Election Results
| Western Australian state election, 2013: Gosnells | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Chris Tallentire | 9,237 | 44.8 | +2.1 | |
| Liberal | David Goode | 8,040 | 39.0 | +2.6 | |
| Greens | Luke Edmonds | 1,207 | 5.9 | –6.4 | |
| Independent | Chris Fernandez | 850 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
| Christians | Mark Staer | 782 | 3.8 | –0.7 | |
| Independent | Debbie Butler | 501 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 20,617 | 92.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,682 | 7.5 | |||
| Turnout | 22,299 | 89.3 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Chris Tallentire | 10,896 | 52.9 | –1.9 | |
| Liberal | David Goode | 9,701 | 47.1 | +1.9 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | –1.9 | |||
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