Electoral results for the district of Cabramatta

Cabramatta, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1981 and has always been held by the Labor party.[1][2]

Members for Cabramatta

Member		Party	Period
	Eric Bedford [3]	Labor	1981–1985
	John Newman [4]	Labor	1986–1994
	Reba Meagher [5]	Labor	1994–2008
	Nick Lalich [6]	Labor	2008–present

Election results

2019

2019 New South Wales state election: Cabramatta [7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Lalich	23,616	49.88	−10.01
	Independent	Dai Le	12,250	25.88	+25.87
	Liberal	Austin Le	7,018	14.82	−13.42
	Greens	Christopher James	2,384	5.04	−0.13
	Independent	Phuoc Vo	2,075	4.38	+4.38
Total formal votes			47,343	95.75	+0.24
Informal votes			2,102	4.25	−0.24
Turnout			49,445	89.91	−0.76
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Lalich	27,375	75.53	+8.33
	Liberal	Austin Le	8,871	24.47	−8.33
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Lalich	25,089	62.87	−4.33
	Independent	Dai Le	14,818	37.13	+4.33
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.33

2015

2015 New South Wales state election: Cabramatta [9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Lalich	28,568	59.9	+14.5
	Liberal	Maria Diep	13,472	28.2	−13.6
	Greens	Bill Cashman	2,466	5.2	−2.6
	Christian Democrats	Don Modarelli	1,959	4.1	−0.3
	No Land Tax	Eddie Canto	1,233	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			47,698	95.5	+1.0
Informal votes			2,243	4.5	−1.0
Turnout			49,941	90.7	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Lalich	29,745	67.2	+15.3
	Liberal	Maria Diep	14,519	32.8	−15.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+15.3

2011

2011 New South Wales state election: Cabramatta[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Lalich	20,924	46.7	-22.3
	Liberal	Dai Le	18,990	42.4	+26.1
	Greens	Daniel Griffiths	3,385	7.6	+0.7
	Christian Democrats	Peter Tadros	1,467	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			44,766	96.1	0.0
Informal votes			1,839	3.9	0.0
Turnout			46,605	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Lalich	21,702	52.1	-26.9
	Liberal	Dai Le	19,934	47.9	+26.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-26.9

2008 by-election

Cabramatta by-election, 2008[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Lalich	21,423	50.96	−18.11
	Liberal	Dai Le	15,347	36.51	+20.18
	Greens	Lindsay Langlands	3,775	8.98	+2.09
	Christian Democrats	Doug Morrison	673	1.60	+1.60
		Joseph Adams	650	1.55	+1.55
		Alasdair Macdonald	168	0.40	+0.40
Total formal votes			42,036	96.95	+0.87
Informal votes			1,321	3.05	−0.87
Turnout			43,357	86.05	−6.53
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Lalich	21,933	57.22	−21.82
	Liberal	Dai Le	16,396	42.78	+21.82
	Labor hold		Swing	−21.82

2007

2007 New South Wales state election: Cabramatta [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reba Meagher	29,962	69.1	+3.1
	Liberal	Victor Smith	7,082	16.3	+4.7
	Unity	Andrew Su	3,343	7.7	+0.1
	Greens	Rodrigo Gutierrez	2,988	6.9	+3.8
Total formal votes			43,375	96.1	-0.3
Informal votes			1,770	3.9	+0.3
Turnout			45,145	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Reba Meagher	31,584	79.0	-2.4
	Liberal	Victor Smith	8,373	21.0	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.4

2003

2003 New South Wales state election: Cabramatta [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reba Meagher	25,374	66.5	+17.3
	Liberal	Paul Newton	4,245	11.1	+2.9
	Independent	Ross Treyvaud	3,830	10.0	+10.0
	Unity	Christopher Wong	2,608	6.8	-7.0
	Greens	Lee Grant	1,097	2.9	+1.7
	Christian Democrats	Sean Hampsey	647	1.7	+0.0
	One Nation	David Taunton-Webb	337	0.9	-4.2
Total formal votes			38,138	96.6	+0.7
Informal votes			1,356	3.4	-0.7
Turnout			39,494	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Reba Meagher	27,328	81.7	+12.8
	Liberal	Paul Newton	6,115	18.3	+18.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.8

