Results of the 2016 Australian federal election in South Australia

Last updated February 23, 2024

This is a list of electoral division results for the 2016 Australian federal election in the state of South Australia.

Overall results

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal Party of Australia	365,155	35.09	–9.40	4	2
	Australian Labor Party	328,314	31.55	–4.18	6	1
	Nick Xenophon Team	221,210	21.26	+21.26	1	1
	Australian Greens	64,605	6.21	−2.07
	Family First Party	40,941	3.93	−1.48
	Animal Justice Party	8,881	0.85	+0.85
	Liberal Democratic Party	2,178	0.21	+0.21
	Christian Democratic Party	1,715	0.16	+0.16
	Independent	7,737	0.74	−0.54
Total		1,040,736			11
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party	544,017	52.27	+4.63	6	1
	Liberal Party of Australia	496,719	47.73	−4.63	4	2

Liberal to Labor: Hindmarsh

Liberal to Xenophon: Mayo

Results by division

Adelaide

2016 Australian federal election: Adelaide ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Colovic	34,809	36.43	−5.63
	Labor	Kate Ellis	34,325	35.93	−6.33
	Xenophon	Joe Hill	12,283	12.86	+12.86
	Greens	Sophie Guy	9,973	10.44	+0.32
	Family First	Adrian Rivish	1,832	1.92	−0.45
	Animal Justice	Matt Tidswell	1,292	1.35	+1.35
	Liberal Democrats	Tyrone Lock	1,030	1.08	+1.08
Total formal votes			95,544	96.84	+0.80
Informal votes			3,118	3.16	−0.80
Turnout			98,662	90.34	−2.13
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kate Ellis	52,219	54.65	+0.70
	Liberal	David Colovic	43,325	45.35	−0.70
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.70

Barker

2016 Australian federal election: Barker ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tony Pasin	44,001	46.59	−6.02
	Xenophon	James Stacey	27,452	29.07	+29.07
	Labor	Mat O'Brien	14,363	15.21	−3.16
	Family First	Yvonne Zeppel	5,458	5.78	−2.18
	Greens	Mark Keough	3,171	3.36	−2.29
Total formal votes			94,445	95.72	+1.10
Informal votes			4,228	4.28	−1.10
Turnout			98,673	93.44	−1.18
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal	Tony Pasin	61,566	65.19	−1.36
	Labor	Mat O'Brien	32,879	34.81	+1.36
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Tony Pasin	51,698	54.74	−11.81
	Xenophon	James Stacey	42,747	45.26	+45.26
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Boothby

2016 Australian federal election: Boothby ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nicolle Flint	39,298	41.24	−9.11
	Labor	Mark Ward	23,366	24.52	−6.25
	Xenophon	Karen Hockley	19,688	20.66	+20.66
	Greens	Jane Bange	8,001	8.40	−3.57
	Family First	Gary Wheatcroft	2,477	2.60	−1.31
	Animal Justice	Evelyn Carroll	1,356	1.42	+1.42
	Independent	Jamie Armfield	664	0.70	+0.70
	Independent	Robert De Jonge	438	0.46	+0.46
Total formal votes			95,288	95.61	−0.91
Informal votes			4,374	4.39	+0.91
Turnout			99,662	92.86	−1.06
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Nicolle Flint	50,980	53.50	−3.62
	Labor	Mark Ward	44,308	46.50	+3.62
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.62

Grey

2016 Australian federal election: Grey ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rowan Ramsey	38,409	42.74	−12.91
	Xenophon	Andrea Broadfoot	24,936	27.74	+27.74
	Labor	Scott Martin	19,373	21.56	−5.74
	Family First	Cheryl Kaminski	3,710	4.13	−1.37
	Greens	Jillian Marsh	2,304	2.56	−1.15
	Independent	Phillip Gourlay	1,144	1.27	+1.27
Total formal votes			89,876	96.13	+1.53
Informal votes			3,619	3.87	−1.53
Turnout			93,495	91.61	−1.40
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal	Rowan Ramsey	52,696	58.63	−4.91
	Labor	Scott Martin	37,180	41.37	+4.91
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Rowan Ramsey	46,692	51.95	−11.59
	Xenophon	Andrea Broadfoot	43,184	48.05	+48.05
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Hindmarsh

2016 Australian federal election: Hindmarsh ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Matt Williams	39,570	40.36	−5.81
	Labor	Steve Georganas	33,355	34.02	−3.93
	Xenophon	Daniel Kirk	14,774	15.07	+15.07
	Greens	Patrick O'Sullivan	6,401	6.53	−2.31
	Family First	Mark Potter	1,977	2.02	−1.03
	Animal Justice	Bin Liu	1,456	1.49	+1.49
	Christian Democrats	Marina William	499	0.51	+0.51
Total formal votes			98,032	95.86	+0.74
Informal votes			4,232	4.14	−0.74
Turnout			102,264	91.54	−1.51
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steve Georganas	49,586	50.58	+2.47
	Liberal	Matt Williams	48,446	49.42	−2.47
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.47

