Electoral results for the district of Clayton

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

Members for Clayton

Member		Party	Term
	Gerard Vaughan	Labor	1985–1996
	Hong Lim	Labor	1996–2014

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2010 Victorian state election: Clayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hong Lim	15,843	54.34	-7.85
	Liberal	Justin Scott	8,833	30.29	+6.54
	Greens	Matthew Billman	2,782	9.54	+0.13
	Democratic Labor	Peter Bolling	976	3.35	+3.35
	Family First	Darren Reid	723	2.48	-0.90
Total formal votes			29,157	94.16	-0.08
Informal votes			1,808	5.84	+0.08
Turnout			30,965	91.50	-2.99
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hong Lim	19,071	65.31	-4.96
	Liberal	Justin Scott	10,129	34.69	+4.96
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.96

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Clayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hong Lim	18,496	62.19	-4.23
	Liberal	Michael Carty	7,064	23.75	+0.70
	Greens	Siobhan Isherwood	2,798	9.41	+1.60
	Family First	Emyr Aditya	1,006	3.38	+3.38
	CEC	Simon Hall	377	1.27	+1.27
Total formal votes			29,741	94.24	-1.44
Informal votes			1,818	5.76	+1.44
Turnout			31,559	94.49	+2.72
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hong Lim	20,884	70.27	-3.57
	Liberal	Michael Carty	8,836	29.73	+3.57
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.57

2002 Victorian state election: Clayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hong Lim	20,223	66.4	+4.7
	Liberal	Andrew Wong	7,017	23.0	-14.9
	Greens	George Kirby	2,377	7.8	+7.6
	Democrats	Daniel Berk	831	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			30,448	95.7	+0.0
Informal votes			1,374	4.3	-0.0
Turnout			31,882	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hong Lim	22,479	73.8	+11.9
	Liberal	Andrew Wong	7,962	26.2	-11.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.9

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Clayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hong Lim	20,037	61.7	+2.1
	Liberal	Collin Lok	12,441	38.3	-2.1
Total formal votes			32,478	95.6	-1.3
Informal votes			1,503	4.4	+1.3
Turnout			33,981	92.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.1

1996 Victorian state election: Clayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hong Lim	17,852	55.5	+4.0
	Liberal	Norman Kennedy	12,346	38.4	+0.6
	Independent	Eileen Blake-Lazarus	1,501	4.7	+4.7
	Natural Law	Raymond Schlager	490	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			32,189	96.9	+3.6
Informal votes			1,042	3.1	-3.6
Turnout			33,231	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hong Lim	19,141	59.6	+1.2
	Liberal	Norman Kennedy	12,979	40.4	-1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.2

1992 Victorian state election: Clayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gerard Vaughan	15,377	51.5	-6.7
	Liberal	George Emmanouil	11,285	37.8	+3.6
	Independent	Sue Phillips	1,132	3.8	+3.8
	Independent	Bryan Rogerson	907	3.0	+3.0
	Independent	Philip Kelada	611	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	Jimmy Emmanuel	558	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			29,870	93.3	+0.3
Informal votes			2,158	6.7	-0.3
Turnout			32,028	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gerard Vaughan	17,391	58.4	-2.6
	Liberal	George Emmanouil	12,400	41.6	+2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.6

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Clayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gerard Vaughan	14,794	56.56	-3.27
	Liberal	Lauris White	9,401	35.94	-4.23
	Call to Australia	Daryl Esmore	1,482	5.67	+5.67
	Independent	Stephen Bingle	477	1.82	+1.82
Total formal votes			26,154	94.36	-1.82
Informal votes			1,564	5.64	+1.82
Turnout			27,718	92.23	-1.73
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gerard Vaughan	15,412	58.94	-0.89
	Liberal	Lauris White	10,737	41.06	+0.89
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.89

1985 Victorian state election: Clayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gerard Vaughan	16,303	59.8	+1.2
	Liberal	Alan Sandbach	10,945	40.2	+7.2
Total formal votes			27,248	96.2
Informal votes			1,083	3.8
Turnout			28,331	94.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.7

References

• "Clayton District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 28 November 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.