Election Results
| Queensland state election, 2012: Hinchinbrook | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal National | Andrew Cripps | 11,952 | 44.04 | -13.92 | |
| Katter's Australian Party | Jeff Knuth | 9,564 | 35.24 | +35.24 | |
| Labor | Tony McGuire | 4,491 | 16.55 | -13.06 | |
| Greens | Pamela Monaghan | 867 | 3.19 | -2.42 | |
| Independent | Desmond Connors | 263 | 0.97 | +0.97 | |
| Total formal votes | 27,137 | 98.51 | +0.73 | ||
| Informal votes | 410 | 1.49 | -0.73 | ||
| Turnout | 27,547 | 92.17 | +0.63 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Andrew Cripps | 12,652 | 53.63 | -11.06 | |
| Katter's Australian Party | Jeff Knuth | 10,940 | 46.37 | +46.37 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | -11.06 | |||
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