country Liberal Party	38,335	40.83	–0.20	1	1
	Australian Labor Party	35,589	37.91	–9.74	1	1
	Australian Greens	12,175	12.97	+4.92
	Independents	3,948	4.21	+1.55
	Citizens Electoral Council	2,331	2.48	+2.23
	One Nation	1,505	1.60	+1.60
Total		93,883			2
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party	47,636	50.74	–4.67	1	1
	Country Liberal Party	46,247	49.26	+4.67	1	1
Invalid/blank votes			6,198	6.19	+2.34
Registered voters/turnout			121,059	82.67
Source: Commonwealth Election 2010

See also

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

Notes

1. The Liberal National Party was an amalgamation of the Liberal Party and National Party in Queensland. Change is compared to the coalition total in 2007.
2. ^ The independents were Bob Katter (Kennedy, Qld), Rob Oakeshott (Lyne, NSW), Andrew Wilkie (Denison, Tas) and Tony Windsor (New England, NSW).
3. ^ The National Party of Western Australia prior to and subsequent to the election were not in the federal Coalition agreement. Nationals WA MP Tony Crook stated that he was a crossbencher, and has said: "In every news report and press report we see, my number is being allocated in with the Coalition and it shouldn't be". Thus, the party has been counted separately from the Coalition totals.
4. The abolished district was Lowe (Labor).
5. The new seat was Wright.

References

1. State by state breakdowns: AEC
2. State by state primary vote: AEC Archived 2010-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
3. State by state 2PP: AEC Archived 2010-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
4. Barber, Stephen (15 August 2011). "Commonwealth Election 2010" (PDF). Research Paper 2 2011–12. Parliamentary Library. ISSN 1834-9854.
5. 2010 nationwide 2PP preference flows and 2007 flows: AEC
6. Ker, Peter (26 August 2010). "Don't count me among Coalition, says Nat". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 27 August 2010.

External links

• Two-party swing by seat: Psephos
• Historical two-party state-by-state results (1949 to present): Australian Electoral Commission
• Psephos (Dr Adam Carr) archive page for the electoral geography of the 2010 Australian election

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