# Results of the 2010 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2010 federal election, Labor 72, Coalition 72, Nationals (WA) 1, Australian Greens 1, with 4 independents.

## Australia

House of Representatives (IRV) — Turnout 93.21% (CV) — Informal 5.55% :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | | Liberal | 3,777,383 | 30.46 | +0.76 | 44 | 1 |
| | | Liberal National Party (QLD) | 1,130,525 | 9.12 | +0.60 | 21 | 8 |
| | | National | 419,286 | 3.43 | −0.04 | 6 | 1 |
| | | Country Liberal (NT) | 38,335 | 0.31 | −0.01 | 1 | 1 |
| | Coalition | Coalition | 5,365,529 | 43.32 | +1.31 | 72 | 7 |
| | Australian Labor Party | Australian Labor Party | 4,711,363 | 37.99 | −5.40 | 72 | 11 |
| | Australian Greens | Australian Greens | 1,458,998 | 11.76 | +3.97 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independents | Independents | 312,496 | 2.52 | +0.30 | 4 | 2 |
| | Family First Party | Family First Party | 279,330 | 2.25 | +0.26 | | |
| | Christian Democratic Party | Christian Democratic Party | 83,009 | 0.67 | −0.17 | | |
| | National (WA) | National (WA) | 43,101 | 0.34 | +0.20 | 1 | 1 |
| | One Nation | One Nation | 27,184 | 0.22 | −0.04 | | |
| | Liberal Democratic Party | Liberal Democratic Party | 24,262 | 0.20 | +0.06 | | |
| | Australian Democrats | Australian Democrats | 22,376 | 0.18 | −0.54 | | |
| | Secular Party of Australia | Secular Party of Australia | 12,752 | 0.10 | +0.10 | | |
| | Australian Sex Party | Australian Sex Party | 11,263 | 0.09 | +0.09 | | |
| | Socialist Equality Party | Socialist Equality Party | 11,160 | 0.09 | +0.06 | | |
| | Socialist Alliance | Socialist Alliance | 9,348 | 0.08 | +0.01 | | |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | Citizens Electoral Council | 8,017 | 0.06 | −0.16 | | |
| | Democratic Labor Party | Democratic Labor Party | 5,212 | 0.04 | −0.01 | | |
| | The Climate Sceptics | The Climate Sceptics | 4,339 | 0.03 | +0.03 | | |
| | Australia First Party | Australia First Party | 3,670 | 0.03 | +0.03 | | |
| | Non-Custodial Parents Party | Non-Custodial Parents Party | 2,835 | 0.02 | +0.01 | | |
| | Building Australia Party | Building Australia Party | 1,497 | 0.01 | +0.01 | | |
| | Carers Alliance | Carers Alliance | 1,458 | 0.01 | +0.01 | | |
| | Communist Alliance | Communist Alliance | 656 | 0.01 | +0.01 | | |
| | Others | Others | 2,508 | 0.02 | +0.01 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,402,363 | | | 150 | |
| Two-party-preferred vote ||||||||
| | Australian Labor Party | Australian Labor Party | 6,216,445 | 50.12 | −2.58 | 72 | 11 |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 6,185,918 | 49.88 | +2.58 | 72 | 7 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 729,304 | 5.55 | +1.60 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 14,086,869 | 93.22 | | | |
| Source: Commonwealth Election 2010 ||||||||

### Preference flows

* Greens − Labor 78.8% (-0.9) to Coalition 21.2% (+0.9)
* Family First − Coalition 59.8% (-0.5) to Labor 40.2% (+0.5)
* Christian Democrats − Coalition 73.5% (+3.9) to Labor 26.5% (-3.9)
* Nationals WA − Coalition 75.9% (-5.1) to Labor 24.1% (+5.1)
* Independent candidates − Coalition 56.5% (+1.9) to Labor 43.5% (-1.9)

