Results of the 2010 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

Australian House of Representatives elections, 2010
	All 150 seats in the Australian House of Representatives ; 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	93.2%

Last updated May 28, 2024

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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) ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
	National (WA) ^{[lower-alpha 3]}		43,101	0.34	+0.20	1	1
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)^[5]

New South Wales

Electoral divisions: Sydney area NSWmetro2010.gif — Electoral divisions: Sydney area

**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 ^{[lower-alpha 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 ^{[lower-alpha 4]}
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

Electoral divisions: Melbourne area Vicmetro2010.gif — Electoral divisions: Melbourne area

**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

Electoral divisions: Brisbane area Qldmetro2010.gif — Electoral divisions: Brisbane area

**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 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}
	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 ^{[lower-alpha 5]}
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 ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	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
	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 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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
	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

Notes

↑ 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.
1 2 3 4 The independents were Bob Katter (Kennedy, Qld), Rob Oakeshott (Lyne, NSW), Andrew Wilkie (Denison, Tas) and Tony Windsor (New England, NSW).
1 2 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".^[6] Thus, the party has been counted separately from the Coalition totals.
↑ The abolished district was Lowe (Labor).
↑ The new seat was Wright.

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References

↑ State by state breakdowns: AEC
↑ State by state primary vote: AEC Archived 2010-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
↑ State by state 2PP: AEC Archived 2010-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Barber, Stephen (15 August 2011). "Commonwealth Election 2010" (PDF). Research Paper 2 2011–12. Parliamentary Library. ISSN 1834-9854.
↑ 2010 nationwide 2PP preference flows and 2007 flows: AEC
↑ 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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[LNP_Queensland-5] 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.

[Independents-6] 1 2 3 4 The independents were Bob Katter (Kennedy, Qld), Rob Oakeshott (Lyne, NSW), Andrew Wilkie (Denison, Tas) and Tony Windsor (New England, NSW).

[crook-7] 1 2 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".^[6] Thus, the party has been counted separately from the Coalition totals.

[9] The abolished district was Lowe (Labor).

[10] The new seat was Wright.

[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

[APH_2010-4] Barber, Stephen (15 August 2011). "Commonwealth Election 2010" (PDF). Research Paper 2 2011–12. Parliamentary Library. ISSN 1834-9854.

[8] 2010 nationwide 2PP preference flows and 2007 flows: AEC

[11] Ker, Peter (26 August 2010). "Don't count me among Coalition, says Nat". The Age . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 27 August 2010.

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