Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in Tasmania

This is a list of electoral division results for the 2013 Australian federal election in the state of Tasmania.[1]

2013 Australian federal election
(Tasmania)

7 September 2013
All 5 Tasmanian seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 (of the 12) seats in the Australian Senate
Party Liberal Labor Leader's seat Griffith Last election 0 seats 4 seats Seats won 3 seats 1 seats Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 161,086 169,208 Percentage 48.77% 51.23% Swing 9.39% 9.39%

Overall result

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal Party of Australia	132,961	40.26	+6.66	3	+3
	Australian Labor Party	114,977	34.81	–9.14	1	−3
	Australian Greens	27,467	8.32	–8.50	0	0
	Palmer United Party	20,026	6.06	+6.06	0	0
	Family First Party	4,971	1.51	+1.51	0	0
	Rise Up Australia Party	1,824	0.55	+0.55	0	0
	Australian Christians	963	0.29	+0.29	0	0
	Australian Sex Party	877	0.27	+0.27	0	0
	Democratic Labour Party	554	0.17	+0.17	0	0
	Katter's Australian Party	478	0.14	+0.14	0	0
	Secular Party of Australia	384	0.12	–0.21	0	0
	Australian Stable Population Party	124	0.04	+0.04	0	0
	Independents	24,688	7.47	+2.69	1	0
	Total	330,294			5
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party	169,208	51.23	–9.39	1	−3
	Liberal/National Coalition	161,086	48.77	+9.39	3	+3

Electoral divisions: Tasmania

Results by division

Bass

2013 Australian federal election: Bass[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Nikolic	31,267	47.85	+8.14
	Labor	Geoff Lyons	22,643	34.65	−8.78
	Greens	Lucy Landon-Lane	5,160	7.90	−7.68
	Palmer United	Christopher Dobson	3,520	5.39	+5.39
	Family First	Christine Bergman	1,407	2.15	+2.15
	Christians	Ray Kroeze	963	1.47	+1.47
	Secular	Jin-oh Choi	384	0.59	+0.59
Total formal votes			65,344	95.82	−0.20
Informal votes			2,850	4.18	+0.20
Turnout			68,194	94.46	−0.70
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Nikolic	35,310	54.04	+10.78
	Labor	Geoff Lyons	30,034	45.96	−10.78
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+10.78

Braddon

2013 Australian federal election: Braddon[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brett Whiteley	30,904	46.86	+7.51
	Labor	Sid Sidebottom	24,791	37.59	−11.09
	Palmer United	Kevin Morgan	6,125	9.29	+9.29
	Greens	Melissa Houghton	3,410	5.17	−6.79
	Rise Up Australia	Bernard Shaw	726	1.10	+1.10
Total formal votes			65,956	96.45	+0.77
Informal votes			2,428	3.55	−0.77
Turnout			68,384	95.41	−0.24
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brett Whiteley	34,668	52.56	+10.04
	Labor	Sid Sidebottom	31,288	47.44	−10.04
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+10.04

Denison

2013 Australian federal election: Denison[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andrew Wilkie	24,688	38.08	+16.82
	Labor	Jane Austin	16,043	24.75	−11.04
	Liberal	Tanya Denison	15,058	23.23	+0.58
	Greens	Anna Reynolds	5,133	7.92	−11.06
	Palmer United	Debra Thurley	1,576	2.43	+2.43
	Sex Party	Bob Butler	877	1.35	+1.35
	Family First	Trevlyn McCallum	593	0.91	+0.91
	Democratic Labour	Wayne Williams	554	0.85	+0.85
	Rise Up Australia	Graeme Devlin	179	0.28	+0.28
	Stable Population	Brandon Hoult	124	0.19	+0.19
Total formal votes			64,825	95.78	−0.60
Informal votes			2,856	4.22	+0.60
Turnout			67,681	94.31	−0.01
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jane Austin	38,186	58.91	−6.91
	Liberal	Tanya Denison	26,639	41.09	+6.91
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Andrew Wilkie	42,470	65.51	+14.30
	Labor	Jane Austin	22,355	34.49	−14.30
	Independent hold		Swing	+14.30

Franklin

2013 Australian federal election: Franklin[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julie Collins	26,893	39.93	−2.92
	Liberal	Bernadette Black	26,070	38.71	+5.23
	Greens	Rosalie Woodruff	8,201	12.18	−8.69
	Palmer United	Marti Zucco	4,108	6.10	+6.10
	Family First	Josh Downes	1,264	1.88	+1.88
	Katter's Australian	Sarah Ugalde	478	0.71	+0.71
	Rise Up Australia	Olwyn Bowden	330	0.49	+0.49
Total formal votes			67,344	96.23	−0.29
Informal votes			2,639	3.77	+0.29
Turnout			69,983	95.09	−0.37
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julie Collins	37,103	55.09	−5.73
	Liberal	Bernadette Black	30,241	44.91	+5.73
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.73

Lyons

2013 Australian federal election: Lyons[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Hutchinson	29,662	44.39	+11.70
	Labor	Dick Adams	24,607	36.82	−12.09
	Greens	Pip Brinklow	5,563	8.32	−8.43
	Palmer United	Quentin Von Stieglitz	4,697	7.03	+7.03
	Family First	Gaye James	1,707	2.55	+2.55
	Rise Up Australia	Julian Rogers	589	0.88	+0.88
Total formal votes			66,825	95.54	+0.34
Informal votes			3,119	4.46	−0.34
Turnout			69,944	94.64	−0.14
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Eric Hutchinson	34,228	51.22	+13.51
	Labor	Dick Adams	32,597	48.78	−13.51
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+13.51

References

1. "2013 Federal Election Results for Tasmania by Division". AEC.
2. 2013 results for Bass, AEC.
3. 2013 results for Braddon, AEC.
4. 2013 results for Denison, AEC.
5. 2013 results for Franklin, AEC.
6. 2013 results for Lyons, AEC.

See also

• 2013 Australian federal election
• Results of the 2013 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
• Post-election pendulum for the 2013 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2013–2016