## New South Wales

Turnout 93.32% (CV) — Informal 6.83% :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | | Liberal | 1,470,146 | 36.67 | +4.04 | 16 | 1 |
| | | National | 317,867 | 7.93 | +0.02 | 4 | 1 |
| | Coalition | Coalition | 1,788,013 | 44.60 | +4.06 | 20 | |
| | Australian Labor Party | Australian Labor Party | 1,494,490 | 37.28 | −6.86 | 26 | 2 |
| | Australian Greens | Australian Greens | 410,405 | 10.24 | +2.35 | | |
| | Independents | Independents | 172,921 | 4.31 | +1.00 | 2 | 1 |
| | Christian Democratic Party | Christian Democratic Party | 54,544 | 1.36 | −0.56 | | |
| | One Nation | One Nation | 19,182 | 0.48 | +0.27 | | |
| | Family First Party | Family First Party | 17,453 | 0.44 | −0.43 | | |
| | Australian Democrats | Australian Democrats | 11,409 | 0.28 | +0.01 | | |
| | Socialist Equality Party | Socialist Equality Party | 9,106 | 0.23 | +0.15 | | |
| | Liberal Democratic Party | Liberal Democratic Party | 8,928 | 0.22 | +0.10 | | |
| | Secular Party of Australia | Secular Party of Australia | 3,529 | 0.09 | +0.09 | | |
| | Socialist Alliance | Socialist Alliance | 3,484 | 0.09 | +0.03 | | |
| | Australia First Party | Australia First Party | 3,375 | 0.08 | +0.08 | | |
| | Australian Sex Party | Australian Sex Party | 3,180 | 0.08 | +0.08 | | |
| | Non-Custodial Parents Party | Non-Custodial Parents Party | 2,835 | 0.07 | +0.05 | | |
| | Building Australia Party | Building Australia Party | 1,497 | 0.04 | +0.04 | | |
| | Carers Alliance | Carers Alliance | 1,458 | 0.04 | +0.04 | | |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | Citizens Electoral Council | 1,187 | 0.03 | −0.19 | | |
| | Communist Alliance | Communist Alliance | 656 | 0.02 | +0.02 | | |
| | The Climate Sceptics | The Climate Sceptics | 275 | 0.01 | +0.01 | | |
| | Others | Others | 1,391 | 0.03 | +0.01 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 4,009,318 | | | 48 | 1 |
| Two-party-preferred vote ||||||||
| | Australian Labor Party | Australian Labor Party | 1,958,077 | 48.84 | –4.84 | 26 | 2 |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 2,051,241 | 51.16 | +4.84 | 20 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 293,763 | 6.83 | +1.88 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 4,610,795 | 93.33 | | | |
| Source: Commonwealth Election 2010 ||||||||

## Victoria

Turnout 93.46% (CV) — Informal 4.50% :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Australian Labor Party | Australian Labor Party | 1,361,416 | 42.81 | –1.88 | 22 | 1 |
| | | Liberal | 1,159,301 | 36.45 | –1.64 | 12 | 2 |
| | | National | 101,419 | 3.19 | +0.17 | 2 | |
| | Coalition | Coalition | 1,260,720 | 39.64 | –1.47 | 14 | 2 |
| | Australian Greens | Australian Greens | 402,482 | 12.66 | +4.49 | 1 | 1 |
| | Family First Party | Family First Party | 99,747 | 3.14 | +0.12 | | |
| | Independents | Independents | 26,525 | 0.83 | −0.17 | | |
| | Liberal Democratic Party | Liberal Democratic Party | 7,839 | 0.25 | +0.15 | | |
| | Australian Sex Party | Australian Sex Party | 6,023 | 0.19 | +0.19 | | |
| | Secular Party of Australia | Secular Party of Australia | 5,239 | 0.16 | +0.16 | | |
| | Australian Democrats | Australian Democrats | 3,947 | 0.12 | −1.10 | | |
| | Socialist Alliance | Socialist Alliance | 2,225 | 0.07 | +0.00 | | |
| | Socialist Equality Party | Socialist Equality Party | 1,656 | 0.05 | +0.03 | | |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | Citizens Electoral Council | 922 | 0.03 | −0.24 | | |
| | Christian Democratic Party | Christian Democratic Party | 632 | 0.02 | −0.02 | | |
| | Australia First Party | Australia First Party | 295 | 0.01 | +0.01 | | |
| | Others | Others | 516 | 0.02 | +0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 3,180,184 | | | 37 | |
| Two-party-preferred vote ||||||||
| | Australian Labor Party | Australian Labor Party | 1,758,982 | 55.31 | +1.04 | 22 | 1 |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 1,421,202 | 44.69 | –1.04 | 14 | 2 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 149,699 | 4.50 | +1.25 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 3,561,873 | 93.49 | | | |
| Source: Commonwealth Election 2010 ||||||||

