Electoral results for the district of Cranbourne

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Cranbourne in Victorian state elections.

Members for Cranbourne

Member		Party	Term
	Gary Rowe	Liberal	1992–2002
	Jude Perera	Labor	2002–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Victorian state election, 2014: Cranbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jude Perera	17,365	43.4	+1.4
	Liberal	Geoff Ablett	16,536	41.3	+0.9
	Greens	Nagaraj Nayak	1,668	4.2	−2.7
	Sex Party	Laith Graham	1,110	2.8	+2.6
	Rise Up Australia	Jonathan Eli	995	2.5	+2.5
	Family First	Pamela Keenan	979	2.4	−1.6
	Independent	Rosemary Blake	824	2.1	+2.1
	Christians	Rania Michael	560	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			40,037	93.4	−0.0
Informal votes			2,810	6.6	+0.0
Turnout			42,847	93.4	+10.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jude Perera	20,954	52.3	+1.3
	Liberal	Geoff Ablett	19,083	47.7	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

Victorian state election, 2010: Cranbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jude Perera	17,803	42.49	-12.61
	Liberal	Geoff Ablett	16,565	39.53	+6.50
	Greens	Hilary Bray	3,475	8.29	+2.58
	Family First	Steve Funke	1,410	3.36	-2.80
	Democratic Labor	Luke O'Connor	1,358	3.24	+3.24
	Independent	Amanda Stapledon	921	2.20	+2.20
	Independent	Bob Halsall	372	0.89	+0.89
Total formal votes			41,904	93.83	-0.52
Informal votes			2,754	6.17	+0.52
Turnout			44,658	92.89	-0.67
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jude Perera	21,774	51.84	-9.45
	Liberal	Geoff Ablett	20,229	48.16	+9.45
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.45

Elections in the 2000s

Victorian state election, 2006: Cranbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jude Perera	19,719	55.10	+0.86
	Liberal	Luke Martin	11,818	33.03	-3.47
	Family First	Mark Hermans	2,206	6.16	+6.16
	Greens	Hilary Bray	2,042	5.71	-2.13
Total formal votes			35,785	94.35	-1.88
Informal votes			2,144	5.65	+1.88
Turnout			37,929	93.56	-0.07
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jude Perera	21,927	61.29	+0.50
	Liberal	Luke Martin	13,851	38.71	-0.50
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.50

Victorian state election, 2002: Cranbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jude Perera	16,619	54.2	+7.9
	Liberal	Gary Rowe	11,185	36.5	-10.4
	Greens	Gareth Kennedy	2,402	7.8	+7.4
	CEC	Heather Stanton	435	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			30,641	96.2	-0.3
Informal votes			1,202	3.8	+0.3
Turnout			31,843	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jude Perera	18,614	60.8	+9.7
	Liberal	Gary Rowe	12,000	39.2	-9.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.7

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Cranbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gary Rowe	20,444	54.2	-4.8
	Labor	Jude Perera	14,892	39.5	-1.5
	Independent	Carol McCormack	2,379	6.3	+6.3
Total formal votes			37,715	97.4	+0.1
Informal votes			997	2.6	-0.1
Turnout			38,712	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gary Rowe	21,002	55.7	-3.4
	Labor	Jude Perera	16,708	44.3	+3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.4

Victorian state election, 1996: Cranbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gary Rowe	20,912	59.1	+4.4
	Labor	Dale Wilson	14,501	40.9	-4.4
Total formal votes			35,413	97.3	+1.2
Informal votes			990	2.7	-1.2
Turnout			36,403	95.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.4

Victorian state election, 1992: Cranbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gary Rowe	15,949	51.8	+6.1
	Labor	Ray Bastin	11,271	36.6	-10.6
	Independent	Donald Brooke	763	2.5	+2.5
	Independent	Lorelle O'Riley	703	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	Bill McCluskey	652	2.1	+2.1
	Natural Law	Gary Nelson	558	1.8	+1.8
	Independent	Carol Fisher	542	1.8	+1.8
	Independent	Eddy Van Eck	336	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			30,774	96.0	-0.7
Informal votes			1,267	4.0	+0.7
Turnout			32,041	96.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gary Rowe	16,771	54.7	+6.1
	Labor	Ray Bastin	13,886	45.3	-6.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.1

References

• "Cranbourne District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 November 2011.