Electoral results for the district of Bass

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Bass in Victorian state elections.

Members for Bass

Member		Party	Term
	Ken Smith	Liberal	2002–2014
	Brian Paynter	Liberal	2014–2018
	Jordan Crugnale	Labor	2018–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Bass[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian Paynter	20,315	40.97	−4.38
	Labor	Jordan Crugnale	19,954	40.24	+10.88
	Greens	David Arnault	2,821	5.69	−3.41
	Independent	Clare Le Serve	2,212	4.46	−6.34
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Frank Ripa	2,011	4.06	+4.06
	Democratic Labour	Ross McPhee	1,288	2.60	+2.60
	Independent	Ron Bauer	603	1.22	+1.22
	Independent	Kate Lempriere	385	0.78	+0.78
Total formal votes			49,589	93.37	−1.22
Informal votes			3,522	6.63	+1.22
Turnout			53,111	91.06	−3.30
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jordan Crugnale	25,982	52.39	+6.94
	Liberal	Brian Paynter	23,607	47.61	−6.94
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.94

2014 Victorian state election: Bass

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian Paynter	18,008	45.3	−10.2
	Labor	Sanjay Nathan	11,659	29.4	+0.6
	Independent	Clare Le Serve	4,289	10.8	+10.8
	Greens	Ross Fairhurst	3,613	9.1	−2.6
	Country Alliance	David Amor	969	2.4	−0.9
	Christians	Paul Reid	651	1.6	+1.6
	Rise Up Australia	Angela Dorian	524	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			39,713	94.6	−0.7
Informal votes			2,272	5.4	+0.7
Turnout			41,985	94.4	+6.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brian Paynter	21,664	54.6	−7.8
	Labor	Sanjay Nathan	18,049	45.4	+7.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.8

2010 Victorian state election: Bass

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken Smith	25,098	56.46	+10.10
	Labor	Gerry Lonergan	12,962	29.16	−5.83
	Greens	Neil Rankine	4,845	10.90	+2.04
	Country Alliance	Bruce Rogers	1,546	3.48	+3.48
Total formal votes			44,451	95.20	−0.25
Informal votes			2,243	4.80	+0.25
Turnout			46,694	94.75	+0.71
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ken Smith	27,804	62.58	+7.06
	Labor	Gerry Lonergan	16,662	37.42	−7.06
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.06

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Bass

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken Smith	16,584	46.36	+5.89
	Labor	John Anderson	12,517	34.99	+6.98
	Greens	Tully Fletcher	3,169	8.86	+3.48
	Family First	Cameron Begg	1,613	4.51	+4.51
	National	Jacky Abbott	1,275	3.56	+3.56
	Independent	Cheryl Billing-Smith	611	1.71	+1.71
Total formal votes			35,769	95.45	−1.65
Informal votes			1,705	4.55	+1.65
Turnout			37,474	94.04	+0.05
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ken Smith	19,882	55.52	+4.88
	Labor	John Anderson	15,926	44.48	−4.88
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.88

2002 Victorian state election: Bass

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken Smith	13,021	40.5	-4.1
	Labor	John Anderson	9,012	28.0	+2.9
	Independent	Susan Davies	7,014	21.8	-1.3
	Greens	Nikki Ludlow	1,730	5.4	+3.3
	Independent	Kay Nesbit	1,401	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			32,178	97.1	-0.2
Informal votes			962	2.9	+0.2
Turnout			33,140	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ken Smith	16,294	50.6	+4.2
	Labor	John Anderson	15,884	49.4	+49.4
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	+4.2

References

1. State Election 2018: Bass, VEC.

• "Bass District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2011.