## Queensland

Turnout 92.71% (CV) — Informal 5.45% :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Liberal National Party | 1,130,525 | 47.42 | +2.95 | 21 | 8 |
| | Australian Labor Party | 800,712 | 33.58 | –9.33 | 8 | 7 |
| | Australian Greens | 260,471 | 10.92 | +5.29 | | |
| | Family First Party | 92,794 | 3.89 | +1.62 | | |
| | Independents | 83,310 | 3.49 | +0.50 | 1 | |
| | Liberal Democratic Party | 4,662 | 0.20 | +0.05 | | |
| | Democratic Labor Party | 4,590 | 0.19 | +0.19 | | |
| | One Nation | 3,921 | 0.16 | −0.20 | | |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1,462 | 0.06 | −0.09 | | |
| | Socialist Alliance | 717 | 0.03 | −0.02 | | |
| | Secular Party of Australia | 414 | 0.02 | +0.02 | | |
| | Others | 601 | 0.03 | +0.03 | | |
| Total | Total | 2,384,179 | | | 30 | 1 |
| Two-party-preferred vote |||||||
| | Liberal National Party | 1,314,675 | 55.14 | +5.58 | 21 | 8 |
| | Australian Labor Party | 1,069,504 | 44.86 | –5.58 | 8 | 7 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 137,395 | 5.45 | +1.89 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,719,360 | 92.73 | | |
| Source: Commonwealth Election 2010 |||||||

## Western Australia

Turnout 92.86% (CV) — Informal 4.82% :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Liberal | 566,145 | 47.02 | +0.71 | 11 | |
| | Labor | 375,381 | 31.18 | –5.62 | 3 | 1 |
| | Greens | 158,117 | 13.13 | +4.20 | | |
| | National | 43,101 | 3.58 | +2.44 | 1 | 1 |
| | Christian Democrats | 27,833 | 2.31 | +0.20 | | |
| | Family First | 20,698 | 1.72 | +0.51 | | |
| | Independents | 5,079 | 0.42 | –1.27 | | |
| | Sex Party | 2,060 | 0.17 | +0.17 | | |
| | One Nation | 1,471 | 0.12 | −1.03 | | |
| | Socialist Alliance | 1,280 | 0.11 | +0.01 | | |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1,277 | 0.11 | −0.15 | | |
| | Democratic Labour | 622 | 0.05 | +0.05 | | |
| | Climate Sceptics | 539 | 0.04 | +0.04 | | |
| | Socialist Equality | 398 | 0.03 | +0.02 | | |
| Total | Total | 1,204,001 | | | 15 | |
| Two-party-preferred vote |||||||
| | Liberal | 679,140 | 56.41 | +3.15 | 11 | |
| | Labor | 524,861 | 43.59 | –3.15 | 3 | 1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 60,967 | 4.82 | +0.97 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,362,534 | 92.84 | | |
| Source: Commonwealth Election 2010 |||||||

