Division of Sarda

Sarda萨尔达Sà'ěrdá サルダSaruda Craftian House of Representatives Division 	Sarda萨尔达Sà'ěrdá サルダSaruda Craftian House of Representatives Division 	Sarda萨尔达Sà'ěrdá サルダSaruda Craftian House of Representatives Division 	Sarda萨尔达Sà'ěrdá サルダSaruda Craftian House of Representatives Division
Division Details 	Division Details 	Division Details 	
Created 	2043 	 	
MP 	Di Reliford 	 	
Party 	Liberal 	 	
Namesake 	Dinesh Sarda 	 	
Electors 	108,913 (2070) 	 	
Demographic 	Provincial 	 	
The Division of Sarda is a Craftian federal division in the state of Addams. It was created in 2043, and first contested at the federal election later that year. The division is named after longtime National United Party MP and diplomat Dinesh Sarda (1966–2035). It is the first federal division named after an Indian Craftian. The seat is provincial, covering the western coastal outskirts of the city of Bonestan.
The sitting member, since the 2070 federal election, is Di Reliford, a member of the Liberal Party of Craftia.
==History==
Like many other semi-rural areas of Addams, Sarda has historically been fairly safe for the Craftian Conservative Party. The division has always covered a similar area to its current form, anchored in the semi-rural and industrial coast to the west of Bonestan. However, increasing urbanisation has significantly changed the electorate's demographics, and much of the eastern half of the seat is now covered by low density peri-urban housing estates. Over the years the area has become gentrified and the voters who have joined the electorate are generally affluent, but socially liberal, thus are natural voters for the Liberal Party. The western half of Sarda remains more rural and Conservative-leaning.
Although originally considered a fairly safe Conservative seat, having been held by the party since its creation, Sarda has successively become more marginal in recent years. This posed little risk as long as the rising Liberals failed to overtake the National United Party on preferences. In the 2070 election, the Liberals did exactly that, despite finishing third on first preferences. Strong preferences from minor parties pushed the Liberals ahead of United, and strong United preferences carried Liberal candidate Di Reliford over the line to finish with a 54.89% two-party-preferred result, causing the Conservatives to lose the seat for the first time in its history.
==Members==
#	Member 	Member 	Party 	Term
1	width="3%"	Phil Palmer 	Conservative	2043–2051
2	 	Erwin Deckert	Conservative	2051–2058
3	 	Tiffany Kaur 	Conservative	2058–2064
4	 	Aaron Reisman	Conservative	2064–2070
5	 	Di Reliford 	Liberal 	2070–
==Election results==
Craftian federal election, 2070: Sarda	Craftian federal election, 2070: Sarda	Craftian federal election, 2070: Sarda	Craftian federal election, 2070: Sarda	Craftian federal election, 2070: Sarda	Craftian federal election, 2070: Sarda
Party 	Party 	Candidate 	Votes 	% 	±%
 	Conservative 	Kevin Guestor 	39,036 	40.14 	–4.82
 	United 	Jake O'Toole 	25,295 	26.01 	–1.50
 	Liberal 	Di Reliford 	24,954 	25.66 	+2.35
 	Greens 	Newton Wu 	3,384 	3.48 	–0.67
 	Reform 	Sam McNamara 	1,498 	1.54 	–2.80
 	Liberal Democrats 	Steven Marcos 	1,177 	1.21 	–0.39
 	Republican 	Juan-Martin Burrow 	1,031 	1.06 	–0.81
 	Mojang 	Becky Li 	875 	0.90 	+0.90
Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	97,250 	96.79 	+2.20
Informal votes 	Informal votes 	Informal votes 	3,229 	3.21 	–2.20
Turnout 	Turnout 	Turnout 	100,479 	92.26 	–1.75
Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result
 	Liberal 	Di Reliford 	53,381 	54.89 	+54.89
 	Conservative 	Kevin Guestor 	43,869 	45.11 	–7.44
 	Liberal gain from Conservative 	Liberal gain from Conservative 	Swing 	N/A 	
Electoral divisions of the Craftian House of Representatives in Addams
Bickmore · Canley · Chifley · Durston · Gunter · Higgins · Holbrook · Jasfydartua · Jinshan · Kota · Lake Sydney · Papele · Quinn · Redleaf · Rindo · Sarda · Trijunction · Xinhu · Yarrayonga