Electoral results for the Division of Makin

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Makin in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1984 until the present.

Members[]

	Party	Term
Peter Duncan	Labor	1984–1996
Trish Draper	Liberal	1996–2007
Tony Zappia	Labor	2007–present

Election results[]

Elections in the 2010s[]

2019[]

2019 Australian federal election: Makin^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Zappia	51,666	48.42	+5.72
	Liberal	Hemant Dave	35,087	32.88	+5.42
	Greens	Stephanie Stewart	9,211	8.63	+3.92
	United Australia	Rachel Collis	6,874	6.44	+6.44
	Animal Justice	Lyn Gaston	3,866	3.62	+2.00
Total formal votes			106,704	95.51	+0.13
Informal votes			5,021	4.49	−0.13
Turnout			111,725	93.12	+1.03
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Zappia	63,726	59.72	−1.07
	Liberal	Hemant Dave	42,978	40.28	+1.07
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.07

2016[]

2016 Australian federal election: Makin^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Zappia	39,358	41.84	−3.72
	Liberal	Graham Reynolds	26,847	28.54	−8.66
	Xenophon	Craig Bossie	15,614	16.60	+16.60
	Greens	Keiran Snape	4,373	4.65	−1.26
	Family First	Paul Coombe	4,273	4.54	−1.87
	Independent	Mark Aldridge	2,126	2.26	+2.26
	Animal Justice	Zarina Greenberg	1,479	1.57	+1.57
Total formal votes			94,070	95.56	+0.44
Informal votes			4,366	4.44	−0.44
Turnout			98,436	91.92	−2.06
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Zappia	56,116	59.65	+4.59
	Liberal	Graham Reynolds	37,954	40.35	−4.59
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.59

2013[]

2013 Australian federal election: Makin^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Zappia	41,873	45.56	−4.70
	Liberal	Sue Lawrie	34,192	37.20	+6.75
	Family First	Mark Potter	5,891	6.41	+0.40
	Greens	Ami Harrison	5,429	5.91	−4.39
	Palmer United	Andrew Graham	3,818	4.15	+4.15
	Katter's Australian	Robert Jameson	705	0.77	+0.77
Total formal votes			91,908	95.12	+1.13
Informal votes			4,717	4.88	−1.13
Turnout			96,625	93.97	−0.37
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Zappia	50,604	55.06	−6.94
	Liberal	Sue Lawrie	41,304	44.94	+6.94
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.94

2010[]

2010 Australian federal election: Makin^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Zappia	43,114	50.58	-0.87
	Liberal	Liz Davies	25,740	30.20	-8.07
	Greens	Jasemin Rose	8,604	10.09	+5.79
	Family First	Mark Potter	5,089	5.97	+2.42
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Gameau	1,081	1.27	+0.78
	One Nation	Anton Horvat	662	0.78	+0.20
	Democrats	Wayne Rich	534	0.63	-0.74
	Climate Sceptics	Robert Stewart	409	0.48	+0.48
Total formal votes			85,233	93.91	-2.02
Informal votes			5,532	6.09	+2.02
Turnout			90,765	94.29	-1.38
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Zappia	53,014	62.20	+4.50
	Liberal	Liz Davies	32,219	37.80	-4.50
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.50

Elections in the 2000s[]

2007[]

2007 Australian federal election: Makin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Zappia	44,890	51.45	+8.43
	Liberal	Bob Day	33,390	38.27	-6.44
	Greens	Graham Smith	3,751	4.30	+0.51
	Family First	Andrew Graham	3,096	3.55	-1.37
	Democrats	Aleisha Brown	1,198	1.37	-0.38
	One Nation	Robert Fechner	502	0.58	-0.26
	Liberty & Democracy	Garry Vandersluis	428	0.49	+0.49
Total formal votes			87,255	95.93	+1.34
Informal votes			3,705	4.07	-1.34
Turnout			90,960	95.81	+0.34
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Zappia	50,346	57.70	+8.63
	Liberal	Bob Day	36,909	42.30	-8.63
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.63

2004[]

2004 Australian federal election: Makin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Trish Draper	37,912	44.71	-1.01
	Labor	Tony Zappia	36,486	43.02	+6.33
	Family First	Rob Pillar	4,172	4.92	+4.92
	Greens	Jon Moore	3,213	3.79	+1.47
	Democrats	Catherine Opitz	1,484	1.75	-8.67
	Independent	Jeanie Walker	820	0.97	+0.97
	One Nation	Victor Horvat	715	0.84	-3.87
Total formal votes			84,802	94.59	-0.15
Informal votes			4,851	5.41	+0.15
Turnout			89,653	95.47	-0.67
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Trish Draper	43,186	50.93	-2.73
	Labor	Tony Zappia	41,616	49.07	+2.73
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.73

2001[]

