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Informal voting by division for House of Representatives

Updated: 13 July 2015

1987 to present (%)

Informal voting by division for House of Representatives (%), New South Wales
Division Election year
1987 1990 1993 1996 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013
Banks 4.6 3.6 3.4 4.3 3.9 6.8 7.4 6.4 8.4 10.0
Barton 3.8 3.4 4.0 4.3 4.3 6.6 7.0 5.6 9.8 12.0
Bennelong 3.5 3.0 2.8 3.8 5.7 5.4 5.8 6.2 7.4 7.5
Berowra 3.3 2.3 2.6 2.8 3.0 4.4 5.6 4.8 4.6 5.6
Blaxland 9.2 5.5 5.0 6.6 5.5 9.8 10.7 9.5 14.1 13.7
Bradfield 2.8 2.1 2.6 2.9 2.9 3.8 4.4 4.0 4.1 5.7
Calare 3.1 2.1 1.8 2.2 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.4 4.9 6.1
Charlton 4.2 2.4 3.2 3.5 3.0 4.6 5.0 4.7 6.9 7.1
Chifley 7.3 4.1 4.8 5.3 5.9 9.2 10.1 8.0 11.2 13.4
Cook 3.1 2.3 2.5 2.5 4.0 4.7 5.5 3.9 5.8 5.9
Cowper 2.8 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.7 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.3 5.3
Cunningham 6.4 3.7 3.3 3.6 3.5 4.8 6.5 4.0 5.7 6.4
Dobell 3.9 2.4 2.1 2.9 3.1 4.3 7.4 4.3 6.1 7.5
Dundas 3.5 2.6 - - - - - - - -
Eden-Monaro 3.2 2.2 2.5 3.0 3.2 4.4 4.6 3.7 6.3 5.5
Farrer 3.8 2.4 2.8 3.4 3.9 6.4 6.7 3.8 6.3 7.1
Fowler 10.0 6.8 5.2 8.1 5.8 12.8 9.1 7.7 12.8 13.9
Gilmore 2.9 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 5.1 5.2
Grayndler 8.6 7.0 4.6 5.4 5.2 6.6 5.4 6.0 7.1 7.0
Greenway 5.7 4.6 3.8 5.3 5.5 6.8 11.8 4.6 10.3 10.0
Gwydir 3.5 2.4 2.7 2.5 4.0 4.5 3.6 - - -
Hughes 4.1 2.1 2.6 2.7 3.7 4.1 5.1 4.3 6.5 7.4
Hume 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.6 4.5 3.6 5.5 3.4 5.1 6.3
Hunter 3.4 2.1 2.4 2.7 3.3 3.4 5.3 4.3 6.2 6.5
Kingsford Smith 7.6 4.4 4.4 5.1 5.3 6.1 8.4 5.3 8.2 8.6
Lindsay 4.9 3.3 3.1 3.6 5.5 6.1 7.5 5.5 8.2 8.2
Lowe 5.6 3.6 4.4 5.2 4.6 5.8 6.6 5.0 - -
Lyne 3.1 2.4 2.1 2.5 3.7 3.9 5.4 5.1 3.7 6.3
Macarthur 4.9 3.0 2.9 3.5 3.4 5.9 7.4 5.4 8.1 7.8
Mackellar 4.0 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.6 4.7 4.8 4.7 5.2 5.8
Macquarie 4.0 2.4 2.5 3.9 3.1 3.9 5.3 3.6 5.5 5.6
McMahon - - - - - - - - 10.8 11.4
Mitchell 2.7 2.0 2.3 3.0 3.4 4.5 6.6 3.9 5.6 6.3
New England 2.8 2.2 2.1 2.3 3.6 2.0 2.8 2.9 3.5 6.1
Newcastle 4.3 2.8 3.0 2.8 4.9 4.8 5.0 4.4 5.7 6.2
North Sydney 3.8 1.8 2.0 2.6 3.3 4.0 3.7 3.5 4.4 5.4
Page 2.5 1.8 2.1 2.0 2.7 5.3 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.7
Parkes 3.2 3.0 2.5 2.9 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.2 5.0 5.7
