Electoral results for the district of Ballina

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Ballina in New South Wales state elections.

Members for Ballina

New South Wales state election, 2015: Ballina^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Kris Beavis	17,392	36.6	−19.6
	Greens	Tamara Smith	12,824	27.0	+4.5
	Labor	Paul Spooner	11,738	24.7	+12.8
	Independent	Jeff Johnson	3,708	7.8	+7.8
	Independent	Matthew Hartley	826	1.7	+1.7
	Christian Democrats	Vyvyan Stott	679	1.4	−0.5
	No Land Tax	Greg Zylber	291	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			47,458	97.7	+0.0
Informal votes			1,141	2.3	−0.0
Turnout			48,599	88.4	+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Spooner	21,484	53.0	+27.7
	National	Kris Beavis	19,031	47.0	−27.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Tamara Smith	21,528	53.1	+20.1
	National	Kris Beavis	18,996	46.9	−20.1
	Greens gain from National		Swing	+20.1

New South Wales state election, 2011: Ballina^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Don Page	24,054	57.0	+2.6
	Greens	Simon Richardson	9,159	21.7	+2.3
	Labor	Toby Warnes	5,033	11.9	-11.2
	Independent	Karin Kolbe	2,296	5.4	+5.4
	Christian Democrats	Bruce Kemp	847	2.0	+2.0
	Family First	Nathan Willis	835	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			42,224	97.9	-0.6
Informal votes			886	2.1	+0.6
Turnout			43,110	89.0	-0.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Don Page	25,816	67.8	+3.3
	Greens	Simon Richardson	12,268	32.2	+32.2
	National hold		Swing	+3.3

New South Wales state election, 2007: Ballina
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Don Page	21,983	54.4	+2.5
	Labor	Melanie Doriean	9,330	23.1	-2.6
	Greens	John Bailey	7,861	19.4	-0.2
	Democrats	Ben Smith	714	1.8	+1.8
	AAFI	Flora Boyd	551	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			41,439	98.5	+0.1
Informal votes			612	1.5	-0.1
Turnout			41,051	89.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Don Page	23,201	64.5	+5.1
	Labor	Melanie Doriean	12,778	35.5	-5.1
	National hold		Swing	+5.1

New South Wales state election, 2003: Ballina
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Don Page	21,127	51.5	-0.9
	Labor	Sue Dakin	10,668	26.0	-2.4
	Greens	Jan Barham	8,053	19.6	+11.0
	Independent	Nic Faulkner	664	1.6	+1.6
	One Nation	Darren May	495	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			41,007	98.4	+0.4
Informal votes			657	1.6	-0.4
Turnout			41,664	91.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Don Page	22,158	59.0	-3.0
	Labor	Sue Dakin	15,366	41.0	+3.0
	National hold		Swing	-3.0

New South Wales state election, 1999: Ballina
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Don Page	20,391	52.4	-7.7
	Labor	Sue Dakin	11,071	28.4	+5.1
	Greens	Chris Flower	3,333	8.6	-0.8
	Democrats	Lorraine Robertson	1,675	4.3	-0.1
	Christian Democrats	Phillip Gosper	1,025	2.6	+2.6
	Independent	John MacGregor	524	1.3	+1.3
	Earthsave	Elise Ward	523	1.3	+1.3
	Timbarra Clean Water	Sue Arnold	390	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			38,932	98.0	+0.8
Informal votes			805	32.0	-0.8
Turnout			39,737	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Don Page	21,790	62.0	-4.5
	Labor	Sue Dakin	13,347	38.0	+4.5
	National hold		Swing	-4.5

New South Wales state election, 1995: Ballina
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Don Page	23,214	61.1	+4.9
	Labor	Veronica Black	8,622	22.7	-2.7
	Greens	Richard Staples	3,627	9.6	+9.6
	Democrats	Nic Faulkner	1,736	4.6	-0.2
	Environment Inds	Lorraine Mafi-Williams	767	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			37,966	97.2	+1.4
Informal votes			1,084	2.8	-1.4
Turnout			39,050	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Don Page	24,533	67.4	+4.1
	Labor	Veronica Black	11,869	32.6	-4.1
	National hold		Swing	+4.1

New South Wales state election, 1991: Ballina
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Don Page	18,378	56.2	-4.5
	Labor	Maureen Lane	8,321	25.4	-3.1
	Independent	Fast Bucks	3,521	10.8	+10.8
	Democrats	Andrew Mignot	1,573	4.8	+0.3
	Call to Australia	Alan Sims	907	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			32,700	95.8	-2.3
Informal votes			1,430	4.2	+2.3
Turnout			34,130	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Don Page	19,580	63.3	-3.9
	Labor	Maureen Lane	11,372	36.7	+3.9
	National hold		Swing	-3.9

New South Wales state election, 1988: Ballina
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Don Page	18,022	61.5	+42.2
	Labor	Thomas Mooney	8,240	28.1	-2.2
	Independent	Di Edwards	1,780	6.1	+6.1
	Democrats	Ivor Brown	1,262	4.3	+1.7
Total formal votes			29,304	98.1	-0.5
Informal votes			560	1.9	+0.5
Turnout			29,864	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Don Page	19,465	68.0	+2.4
	Labor	Thomas Mooney	9,159	32.0	-2.4
	National gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

The new district of Ballina took in areas from the abolished district of Lismore, which was held by retiring Independent MP Bruce Duncan.

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