Results of the 2010 Australian federal election in Tasmania

2010 Australian federal election
(Tasmania)
All 5 Tasmanian seats in the Australian House of Representatives ; and 6 (of the 12) seats in the Australian Senate
	Results by electorate

Last updated July 17, 2024

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 2010 federal election in the state of Tasmania.^[1]^[2]

Overall

Electoral divisions: Tasmania Tasstate2010.gif — Electoral divisions: 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 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

Results by division

Bass

2010 Australian federal election: Bass ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Lyons	28,448	43.43	+6.17
	Liberal	Steve Titmus	26,010	39.71	−3.71
	Greens	Sancia Colgrave	10,206	15.58	+0.44
	Citizens Electoral Council	Adrian Watts	838	1.28	+0.93
Total formal votes			65,502	96.02	−0.75
Informal votes			2,714	3.98	+0.75
Turnout			68,216	95.16	−1.14
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Lyons	37,165	56.74	+5.71
	Liberal	Steve Titmus	28,337	43.26	−5.71
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.71

Braddon

2010 Australian federal election: Braddon ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sid Sidebottom	31,890	48.68	+4.48
	Liberal	Garry Carpenter	25,779	39.35	−3.59
	Greens	Scott Jordan	7,836	11.96	+3.83
Total formal votes			65,505	95.68	−1.14
Informal votes			2,961	4.32	+1.14
Turnout			68,466	95.66	−0.62
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sid Sidebottom	37,650	57.48	+5.16
	Liberal	Garry Carpenter	27,855	42.52	−5.16
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.16

Denison

2010 Australian federal election: Denison ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jonathan Jackson	23,215	35.79	−12.37
	Liberal	Cameron Simpkins	14,688	22.65	−7.34
	Independent	Andrew Wilkie	13,788	21.26	+21.26
	Greens	Geoffrey Couser	12,312	18.98	+0.40
	Socialist Alliance	Mel Barnes	856	1.32	+0.56
Total formal votes			64,859	96.38	−1.12
Informal votes			2,435	3.62	+1.12
Turnout			67,294	94.32	−1.21
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Jonathan Jackson	42,692	65.82	+0.53
	Liberal	Cameron Simpkins	22,167	34.18	−0.53
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Andrew Wilkie	33,217	51.21	+51.21
	Labor	Jonathan Jackson	31,642	48.79	−16.50
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing	+51.21

Franklin

2010 Australian federal election: Franklin ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julie Collins	28,079	42.85	+2.17
	Liberal	Jane Howlett	21,938	33.48	−7.82
	Greens	Wendy Heatley	13,675	20.87	+6.15
	Independent	John Forster	1,839	2.81	+2.81
Total formal votes			65,531	96.52	−0.83
Informal votes			2,365	3.48	+0.83
Turnout			67,896	95.51	−0.35
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julie Collins	39,856	60.82	+6.79
	Liberal	Jane Howlett	25,675	39.18	−6.79
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.79

Lyons

2010 Australian federal election: Lyons ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Adams	32,164	48.91	+5.42
	Liberal	Eric Hutchinson	21,493	32.69	−0.79
	Greens	Karen Cassidy	11,013	16.75	+5.79
	Secular	Lucas Noyes	1,085	1.65	+1.65
Total formal votes			65,755	95.20	−1.74
Informal votes			3,316	4.80	+1.74
Turnout			69,071	94.79	−0.05
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dick Adams	40,959	62.29	+3.95
	Liberal	Eric Hutchinson	24,796	37.71	−3.95
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.95

Notes

↑ The independent was Andrew Wilkie (Denison).

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References

↑ "2010 First preference votes for Tasmania". AEC.
↑ "2010 Tasmanian division results". AEC.
↑ "2010 results for Bass". AEC.
↑ "2010 results for Braddon". AEC.
↑ "2010 results for Denison". AEC.
↑ "2010 results for Franklin". AEC.
↑ "2010 results for Lyons". AEC.

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[Independents-3] The independent was Andrew Wilkie (Denison).

[1] "2010 First preference votes for Tasmania". AEC.

[2] "2010 Tasmanian division results". AEC.

[4] "2010 results for Bass". AEC.

[5] "2010 results for Braddon". AEC.

[6] "2010 results for Denison". AEC.

[7] "2010 results for Franklin". AEC.

[8] "2010 results for Lyons". AEC.

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