Parramatta 5.7 3.5 2.9 3.9 4.8 6.2 8.5 6.6 8.7 10.5
Paterson - - 2.4 2.3 3.3 3.6 6.1 3.6 5.6 5.2
Phillip 4.6 3.4 - - - - - - - -
Prospect 8.1 6.1 5.6 5.8 6.5 9.0 9.2 7.7 - -
Reid 7.7 5.7 4.9 5.4 7.1 11.1 11.7 7.6 8.8 9.5
Richmond 2.5 2.2 3.1 2.1 2.7 5.4 3.6 4.3 5.6 4.9
Riverina 3.2 2.9 2.3 3.2 3.0 4.2 3.8 3.8 5.8 7.0
Robertson 3.6 2.4 2.2 2.8 2.9 6.1 4.4 3.4 6.4 5.9
Shortland 4.3 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.9 4.6 4.6 4.2 6.3 6.0
Sydney 6.4 4.0 3.2 4.5 4.2 4.2 5.3 4.1 5.5 6.2
Throsby 4.6 2.6 4.2 3.9 3.9 5.2 5.5 5.2 6.9 8.8
Warringah 4.0 2.6 2.4 2.9 3.1 3.3 5.9 3.6 4.6 5.4
Watson (orig.St George) - - 5.1 5.1 5.0 7.5 9.1 9.1 12.8 14.0
Wentworth 5.0 2.9 2.9 3.5 3.7 4.9 6.2 4.9 4.5 5.7
Werriwa 5.3 3.7 4.0 5.1 4.9 8.5 8.0 6.5 10.4 12.9
Informal voting by division for House of Representatives (%), Victoria
Division Election year
1987 1990 1993 1996 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013
Aston 4.8 3.0 2.6 2.4 2.8 3.2 4.2 2.9 4.4 4.5
Ballarat 3.6 2.2 2.2 2.1 3.6 2.9 3.3 2.4 3.7 4.7
Batman 9.8 6.3 4.3 5.1 3.9 5.5 5.8 3.8 5.2 5.8
Bendigo 3.8 2.4 2.2 2.1 4.1 3.7 2.9 3.5 3.7 5.7
Bruce 5.0 3.1 2.6 3.0 3.7 3.7 4.4 3.7 5.2 5.5
Burke 4.6 3.9 2.7 3.0 5.2 3.6 - - - -
Calwell 9.9 5.6 3.7 3.8 3.5 6.5 5.2 4.9 6.5 7.9
Casey 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.8 4.0 3.6 3.9 2.8 4.2 4.6
Chisholm 4.2 2.5 2.3 2.6 3.6 3.0 3.4 2.6 3.6 4.2
Corangamite 3.6 2.3 2.5 2.2 2.6 3.4 3.0 2.5 3.2 4.4
Corinella - 3.5 3.1 - - - - - - -
Corio 5.6 3.8 2.9 3.0 3.2 5.1 4.4 3.7 4.5 5.3
Deakin 4.0 2.4 2.6 2.9 3.2 2.6 3.1 2.1 3.6 4.3
Dunkley 4.4 3.8 2.3 2.5 2.9 3.5 3.9 2.6 3.9 4.8
Flinders 4.6 2.6 2.4 2.9 3.2 3.8 4.3 2.8 4.1 5.0
Gellibrand 8.1 6.5 4.1 5.4 4.2 4.9 6.6 4.2 5.0 5.6
Gippsland 3.4 2.3 2.0 2.6 4.9 5.6 4.2 3.0 3.8 6.0
Goldstein 5.0 3.7 2.6 2.3 2.7 2.8 3.4 2.4 3.1 3.3
Gorton - - - - - - 5.1 4.4 6.7 7.1
Henty 5.5 - - - - - - - - -
Higgins 4.1 3.0 2.5 2.0 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.8 3.6
Holt 6.9 4.8 3.3 4.5 4.5 4.9 4.4 3.6 5.7 6.1
Hotham 6.7 4.8 3.3 3.0 3.6 3.6 4.2 3.3 4.4 4.8
Indi 3.9 2.3 2.3 2.3 3.9 5.2 2.9 2.7 3.9 5.1
Isaacs 4.5 3.0 2.4 2.8 3.6 4.7 5.0 3.3 4.7 4.8
Jagajaga 5.3 3.0 3.2 2.6 2.6 3.6 4.0 2.5 4.0 3.7
Kooyong 4.2 2.8 2.5 2.0 2.0 2.6 2.9 2.1 2.8 3.4
La Trobe 4.8 2.4 2.4 2.5 3.6 4.2 4.0 3.3 4.1 4.4
Lalor 6.6 4.0 3.3 3.4 3.4 4.4 4.9 3.5 6.2 6.6
Mallee 3.4 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.9 3.6 3.5 3.6 4.2 6.9