1999

1999 New South Wales state election: Cabramatta [15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reba Meagher	18,859	49.3	-16.7
	Independent	Markus Lambert	5,706	14.9	+14.9
	Unity	Andrew Su	5,286	13.8	+13.8
	Liberal	Glenn Watson	3,141	8.2	-15.7
	One Nation	Peter Cornish	1,954	5.1	+5.1
	Independent	Ken Chapman	1,492	3.9	+3.9
	Christian Democrats	Jodi Luke	634	1.7	+1.7
	Democrats	Matthew Hua	505	1.3	-2.9
	Greens	Lee Grant	461	1.2	+1.2
	AAFI	Michael Kremec	241	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			38,279	95.9	+5.6
Informal votes			1,652	4.1	-5.6
Turnout			39,931	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Reba Meagher	22,211	79.9	+8.0
	Liberal	Glenn Watson	5,586	20.1	-8.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Reba Meagher	21,444	68.9	-3.0
	Independent	Markus Lambert	9,555	31.1	+31.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.0

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Cabramatta [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reba Meagher	23,058	65.4	+13.7
	Liberal	Rocky Gattellari	8,636	24.5	+2.7
	Democrats	Dianela Reverberi	1,505	4.3	+2.6
	Independent	Bob Aiken	1,151	3.3	+3.3
	Citizen Opinion Law Order	Mick Horgan	907	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			35,257	90.3	+8.1
Informal votes			3,796	9.7	-8.1
Turnout			39,053	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Reba Meagher	24,174	71.2	+5.2
	Liberal	Rocky Gattellari	9,755	28.8	-5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.2

1994 by-election

1994 Cabramatta state by-election [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reba Meagher	22,701	72.65	+21.0
	Independent	Nghiep Nguyen	3,646	11.67
	Call to Australia	Brian Grigg	1,498	4.79
	Independent	Chris Moore	1,361	4.36
	Daylight Saving Extension	Tony de Govrik	865	2.77
	Independent	Mark Stevens	680	2.18
	No Party Affiliation	Ted Oldfield	497	1.59
Total formal votes			27,172	95.11
Informal votes			1,398	4.89
Turnout			28,570	76.97
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Reba Meagher	24,367	83.94	+17.94
	Independent	Nghiep Nguyen	4,663	16.06
	Labor hold		Swing

The Liberal party did not nominate a candidate.

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Cabramatta [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Newman	14,431	51.7	+0.1
	Liberal	Bill Karagiannis	6,096	21.8	-19.1
	Independent	Phuong Ngo	3,320	11.9	+11.9
	Independent	Maria Heggie	2,486	8.9	+8.9
	Independent	Anthony Thai	625	2.2	+2.2
	Independent	Albert Ranse	487	1.7	+1.7
	Democrats	Sam McLeod	473	1.7	+0.5
Total formal votes			27,918	82.2	-12.0
Informal votes			6,047	17.8	+12.0
Turnout			33,965	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Newman	16,171	66.0	+10.5
	Liberal	Bill Karagiannis	8,319	34.0	-10.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.5

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Cabramatta [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Newman	14,548	52.9	-12.0
	Liberal	Maria Heggie	11,084	40.3	+5.8
	Independent	Duy Nguyen-Quang	963	3.5	+3.5
	Independent	Ted Oldfield	924	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			27,519	94.4	-1.3
Informal votes			1,639	5.6	+1.3
Turnout			29,158	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Newman	15,015	56.6	-8.6
	Liberal	Maria Heggie	11,503	43.4	+8.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.6

1986 by-election

1986 Cabramatta by-election
Saturday 1 February [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Newman	13,411	49.36	-15.7
	Liberal	Maria Heggie	9,020	33.20	-1.7
	Nuclear Disarmament	Virginia Rigney	1,735	6.39
	Call to Australia	Alan Byers	1,408	5.18
	Democrats	Robert Neesam	1,257	4.63
	Independent	Stephen Biscoe	276	1.02
	Small Business and Enterprise Party	Kusala Fitzroy-Mendis	65	0.24
Total formal votes			27,172	95.11
Informal votes			1,398	4.89
Turnout			28,570	76.97
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Newman		58.8
	Liberal	Maria Heggie		41.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.3

Labor MP Eric Bedford resigned.[21]

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Cabramatta [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Bedford	19,159	65.1	-8.9
	Liberal	Maria Heggie	10,289	34.9	+8.9
Total formal votes			29,448	95.8	+0.8
Informal votes			1,286	4.2	-0.8
Turnout			30,734	91.8	+1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.9

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Cabramatta [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Bedford	19,137	74.0	-4.2
	Liberal	Kerry Chikarovski	6,725	26.0	+4.2
Total formal votes			25,862	95.0
Informal votes			1,367	5.0
Turnout			27,229	89.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.2

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