Electoral results for the district of Seymour

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

Members for Seymour

Member		Party	Term
	Marie Tehan	Liberal	1992–1999
	Ben Hardman	Labor	1999–2010
	Cindy McLeish	Liberal	2010–2014

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Victorian state election, 2010: Seymour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Cindy McLeish	12,992	35.63	-2.80
	Labor	Ben Hardman	12,813	35.14	-11.28
	Independent	Jan Beer	3,738	10.25	+10.25
	Greens	Huw Slater	3,230	8.86	-0.47
	Country Alliance	Adam Taurian	1,587	4.35	+4.35
	National	Anthony Rolando	1,391	3.81	+3.81
	Family First	Robert Guerra	711	1.95	-1.38
Total formal votes			36,462	94.91	-1.21
Informal votes			1,955	5.09	+1.21
Turnout			38,417	93.47	-0.55
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Cindy McLeish	18,728	51.25	+8.07
	Labor	Ben Hardman	17,811	48.75	-8.07
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.07

Elections in the 2000s

Victorian state election, 2006: Seymour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ben Hardman	15,987	46.4	-6.1
	Liberal	Mike Dalmau	13,237	38.4	+0.6
	Greens	Sean O'Sullivan	3,213	9.3	-0.4
	Family First	Josh Dolan	1,148	3.3	+3.3
	People Power	Robert Gordon	858	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			34,443	96.1	-1.4
Informal votes			1,390	3.9	+1.4
Turnout			35,833	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Hardman	19,517	56.7	-2.8
	Liberal	Mike Dalmau	14,926	43.3	+2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.8

Victorian state election, 2002: Seymour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ben Hardman	17,143	52.5	+6.1
	Liberal	Mike Dalmau	12,350	37.8	-5.2
	Greens	Chelsea McNab	3,178	9.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			32,671	97.5	+0.3
Informal votes			836	2.5	-0.3
Turnout			33,507	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Hardman	19,434	59.5	+9.4
	Liberal	Mike Dalmau	13,236	40.5	-9.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.4

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Seymour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Di Rule	15,675	47.7	-4.8
	Labor	Ben Hardman	15,410	46.9	+2.9
	Greens	Jim Romagnesi	1,797	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			32,882	97.4	-0.7
Informal votes			879	2.6	+0.7
Turnout			33,761	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Hardman	16,672	50.7	+4.9
	Liberal	Di Rule	16,210	49.3	-4.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.9

Victorian state election, 1996: Seymour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Marie Tehan	16,301	52.5	+5.2
	Labor	Ben Hardman	13,655	44.0	+10.8
	Natural Law	Frances Clarke	1,103	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			31,059	98.1	+1.2
Informal votes			606	1.9	-1.2
Turnout			31,665	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Marie Tehan	16,810	54.2	-6.8
	Labor	Ben Hardman	14,211	45.8	+6.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.8

Victorian state election, 1992: Seymour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Marie Tehan	13,869	47.3	+4.4
	Labor	Ian Rogers	9,723	33.1	-12.8
	National	Rod Henderson	3,332	11.4	+2.4
	Pensioner and CIR	Jim McKinnon	1,213	4.1	+4.1
	Independent	Maurie Smith	1,207	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			29,344	96.9	-0.3
Informal votes			944	3.1	+0.3
Turnout			30,288	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Marie Tehan	17,821	61.0	+8.1
	Labor	Ian Rogers	11,415	39.0	-8.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.1

References

• "Seymour District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 November 2011.