Election Results
| South Australian state election, 2010: Waite | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Martin Hamilton-Smith | 12,166 | 56.1 | +9.1 | |
| Labor | Adrian Tisato | 5,997 | 27.6 | -6.0 | |
| Greens | Matt Wilson | 2,899 | 13.4 | +2.8 | |
| Family First | John Vottari | 631 | 2.9 | -1.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 21,693 | 97.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 455 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 22,148 | 93.07 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Martin Hamilton-Smith | 13,636 | 62.9 | +8.8 | |
| Labor | Adrian Tisato | 8,057 | 37.1 | -8.8 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +8.8 | |||
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