Electoral results for the Division of Makin

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Makin in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1984 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Peter Duncan	Labor	1984–1996
	Trish Draper	Liberal	1996–2007
	Tony Zappia	Labor	2007–present

Election results

2019

2019 Australian federal election: Makin[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Zappia	51,666	48.42	+5.72
	Liberal	Hemant Dave	35,087	32.88	+5.42
	Greens	Stephanie Stewart	9,211	8.63	+3.92
	United Australia	Rachel Collis	6,874	6.44	+6.44
	Animal Justice	Lyn Gaston	3,866	3.62	+2.00
Total formal votes			106,704	95.51	+0.13
Informal votes			5,021	4.49	−0.13
Turnout			111,725	93.12	+1.03
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Zappia	63,726	59.72	−1.07
	Liberal	Hemant Dave	42,978	40.28	+1.07
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.07

2016

2016 Australian federal election: Makin[2]

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

2013

2013 Australian federal election: Makin[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Zappia	41,873	45.56	−4.70
	Liberal	Sue Lawrie	34,192	37.20	+6.75
	Family First	Mark Potter	5,891	6.41	+0.40
	Greens	Ami Harrison	5,429	5.91	−4.39
	Palmer United	Andrew Graham	3,818	4.15	+4.15
	Katter's Australian	Robert Jameson	705	0.77	+0.77
Total formal votes			91,908	95.12	+1.13
Informal votes			4,717	4.88	−1.13
Turnout			96,625	93.97	−0.37
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Zappia	50,604	55.06	−6.94
	Liberal	Sue Lawrie	41,304	44.94	+6.94
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.94

2010

2010 Australian federal election: Makin[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Zappia	43,114	50.58	-0.87
	Liberal	Liz Davies	25,740	30.20	-8.07
	Greens	Jasemin Rose	8,604	10.09	+5.79
	Family First	Mark Potter	5,089	5.97	+2.42
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Gameau	1,081	1.27	+0.78
	One Nation	Anton Horvat	662	0.78	+0.20
	Democrats	Wayne Rich	534	0.63	-0.74
	Climate Sceptics	Robert Stewart	409	0.48	+0.48
Total formal votes			85,233	93.91	-2.02
Informal votes			5,532	6.09	+2.02
Turnout			90,765	94.29	-1.38
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Zappia	53,014	62.20	+4.50
	Liberal	Liz Davies	32,219	37.80	-4.50
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.50

2007

2007 Australian federal election: Makin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Zappia	44,890	51.45	+8.43
	Liberal	Bob Day	33,390	38.27	-6.44
	Greens	Graham Smith	3,751	4.30	+0.51
	Family First	Andrew Graham	3,096	3.55	-1.37
	Democrats	Aleisha Brown	1,198	1.37	-0.38
	One Nation	Robert Fechner	502	0.58	-0.26
	Liberty & Democracy	Garry Vandersluis	428	0.49	+0.49
Total formal votes			87,255	95.93	+1.34
Informal votes			3,705	4.07	-1.34
Turnout			90,960	95.81	+0.34
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Zappia	50,346	57.70	+8.63
	Liberal	Bob Day	36,909	42.30	-8.63
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.63

2004

2004 Australian federal election: Makin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Trish Draper	37,912	44.71	-1.01
	Labor	Tony Zappia	36,486	43.02	+6.33
	Family First	Rob Pillar	4,172	4.92	+4.92
	Greens	Jon Moore	3,213	3.79	+1.47
	Democrats	Catherine Opitz	1,484	1.75	-8.67
	Independent	Jeanie Walker	820	0.97	+0.97
	One Nation	Victor Horvat	715	0.84	-3.87
Total formal votes			84,802	94.59	-0.15
Informal votes			4,851	5.41	+0.15
Turnout			89,653	95.47	-0.67
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Trish Draper	43,186	50.93	-2.73
	Labor	Tony Zappia	41,616	49.07	+2.73
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.73

2001

2001 Australian federal election: Makin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Trish Draper	36,979	45.94	+5.35
	Labor	Julie Woodman	29,539	36.70	-1.14
	Democrats	Christine Posta	8,343	10.37	+0.14
	One Nation	Rod Kowald	3,779	4.69	-4.95
	Greens	Allon Reeves	1,850	2.30	+2.30
Total formal votes			80,490	94.79	-0.92
Informal votes			4,420	5.21	+0.92
Turnout			84,910	96.68
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Trish Draper	43,271	53.76	+2.98
	Labor	Julie Woodman	37,219	46.24	-2.98
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.98

