Electoral results for the district of Altona

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Altona in Victorian state elections from 1992 to the present.

Members for Altona

Member		Party	Term
	Carole Marple	Labor	1992–1996
	Lynne Kosky	Labor	1996–2010
	Jill Hennessy	Labor	2010–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Victorian state election, 2014: Altona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jill Hennessy	20,608	52.3	+1.3
	Liberal	Nihal Samara	12,486	31.7	-1.7
	Greens	Chris De Bono	3,799	9.6	-0.7
	Christians	Anthony O'Neill	994	2.5	+2.5
	Voice for the West	Jemal Hiabu	902	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	Brijender Nain	614	1.6	-0.4
Total formal votes			39,403	94.6	+1.5
Informal votes			2,267	5.4	-1.5
Turnout			41,670	86.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jill Hennessy	24,708	62.6	+0.2
	Liberal	Nihal Samara	14,750	37.4	-0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.2

Victorian state election, 2010: Altona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jill Hennessy	22,954	51.02	–9.59
	Liberal	Mark Rose	14,944	33.22	+9.33
	Greens	David Strangward	4,516	10.04	+1.62
	Family First	Elizabeth Mumby	1,582	3.52	–3.56
	Independent	Brijender Nain	991	2.20	+2.20
Total formal votes			44,987	94.68	+0.79
Informal votes			2,529	5.32	–0.79
Turnout			47,516	92.92	–0.77
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jill Hennessy	27,886	61.96	–8.25
	Liberal	Mark Rose	17,117	38.04	+8.25
	Labor hold		Swing	–8.25

Altona state by-election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jill Hennessy	18,249	47.50	−13.11
	Liberal	Mark Rose	13,427	34.95	+11.06
	Greens	David Strangward	4,006	10.43	+2.01
	Independent	Liz Mumby	693	1.80	+1.80
	Independent	Brijender Nain	634	1.65	+1.65
	Independent	Brian Shaw	623	1.62	+1.62
	Socialist Alliance	Margarita Windisch	607	1.58	+1.58
	Independent	Andrew Rixon	182	0.47	+0.47
Total formal votes			38,421	95.18	+1.29
Informal votes			1,947	4.82	−1.29
Turnout			40,368	93.69	−9.03
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jill Hennessy	22,252	57.93	−12.28
	Liberal	Mark Rose	16,160	42.07	+12.28
	Labor hold		Swing	−12.28

Elections in the 2000s

Victorian state election, 2006: Altona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lynne Kosky	22,332	60.61	−7.52
	Liberal	Ian Soylemez	8,804	23.89	+1.01
	Greens	Andreas Bischof	3,101	8.42	−0.57
	Family First	David Bernard	2,609	7.08	+7.08
Total formal votes			36,846	93.89	−1.99
Informal votes			2,398	6.11	+1.99
Turnout			39,244	93.69	+0.03
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lynne Kosky	25,869	70.21	−4.48
	Liberal	Ian Soylemez	10,974	29.79	+4.48
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.48

Victorian state election, 2002: Altona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lynne Kosky	21,888	68.13	+3.47
	Liberal	Steve Lambrinakos	7,349	22.88	-12.46
	Greens	Tony Briffa	2,888	8.99	+8.99
Total formal votes			32,125	95.88	-0.36
Informal votes			1,381	4.12	+0.36
Turnout			33,506	93.66	-0.96
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lynne Kosky	23,995	74.69	+10.06
	Liberal	Steve Lambrinakos	8,130	25.31	-10.06
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.06

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Altona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lynne Kosky	21,545	64.7	+6.5
	Liberal	Steve Lambrinakos	11,774	35.3	-6.5
Total formal votes			33,319	96.2	-0.9
Informal votes			1,303	3.8	+0.9
Turnout			34,622	94.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.5

Victorian state election, 1996: Altona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lynne Kosky	17,323	56.8	+3.8
	Liberal	Teresa Thompson	12,045	39.5	+6.0
	Natural Law	Marco Andreacchio	1,145	3.8	-1.9
Total formal votes			30,513	97.2	+1.7
Informal votes			895	2.8	-1.7
Turnout			31,408	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lynne Kosky	17,739	58.2	-2.7
	Liberal	Teresa Thompson	12,737	41.8	+2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.7

Victorian state election, 1992: Altona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Carole Marple	14,651	52.9	-8.0
	Liberal	Timothy Warner	9,268	33.5	+2.2
	Independent	Peter Haberecht	2,196	7.9	+7.9
	Natural Law	Leon Staropoli	1,564	5.7	+5.7
Total formal votes			27,679	95.4	+1.1
Informal votes			1,334	4.6	-1.1
Turnout			29,013	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Carole Marple	16,810	60.9	-3.9
	Liberal	Timothy Warner	10,807	39.1	+3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.9

References

• "Altona District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 October 2011.