Results of the 2016 Australian federal election in Tasmania

Last updated February 23, 2024

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

Overall results

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party	127,186	37.90	+3.09	4	3
	Liberal Party of Australia	118,956	35.44	–4.82	0	3
	Australian Greens	34,291	10.22	+1.90
	Australian Recreational Fishers Party	11,254	3.35	+3.35
	Christian Democratic Party	6,345	1.89	+1.89
	Renewable Energy Party	4,534	1.35	+1.35
	The Arts Party	1,673	0.50	+0.50
	Liberal Democratic Party	1,380	0.41	+0.41
	Democratic Labour Party	632	0.19	+0.02
	Independent	29,372	8.75	+1.28	1
	Total	335,623			5
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party	192,530	57.36	+6.13	4	3
	Liberal Party of Australia	143,093	42.64	−6.13	0	3

Liberal to Labor: Bass, Braddon, Lyons

Results by division

Bass

2016 Australian federal election: Bass ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ross Hart	26,803	40.50	+5.85
	Liberal	Andrew Nikolic	25,609	38.70	−9.15
	Greens	Terrill Riley-Gibson	7,154	10.81	+2.91
	Recreational Fishers	Mark Tapsell	3,231	4.88	+4.88
	Christian Democrats	Malcolm Beattie	1,765	2.67	+2.67
	Renewable Energy	Roy Ramage	1,613	2.44	+2.44
Total formal votes			66,175	96.04	+0.22
Informal votes			2,729	3.96	−0.22
Turnout			68,904	93.68	−0.74
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ross Hart	37,119	56.09	+10.13
	Liberal	Andrew Nikolic	29,056	43.91	−10.13
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.13

Braddon

2016 Australian federal election: Braddon ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brett Whiteley	26,841	41.50	−5.36
	Labor	Justine Keay	25,898	40.05	+2.46
	Greens	Scott Jordan	4,358	6.74	+1.57
	Recreational Fishers	Glen Saltmarsh	3,701	5.72	+5.72
	Liberal Democrats	Joshua Boag	1,380	2.13	+2.13
	Renewable Energy	Clinton Rice	1,343	2.08	+2.08
	Christian Democrats	Graham Hodge	1,151	1.78	+1.78
Total formal votes			64,672	94.77	−1.68
Informal votes			3,568	5.23	+1.68
Turnout			68,240	94.09	−1.26
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Justine Keay	33,759	52.20	+4.76
	Liberal	Brett Whiteley	30,913	47.80	−4.76
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.76

Denison

2016 Australian federal election: Denison ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andrew Wilkie	29,372	44.07	+5.99
	Labor	Jane Austin	15,335	23.01	−1.74
	Liberal	Marcus Allan	13,267	19.90	−3.33
	Greens	Jen Brown	7,068	10.60	+2.68
	Christian Democrats	Amanda Excell	980	1.47	+1.47
	Democratic Labour	Wayne Williams	632	0.95	+0.10
Total formal votes			66,654	97.08	+1.30
Informal votes			2,002	2.92	−1.30
Turnout			68,656	92.82	−1.44
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Jane Austin	43,550	65.34	+6.43
	Liberal	Marcus Allan	23,104	34.66	−6.43
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Andrew Wilkie	45,176	67.78	+2.27
	Labor	Jane Austin	21,478	32.22	−2.27
	Independent hold		Swing	+2.27

Franklin

2016 Australian federal election: Franklin ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julie Collins	32,724	47.01	+7.08
	Liberal	Amanda-Sue Markham	24,542	35.26	−3.45
	Greens	Martine Delaney	9,293	13.35	+1.17
	Arts	Tim Sanderson	1,673	2.40	+2.40
	Christian Democrats	George Muskett	1,375	1.98	+1.98
Total formal votes			69,607	96.60	+0.37
Informal votes			2,453	3.40	−0.37
Turnout			72,060	93.85	−1.24
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julie Collins	42,264	60.72	+5.63
	Liberal	Amanda-Sue Markham	27,343	39.28	−5.63
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.63

Lyons

2016 Australian federal election: Lyons ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Hutchinson	28,697	41.88	−2.51
	Labor	Brian Mitchell	26,426	38.57	+1.75
	Greens	Hannah Rubenach-Quinn	6,418	9.37	+1.05
	Recreational Fishers	Shelley Shay	4,322	6.31	+6.31
	Renewable Energy	Duncan Livingston	1,578	2.30	+2.30
	Christian Democrats	Gene Mawer	1,074	1.57	+1.57
Total formal votes			68,515	95.57	+0.03
Informal votes			3,174	4.43	−0.03
Turnout			71,689	93.54	−0.99
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Mitchell	35,838	52.31	+3.53
	Liberal	Eric Hutchinson	32,677	47.69	−3.53
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.53

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References

↑ Bass, TAS, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
↑ Braddon, TAS, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
↑ Denison, TAS, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
↑ Franklin, TAS, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
↑ Lyons, TAS, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

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[1] Bass, TAS, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[2] Braddon, TAS, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[3] Denison, TAS, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[4] Franklin, TAS, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[5] Lyons, TAS, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

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