1998

1998 Australian federal election: Makin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Trish Draper	33,702	40.70	-3.85
	Labor	Gail Gago	31,194	37.67	-3.07
	Democrats	Christine Posta	8,502	10.27	+1.04
	One Nation	Rod Kowald	8,009	9.67	+9.67
	Independent	Mike Wohltmann	1,002	1.21	+1.21
	Natural Law	Geoffrey Wells	391	0.47	-0.44
Total formal votes			82,800	95.70	+0.70
Informal votes			3,719	4.30	-0.70
Turnout			86,519	96.31	-0.18
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Trish Draper	42,180	50.94	-0.14
	Labor	Gail Gago	40,620	49.06	+0.14
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.14

1996

1996 Australian federal election: Makin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Trish Draper	35,762	44.55	+3.36
	Labor	Peter Duncan	32,709	40.75	-6.04
	Democrats	Tony Hill	7,404	9.22	+2.11
	Greens	Henri Mueller	1,914	2.38	+2.38
	Independent	Mary Newcombe	757	0.94	+0.94
	Natural Law	Andrew Scott	731	0.91	-0.16
	Independent	Tony Baker	726	0.90	+0.90
		Barry Illert	267	0.33	+0.33
Total formal votes			80,270	95.00	-1.36
Informal votes			4,223	5.00	+1.36
Turnout			84,493	96.49	+0.58
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Trish Draper	40,840	51.08	+4.79
	Labor	Peter Duncan	39,106	48.92	-4.79
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+4.79

1993

1993 Australian federal election: Makin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Duncan	36,748	46.79	+5.49
	Liberal	Alan Irving	32,353	41.19	+2.87
	Democrats	Angela Smith	5,585	7.11	-8.60
	Independent	Eva Dobson	986	1.26	+1.26
	Call to Australia	Dorothy Durland	986	1.26	-1.97
	Natural Law	Susan Brown	844	1.07	+1.07
	Independent	Alf Taylor	745	0.95	+0.95
	Independent	Stan Batten	294	0.37	+0.37
Total formal votes			78,541	96.36	+0.14
Informal votes			2,966	3.64	-0.14
Turnout			81,507	95.91
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Duncan	42,155	53.70	+0.28
	Liberal	Alan Irving	36,339	46.30	-0.28
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.28

1990

1990 Australian federal election: Makin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Duncan	28,529	40.8	-6.5
	Liberal	Daryl Hicks	37,462	39.3	-0.1
	Democrats	Steve Bartholomew	10,619	15.2	+6.2
	Call to Australia	Jeff Penny	2,320	3.3	+3.3
	Independent	Geoff Roberts	639	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	David Howard	309	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			69,878	96.2
Informal votes			2,775	3.8
Turnout			72,653	96.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Duncan	36,573	52.4	-1.0
	Liberal	Daryl Hicks	33,197	47.6	+1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.0

1987

1987 Australian federal election: Makin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Duncan	29,361	47.3	-0.9
	Liberal	Neville Joyce	24,465	39.4	+0.4
	Democrats	Sandra Kanck	5,606	9.0	-0.5
	National	Natalie Richardson	1,505	2.4	+1.7
	Unite Australia	Kenneth Taplin	671	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	A. Wunderlich	441	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			62,049	93.4
Informal votes			4,398	6.6
Turnout			66,447	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Duncan	33,130	53.4	-1.0
	Liberal	Neville Joyce	28,904	46.6	+1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.0

1984

1984 Australian federal election: Makin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Duncan	27,282	48.2	-5.8
	Liberal	Neville Joyce	22,073	39.0	+2.7
	Democrats	Andrew Coventry	5,401	9.5	+0.4
	Independent	Bernhard Buechner	1,442	2.5	+2.5
	National	John Henderson	412	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			56,610	90.3
Informal votes			6,088	9.7
Turnout			62,698	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Duncan	30,792	54.4	-4.8
	Liberal	Neville Joyce	25,806	45.6	+4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.8

References

1. Makin, SA, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
2. Makin, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
3. 2013 results for Makin, AEC.
4. "2010 results for Makin". AEC.

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal Election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos