# Electoral results for the district of Nerang

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Nerang in Queensland state elections.

## Members for Nerang

| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | Tom Hynd | National | 1986–1989 |
| | Ray Connor | Liberal | 1989–2001 |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1990s

1998 Queensland state election: Nerang :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Ray Connor | 10,336 | 38.65 | -19.15 |
| | Labor | Peter Burke | 7,406 | 27.70 | -3.63 |
| | One Nation | John Coyle | 6,719 | 25.13 | +25.13 |
| | Greens | Jacquie Hughes | 1,572 | 5.88 | -4.98 |
| | Democrats | Lynne Grimsey | 569 | 2.13 | +2.13 |
| | Reform | Richard Balcke | 138 | 0.52 | +0.52 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 26,740 | 98.41 | +0.13 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 432 | 1.59 | −0.13 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,172 | 91.19 | +1.24 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Ray Connor | 14,177 | 61.00 | -2.59 |
| | Labor | Peter Burke | 9,064 | 39.00 | +2.59 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -2.59 | |
1995 Queensland state election: Nerang :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Ray Connor | 13,343 | 57.80 | +26.77 |
| | Labor | Elham Alamar | 7,233 | 31.33 | -8.80 |
| | Greens | Antony Bradshaw | 2,508 | 10.86 | +10.86 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 23,084 | 98.28 | +0.68 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 405 | 1.72 | −0.68 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,489 | 89.95 | +0.09 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Ray Connor | 14,156 | 63.59 | +8.75 |
| | Labor | Elham Alamar | 8,106 | 36.41 | -8.75 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +8.75 | |
1992 Queensland state election: Nerang :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Tony Carman | 7,883 | 40.1 | -0.1 |
| | Liberal | Ray Connor | 6,096 | 31.0 | +1.7 |
| | National | Iona Abrahamson | 4,828 | 24.6 | -2.6 |
| | Independent | Chris Ivory | 836 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 19,643 | 97.6 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 484 | 2.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,127 | 89.9 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Ray Connor | 10,274 | 54.8 | -1.8 |
| | Labor | Tony Carman | 8,462 | 45.2 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -1.8 | |

### Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Nerang :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Robert Lee | 10,828 | 45.6 | +12.8 |
| | Liberal | Ray Connor | 6,499 | 27.4 | +9.4 |
| | National | Tom Hynd | 5,832 | 24.6 | -19.2 |
| | Independent | Harry Howard | 585 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 23,744 | 96.3 | −0.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 918 | 3.7 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,662 | 88.5 | +0.2 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Ray Connor | 12,210 | 51.4 | +51.4 |
| | Labor | Robert Lee | 11,534 | 48.6 | +8.5 |
| | Liberal gain from National | Liberal gain from National | Swing | +51.4 | |
1986 Queensland state election: Nerang :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National | Tom Hynd | 7,509 | 43.8 | |
| | Labor | Marjorie Thompson | 5,625 | 32.8 | |
| | Liberal | Russell Stuart | 3,079 | 18.0 | |
| | Democrats | Tony Kennedy | 625 | 3.7 | |
| | Independent | Methven Sparks | 291 | 1.7 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,129 | 97.2 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 497 | 2.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,626 | 88.3 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | National | Tom Hynd | 10,256 | 59.9 | +3.3 |
| | Labor | Marjorie Thompson | 6,873 | 40.1 | -3.3 |
| | National hold | National hold | Swing | +3.3 | |