Kingston

2016 Australian federal election: Kingston ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Amanda Rishworth	46,151	49.42	+0.16
	Liberal	Kelvin Binns	21,772	23.31	−9.09
	Xenophon	Damian Carey	16,059	17.20	+17.20
	Greens	Robyn Holtham	5,361	5.74	−1.15
	Family First	Geoff Doecke	4,048	4.33	−1.55
Total formal votes			93,391	96.27	+1.34
Informal votes			3,617	3.73	−1.34
Turnout			97,008	91.79	−2.01
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Amanda Rishworth	62,616	67.05	+7.35
	Liberal	Kelvin Binns	30,775	32.95	−7.35
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.35

Makin

2016 Australian federal election: Makin ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Zappia	39,358	41.84	−3.72
	Liberal	Graham Reynolds	26,847	28.54	−8.66
	Xenophon	Craig Bossie	15,614	16.60	+16.60
	Greens	Keiran Snape	4,373	4.65	−1.26
	Family First	Paul Coombe	4,273	4.54	−1.87
	Independent	Mark Aldridge	2,126	2.26	+2.26
	Animal Justice	Zarina Greenberg	1,479	1.57	+1.57
Total formal votes			94,070	95.56	+0.44
Informal votes			4,366	4.44	−0.44
Turnout			98,436	91.92	−2.06
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Zappia	56,116	59.65	+4.59
	Liberal	Graham Reynolds	37,954	40.35	−4.59
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.59

Mayo

2016 Australian federal election: Mayo ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jamie Briggs	35,915	37.76	−16.06
	Xenophon	Rebekha Sharkie	33,158	34.86	+34.86
	Labor	Glen Dallimore	12,859	13.52	−7.62
	Greens	Nathan Daniell	7,661	8.05	−6.10
	Family First	Bruce Hicks	4,375	4.60	−2.54
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Dzivinski	1,148	1.21	+1.21
Total formal votes			95,116	97.11	+0.98
Informal votes			2,828	2.89	−0.98
Turnout			97,944	94.19	−0.41
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal	Jamie Briggs	52,650	55.35	−7.16
	Labor	Glen Dallimore	42,466	44.65	+7.16
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Xenophon	Rebekha Sharkie	52,283	54.97	+54.97
	Liberal	Jamie Briggs	42,833	45.03	−17.18
	Xenophon gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Port Adelaide

2016 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Butler	46,314	48.24	−2.34
	Xenophon	Michael Slattery	17,970	18.72	+18.72
	Liberal	Emma Flowerdew	17,884	18.63	−7.69
	Greens	Matthew Carey	6,683	6.96	−1.65
	Family First	Bruce Hambour	4,483	4.67	−2.85
	Animal Justice	Janine Clipstone	2,078	2.16	+2.16
	Christian Democrats	Jenalie Salt	597	0.62	+0.62
Total formal votes			96,009	94.19	+0.39
Informal votes			5,927	5.81	−0.39
Turnout			101,936	89.93	−2.24
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Mark Butler	67,119	69.91	+5.89
	Liberal	Emma Flowerdew	28,890	30.09	−5.89
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Butler	62,274	64.86	+0.84
	Xenophon	Michael Slattery	33,735	35.14	+35.14
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Sturt

2016 Australian federal election: Sturt ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Christopher Pyne	41,351	44.45	−9.95
	Labor	Matt Loader	20,653	22.20	−6.70
	Xenophon	Matthew Wright	19,684	21.16	+21.16
	Greens	Rebecca Galdies	6,575	7.07	−2.73
	Family First	Craig Bowyer	2,912	3.13	−0.79
	Animal Justice	Geoff Russell	1,220	1.31	+1.31
	Independent	Neil Aitchison	637	0.68	+0.68
Total formal votes			93,032	96.22	+0.74
Informal votes			3,656	3.78	−0.74
Turnout			96,688	92.31	−1.14
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Christopher Pyne	51,998	55.89	−4.19
	Labor	Matt Loader	41,034	44.11	+4.19
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.19

Wakefield

2016 Australian federal election: Wakefield ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Champion	38,197	39.82	−1.70
	Liberal	Kathleen Bourne	25,299	26.37	−11.52
	Xenophon	Richard Inwood	19,592	20.42	+20.42
	Family First	Marilyn Phillips	5,396	5.62	−0.36
	Greens	Craig Vanstone	4,102	4.28	−0.87
	Independent	John Bolton	2,728	2.84	+2.84
	Christian Democrats	Ralph Anderson	619	0.65	+0.65
Total formal votes			95,933	94.61	+0.30
Informal votes			5,470	5.39	−0.30
Turnout			101,403	90.34	−2.77
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Champion	58,494	60.97	+7.57
	Liberal	Kathleen Bourne	37,439	39.03	−7.57
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.57

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References

↑ Adelaide, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
↑ Barker, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
↑ Boothby, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
↑ Grey, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
↑ Hindmarsh, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
↑ Kingston, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
↑ Makin, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
↑ Mayo, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
↑ Port Adelaide, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
↑ Sturt, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
↑ Wakefield, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

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[1] Adelaide, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[2] Barker, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[3] Boothby, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[4] Grey, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[5] Hindmarsh, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[6] Kingston, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[7] Makin, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[8] Mayo, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[9] Port Adelaide, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[10] Sturt, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[11] Wakefield, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

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