Maribyrnong 6.7 6.1 3.5 4.6 4.5 5.5 4.9 4.0 5.7 6.2
McEwen 4.2 2.8 2.7 2.6 3.3 3.8 4.7 4.0 4.4 4.6
McMillan 3.8 2.7 2.4 2.7 4.1 3.5 4.5 3.4 4.0 6.1
Melbourne 8.1 5.3 3.7 3.4 3.7 3.8 3.3 2.8 3.6 6.0
Melbourne Ports 6.4 3.5 2.9 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.4 2.2 3.3 3.8
Menzies 4.7 3.1 2.8 2.5 3.2 3.5 3.6 2.8 4.1 4.3
Murray 4.2 2.6 2.5 2.7 3.4 3.5 4.2 5.2 5.8 6.3
Scullin 9.4 5.1 3.9 3.5 3.5 4.9 4.8 4.1 6.0 6.4
Streeton 3.7 - - - - - - - - -
Wannon 3.0 2.3 2.6 2.0 2.8 3.8 3.4 2.6 5.3 4.0
Wills 8.6 6.4 3.4 3.7 4.3 5.2 5.5 4.3 6.0 5.5
Informal voting by division for House of Representatives (%), Queensland
Division Election year
1987 1990 1993 1996 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013
Blair - - - - 3.6 5.3 5.8 3.9 5.9 5.7
Bonner - - - - - - 5.6 3.0 5.1 4.3
Bowman 3.7 2.3 2.6 2.2 2.6 4.8 5.0 3.4 5.4 4.5
Brisbane 2.9 2.1 2.9 2.4 2.8 3.7 4.2 3.0 3.8 3.9
Capricornia 2.7 2.1 2.8 2.2 2.8 4.0 4.3 3.4 6.2 5.2
Dawson 3.7 2.1 2.8 2.2 2.8 4.7 5.4 3.8 5.8 4.9
Dickson - - 2.0 2.4 3.5 5.6 4.6 2.8 4.4 4.3
Fadden 3.1 2.3 2.7 2.4 3.4 5.5 6.2 4.3 6.0 5.8
Fairfax 3.2 2.0 2.5 2.2 3.8 4.3 5.3 3.4 5.0 5.1
Fisher 3.3 2.0 2.3 2.6 3.1 4.4 5.4 2.9 5.2 5.8
Flynn - - - - - - - 4.1 5.3 5.2
Forde 3.3 2.6 2.5 2.7 4.0 5.9 6.4 4.6 7.1 7.3
Griffith 4.3 2.8 2.8 2.4 2.4 4.2 4.3 2.9 4.9 4.8
Groom 2.9 1.9 2.4 2.3 2.7 3.4 4.0 3.1 4.2 4.0
Herbert 3.4 2.0 2.5 2.6 3.9 4.9 5.5 4.2 6.3 5.9
Hinkler 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.4 3.2 4.5 4.5 3.9 5.6 4.9
Kennedy 5.1 2.8 3.0 2.9 3.8 4.7 4.4 3.8 5.4 5.4
Leichhardt 4.4 2.5 3.3 2.9 4.0 5.9 6.0 5.1 5.9 5.5
Lilley 3.4 2.1 2.5 2.0 2.8 3.7 4.7 3.0 4.6 4.6
Longman - - - 2.7 2.9 5.3 5.6 3.5 7.3 5.1
Maranoa 4.1 2.2 2.6 2.8 4.2 4.7 4.8 3.6 4.9 4.4
McPherson 3.2 2.2 2.6 2.8 4.2 5.3 5.3 3.2 5.9 5.2
Moncrieff 3.4 2.4 2.5 3.1 4.5 7.1 5.9 3.8 6.2 5.7
Moreton 3.0 2.0 2.7 2.8 3.0 4.3 4.9 3.1 4.9 5.6
Oxley 3.2 2.5 3.3 2.9 4.4 5.3 7.0 4.2 6.7 6.9
Petrie 3.0 1.9 2.5 2.5 2.6 4.3 4.0 3.0 5.3 5.2
Rankin 4.2 2.7 3.0 3.4 4.5 6.6 7.2 4.5 7.5 6.6
Ryan 2.1 1.3 2.1 1.7 2.3 2.9 3.8 2.1 2.9 3.3
Wide Bay 3.3 2.5 2.3 2.9 3.3 5.6 4.8 4.0 5.3 4.7
Wright - - - - - - - - 5.6 5.0
Informal voting by division for House of Representatives (%), Western Australia
Division Election year
1987 1990 1993 1996 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013
Brand 7.7 4.1 2.5 3.4 5.5 4.3 5.8 3.9 5.2 5.7
Canning 6.9 4.3 2.6 3.6 4.8 5.1 5.7 3.3 4.5 5.5
Cowan 6.4 4.3 2.5 3.7 3.9 4.7 5.0 4.2 5.1 5.1