2001 Australian federal election: Makin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Trish Draper	36,979	45.94	+5.35
	Labor	Julie Woodman	29,539	36.70	-1.14
	Democrats	Christine Posta	8,343	10.37	+0.14
	One Nation	Rod Kowald	3,779	4.69	-4.95
	Greens	Allon Reeves	1,850	2.30	+2.30
Total formal votes			80,490	94.79	-0.92
Informal votes			4,420	5.21	+0.92
Turnout			84,910	96.68
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Trish Draper	43,271	53.76	+2.98
	Labor	Julie Woodman	37,219	46.24	-2.98
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.98

Elections in the 1990s[]

1998[]

1998 Australian federal election: Makin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Trish Draper	33,702	40.70	-3.85
	Labor	Gail Gago	31,194	37.67	-3.07
	Democrats	Christine Posta	8,502	10.27	+1.04
	One Nation	Rod Kowald	8,009	9.67	+9.67
	Independent	Mike Wohltmann	1,002	1.21	+1.21
	Natural Law	Geoffrey Wells	391	0.47	-0.44
Total formal votes			82,800	95.70	+0.70
Informal votes			3,719	4.30	-0.70
Turnout			86,519	96.31	-0.18
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Trish Draper	42,180	50.94	-0.14
	Labor	Gail Gago	40,620	49.06	+0.14
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.14

1996[]

1996 Australian federal election: Makin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Trish Draper	35,762	44.55	+3.36
	Labor	Peter Duncan	32,709	40.75	-6.04
	Democrats	Tony Hill	7,404	9.22	+2.11
	Greens	Henri Mueller	1,914	2.38	+2.38
	Independent	Mary Newcombe	757	0.94	+0.94
	Natural Law	Andrew Scott	731	0.91	-0.16
	Independent	Tony Baker	726	0.90	+0.90
		Barry Illert	267	0.33	+0.33
Total formal votes			80,270	95.00	-1.36
Informal votes			4,223	5.00	+1.36
Turnout			84,493	96.49	+0.58
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Trish Draper	40,840	51.08	+4.79
	Labor	Peter Duncan	39,106	48.92	-4.79
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+4.79

1993[]

1993 Australian federal election: Makin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Duncan	36,748	46.79	+5.49
	Liberal	Alan Irving	32,353	41.19	+2.87
	Democrats	Angela Smith	5,585	7.11	-8.60
	Independent	Eva Dobson	986	1.26	+1.26
	Call to Australia	Dorothy Durland	986	1.26	-1.97
	Natural Law	Susan Brown	844	1.07	+1.07
	Independent	Alf Taylor	745	0.95	+0.95
	Independent	Stan Batten	294	0.37	+0.37
Total formal votes			78,541	96.36	+0.14
Informal votes			2,966	3.64	-0.14
Turnout			81,507	95.91
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Duncan	42,155	53.70	+0.28
	Liberal	Alan Irving	36,339	46.30	-0.28
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.28

1990[]

1990 Australian federal election: Makin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Duncan	28,529	40.8	-6.5
	Liberal	Daryl Hicks	27,462	39.3	-0.1
	Democrats	Steve Bartholomew	10,619	15.2	+6.2
	Call to Australia	Jeff Penny	2,320	3.3	+3.3
	Independent	Geoff Roberts	639	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	David Howard	309	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			69,878	96.2
Informal votes			2,775	3.8
Turnout			72,653	96.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Duncan	36,573	52.4	-1.0
	Liberal	Daryl Hicks	33,197	47.6	+1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.0

Elections in the 1980s[]

1987[]

1987 Australian federal election: Makin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Duncan	29,361	47.3	-0.9
	Liberal	Neville Joyce	24,465	39.4	+0.4
	Democrats	Sandra Kanck	5,606	9.0	-0.5
	National	Natalie Richardson	1,505	2.4	+1.7
	Unite Australia	Kenneth Taplin	671	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	A. Wunderlich	441	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			62,049	93.4
Informal votes			4,398	6.6
Turnout			66,447	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Duncan	33,130	53.4	-1.0
	Liberal	Neville Joyce	28,904	46.6	+1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.0

1984[]

1984 Australian federal election: Makin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Duncan	27,282	48.2	-5.8
	Liberal	Neville Joyce	22,073	39.0	+2.7
	Democrats	Andrew Coventry	5,401	9.5	+0.4
	Independent	Bernhard Buechner	1,442	2.5	+2.5
	National	John Henderson	412	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			56,610	90.3
Informal votes			6,088	9.7
Turnout			62,698	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Duncan	30,792	54.4	-4.8
	Liberal	Neville Joyce	25,806	45.6	+4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.8

References[]

^ Makin, SA, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
^ Makin, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
^ 2013 results for Makin, AEC.
^ "2010 results for Makin". AEC.

Australian Electoral Commission. Federal Election results
Carr, Adam. Psephos

[1] Makin, SA, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

[2] Makin, SA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[3] 2013 results for Makin, AEC.

[4] "2010 results for Makin". AEC.

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