## South Australia

Turnout 93.80% (CV) — Informal 5.46% :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats |
| | Australian Labor Party | 399,279 | 40.74 | –2.44 | 6 |
| | Liberal | 394,003 | 40.21 | –1.55 | 5 |
| | Australian Greens | 117,364 | 11.98 | +5.03 | |
| | Family First Party | 48,638 | 4.96 | +0.91 | |
| | Australian Democrats | 7,020 | 0.72 | −0.79 | |
| | Independents | 5,086 | 0.52 | –0.18 | |
| | The Climate Sceptics | 3,525 | 0.36 | +0.36 | |
| | Liberal Democratic Party | 2,833 | 0.29 | +0.12 | |
| | One Nation | 1,105 | 0.11 | −0.06 | |
| | Socialist Alliance | 786 | 0.08 | +0.08 | |
| | Secular Party of Australia | 310 | 0.03 | +0.03 | |
| Total | Total | 979,949 | | | 11 |
| Two-party-preferred vote |||||||
| | Australian Labor Party | 521,115 | 53.18 | +0.78 | 6 |
| | Liberal | 458,834 | 46.82 | –0.78 | 5 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 56,565 | 5.46 | +1.68 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,104,698 | 93.83 | |
| Source: Commonwealth Election 2010 |||||||

## Tasmania

Turnout 95.08% (CV) — Informal 4.04% :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Australian Labor Party | 143,796 | 43.95 | +1.18 | 4 | 1 |
| | Liberal | 109,908 | 33.60 | –4.62 | 0 | |
| | Australian Greens | 55,042 | 16.82 | +3.32 | | |
| | Independents | 15,627 | 4.78 | +2.56 | 1 | 1 |
| | Secular Party of Australia | 1,085 | 0.33 | +0.33 | | |
| | Socialist Alliance | 856 | 0.26 | +0.00 | | |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 838 | 0.26 | −0.31 | | |
| Total | Total | 327,152 | | | 5 | |
| Two-party-preferred vote |||||||
| | Australian Labor Party | 198,332 | 60.62 | +4.41 | 4 | 1 |
| | Liberal | 128,830 | 39.38 | –4.41 | 0 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 13,791 | 4.04 | +1.12 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 358,609 | 95.07 | | |
| Source: Commonwealth Election 2010 |||||||

## Territories
### Australian Capital Territory

House of Representatives (IRV) — Turnout 94.74% (CV) — Informal 4.66% :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats |
| | Australian Labor Party | 100,700 | 45.02 | –6.08 | 2 |
| | Liberal | 77,880 | 34.81 | +1.58 | 0 |
| | Australian Greens | 42,942 | 19.20 | +6.04 | |
| | Secular Party of Australia | 2,175 | 0.97 | +0.97 | |
| Total | Total | 223,697 | | | 2 |
| Two-party-preferred vote |||||||
| | Australian Labor Party | 137,948 | 61.67 | –1.73 | 2 |
| | Liberal | 85,749 | 38.33 | +1.73 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 10,926 | 4.66 | +2.35 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 247,941 | 94.63 | |
| Source: Commonwealth Election 2010 |||||||

### Northern Territory

House of Representatives (IRV) — Turnout 82.71% (CV) — Informal 6.19% :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Country Liberal Party | 38,335 | 40.83 | –0.20 | 1 | 1 |
| | Australian Labor Party | 35,589 | 37.91 | –9.74 | 1 | 1 |
| | Australian Greens | 12,175 | 12.97 | +4.92 | | |
| | Independents | 3,948 | 4.21 | +1.55 | | |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 2,331 | 2.48 | +2.23 | | |
| | One Nation | 1,505 | 1.60 | +1.60 | | |
| Total | Total | 93,883 | | | 2 | |
| Two-party-preferred vote |||||||
| | Australian Labor Party | 47,636 | 50.74 | –4.67 | 1 | 1 |
| | Country Liberal Party | 46,247 | 49.26 | +4.67 | 1 | 1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 6,198 | 6.19 | +2.34 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 121,059 | 82.67 | | |
| Source: Commonwealth Election 2010 |||||||