Curtin 5.3 2.9 2.0 2.0 2.8 3.3 3.5 1.9 2.9 3.3
Durack - - - - - - - - 4.9 6.4
Forrest 5.6 3.1 2.4 2.7 5.1 5.1 5.5 3.3 4.6 5.6
Fremantle 8.2 4.6 3.0 3.5 4.1 5.7 6.9 4.3 5.4 6.4
Hasluck - - - - - 5.8 5.0 4.4 5.6 5.7
Kalgoorlie 6.2 3.6 2.6 2.8 4.7 5.6 5.3 4.1 - -
Moore 7.0 2.7 1.9 2.4 3.0 4.0 4.3 3.0 4.4 4.5
O'Connor 4.7 3.0 2.7 3.1 4.8 5.9 5.5 4.6 5.4 5.9
Pearce - 3.0 2.1 3.1 3.6 5.0 5.3 4.0 5.7 5.9
Perth 7.8 4.8 3.6 3.8 3.9 5.0 6.0 4.6 5.2 5.3
Stirling 7.2 4.3 2.5 3.7 4.9 5.4 5.9 4.9 5.0 5.7
Swan 6.9 4.4 3.0 3.6 4.3 4.9 5.5 4.6 4.9 5.6
Tangney 5.6 2.8 2.0 2.9 3.3 4.0 4.4 2.7 3.5 4.2
Informal voting by division for House of Representatives (%), South Australia
Division Election year
1987 1990 1993 1996 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013
Adelaide 7.6 3.9 4.1 4.7 4.5 5.1 4.4 3.1 4.8 4.0
Barker 6.6 3.0 3.6 3.4 5.1 5.5 5.9 3.9 5.5 5.4
Bonython 8.4 5.0 5.3 4.9 5.5 7.3 - - - -
Boothby 4.6 2.3 2.6 2.7 3.1 4.5 4.4 2.9 4.6 3.5
Grey 6.1 3.3 4.1 3.5 4.2 4.6 5.1 4.3 5.4 5.4
Hawker 5.9 3.3 - - - - - - - -
Hindmarsh 8.5 5.1 4.9 4.1 4.6 5.8 6.9 3.8 5.2 4.9
Kingston 6.4 3.4 3.6 4.5 4.7 5.5 5.8 3.7 5.1 5.1
Makin 6.6 3.8 3.6 5.0 4.3 5.2 5.4 4.1 6.1 4.9
Mayo 5.9 3.1 3.4 3.1 3.9 5.5 4.6 2.8 4.6 3.9
Port Adelaide 9.2 4.6 5.3 5.6 5.5 6.9 7.1 5.0 7.2 6.2
Sturt 6.8 4.0 4.5 3.8 4.4 5.3 5.0 3.5 5.4 4.5
Wakefield 6.4 3.1 4.0 3.8 4.9 5.5 6.5 4.7 6.2 5.7
Informal voting by division for House of Representatives (%), Tasmania
Division Election year
1987 1990 1993 1996 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013
Bass 5.7 3.3 2.8 2.1 3.4 4.3 3.9 3.3 4.0 4.2
Braddon 3.8 3.5 2.7 2.6 3.6 3.3 3.6 3.1 4.3 3.6
Denison 4.4 2.5 2.6 2.1 2.5 2.9 3.1 2.5 3.6 4.2
Franklin 4.5 3.0 2.6 2.3 2.8 3.0 3.4 2.7 3.5 3.8
Lyons 6.4 4.1 2.9 2.7 3.2 3.5 4.0 3.1 4.8 4.5
Informal voting by division for House of Representatives (%), Australian Capital Territory
Division Election year
1987 1990 1993 1996 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013
Canberra 3.1 2.7 2.9 2.7 2.8 3.4 3.4 2.3 4.9 3.9
Fraser 3.8 3.3 3.8 3.3 2.9 3.6 3.5 2.4 4.4 3.7
Namadgi - - - 2.6 - - - - - -
Informal voting by division for House of Representatives (%), Northern Territory
Division Election year
1987 1990 1993 1996 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013
Northern Territory 5.8 3.4 3.1 3.4 4.2 - - - - -
Lingiari - - - - - 4.9 4.9 4.9 7.5 7.4
Solomon - - - - - 4.4 4.0 2.9 5.1 5.3

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