Election Results
| Australian federal election, 2010: Dobell | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Craig Thomson | 38,268 | 46.27 | -0.08 | |
| Liberal | John McNamara | 33,287 | 40.24 | -2.05 | |
| Greens | Scott Rickard | 7,121 | 8.61 | +3.24 | |
| Family First | Gavin Brett | 2,033 | 2.46 | +0.75 | |
| Christian Democrats | Rhonda Avasalu | 2,005 | 2.42 | +0.54 | |
| Total formal votes | 82,714 | 93.94 | -1.74 | ||
| Informal votes | 5,333 | 6.06 | +1.74 | ||
| Turnout | 88,047 | 94.01 | -0.83 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Craig Thomson | 45,551 | 55.07 | +1.14 | |
| Liberal | John McNamara | 37,163 | 44.93 | -1.14 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +1.14 | |||
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