Election Results
The Socialist Alliance first campaigned in the 2001 federal election, however candidates were listed as independents on the ballot as its application for electoral registration was suspended when the election was called early. Despite this, it received over 25,000 votes in the federal election.
The Socialist Alliance has continued to run candidates in federal, state and council elections.
Federal
At the 2004 federal election the Socialist Alliance received 0.12% (14,155 votes) in the House of Representatives, and 0.11% (13,305 votes) in the Senate, failing to reach 2% of the vote in individual seats.
In the 2007 federal election the party's vote declined to the background level of "independent" candidates, with only 9,525 votes in the Senate, the Australian federal election, 2010 saw the Socialist Alliance receive 32,580 (0.26%) Senate votes, while remaining steady on 0.08% of votes cast for the House of Representatives.
State
In the 2007 NSW election, the Socialist Alliance received 0.4% of the primary (15,142 votes), almost triple what it received in 2003, which declined to just over 10,000 votes in 2011.
Council
In the 2004 Moreland City Council elections, two candidates exceeded 4%. In a council election in the Melbourne suburb of Boroondara, a Socialist Alliance candidate won over 12% of the vote (in the absence of an Australian Labor Party-endorsed candidate) in Cotham ward.
The 2008 Victorian local government election results were also positive. The Socialist Alliance polled almost 19% in the Stoney Creek ward of the Melbourne municipality of Maribyrnong, and polled over 10% in all wards bar one that it contested across the state.
In October 2009 the Socialist Alliance won its first election when Sam Wainwright was elected for the Hilton Ward of the Fremantle City Council.
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