Electoral results for the Division of Scullin

For electoral results for the Division of Scullin (1955–69), see Electoral results for the Division of Scullin (1955–69).

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Scullin in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1969 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Harry Jenkins Sr.	Labor	1969–1986
	Harry Jenkins Jr.		1986–2013
	Andrew Giles		2013–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Victoria § Scullin.[edit]

2022 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Giles	42,147	46.25	−14.17
	Liberal	Virosh Perera	19,780	21.71	−0.60
	Greens	Patchouli Paterson	9,953	10.92	+4.25
	United Australia	Yassin Albarri	7,444	8.17	+3.13
	One Nation	Ursula van Bree	5,907	6.48	+6.48
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Koelmeyer	3,422	3.76	+3.76
	Victorian Socialists	Cameron Rowe	2,469	2.71	+2.71
Total formal votes			91,122	94.31	−0.47
Informal votes			5,494	5.69	+0.47
Turnout			96,616	88.98	−3.25
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Giles	59,761	65.58	−6.08
	Liberal	Virosh Perera	31,361	34.42	+6.08
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.08

Elections in the 2010s

2019

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Victoria § Scullin.[edit]

2019 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Giles	55,467	60.42	+1.03
	Liberal	Gurpal Singh	20,484	22.31	−3.54
	Greens	Cynthia Smith	6,128	6.67	−0.55
	United Australia	Firas Hasan	4,625	5.04	+5.04
	Animal Justice	Rod Whitfield	3,500	3.81	+0.51
	Independent	Yassin Akram Albarri	1,605	1.75	+1.75
Total formal votes			91,809	94.78	+0.60
Informal votes			5,055	5.22	−0.60
Turnout			96,864	92.12	+2.21
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Giles	65,787	71.66	+2.08
	Liberal	Gurpal Singh	26,022	28.34	−2.08
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.08

2016

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Australian federal election in Victoria § Scullin.[edit]

2016 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Giles	54,541	57.00	+6.74
	Liberal	Melanie Stockman	27,261	28.49	−0.65
	Greens	Rose Ljubicic	7,294	7.62	+0.13
	Animal Justice	John Matlen	3,387	3.54	+3.54
	Drug Law Reform	Adriana Buccianti	3,195	3.34	+3.34
Total formal votes			95,678	94.88	+1.31
Informal votes			5,164	5.12	−1.31
Turnout			100,842	91.20	−2.07
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Giles	64,369	67.28	+2.93
	Liberal	Melanie Stockman	31,309	32.72	−2.93
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.93

2013

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in Victoria § Scullin.[edit]

2013 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Giles	45,484	50.26	−9.55
	Liberal	Jag Chugha	26,369	29.14	+3.47
	Greens	Rose Ljubicic	6,780	7.49	−1.70
	Palmer United	Peter Cooper	5,991	6.62	+6.62
	Sex Party	Nathan Rolph	2,453	2.71	+2.71
	Family First	Katie Conlon	2,394	2.65	−2.43
	Katter's Australian	Domenic Greco	1,025	1.13	+1.13
Total formal votes			90,496	93.57	−0.71
Informal votes			6,214	6.43	+0.71
Turnout			96,710	93.26	−0.92
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Giles	58,232	64.35	−6.18
	Liberal	Jag Chugha	32,264	35.65	+6.18
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.18

2010

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2010 Australian federal election in Victoria § Scullin.[edit]

2010 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	49,310	62.12	−1.20
	Liberal	Max Williams	19,142	24.11	−0.28
	Greens	Gurm Sekhon	6,702	8.44	+2.41
	Family First	Ian Stratov	4,226	5.32	+0.59
Total formal votes			79,380	94.01	−1.93
Informal votes			5,055	5.99	+1.93
Turnout			84,435	92.97	−2.73
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	57,355	72.25	+1.40
	Liberal	Max Williams	22,025	27.75	−1.40
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.40

Elections in the 2000s

2007

2007 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	51,680	63.32	+4.30
	Liberal	Charles Williams	19,910	24.39	-6.52
	Greens	Linda Laos	4,918	6.03	+1.00
	Family First	Tania Byers	3,859	4.73	+1.34
	Democrats	Peter Hude	868	1.06	+1.06
	Citizens Electoral Council	Simon Steer	386	0.47	-1.17
Total formal votes			81,621	95.94	+0.69
Informal votes			3,452	4.06	-0.69
Turnout			85,073	95.67	+0.10
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	57,830	70.85	+6.06
	Liberal	Charles Williams	23,791	29.15	-6.06
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.06

2004

2004 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	46,209	59.02	-5.27
	Liberal	Lucas Kostadinoski	24,196	30.91	+5.21
	Greens	Merinda Gray	3,941	5.03	+2.23
	Family First	Amy Shand	2,656	3.39	+3.39
	Citizens Electoral Council	Simon Steer	1,287	1.64	+0.92
Total formal votes			78,289	95.25	+0.20
Informal votes			3,905	4.75	-0.20
Turnout			82,194	95.57	-0.26
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	50,726	64.79	-5.45
	Liberal	Lucas Kostadinoski	27,563	35.21	+5.45
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.45

2001

2001 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	51,294	63.07	-4.65
	Liberal	Lucas Kostadinoski	21,706	26.69	+2.25
	Democrats	Brian Mawhinney	5,317	6.54	+0.71
	Greens	Merinda Gray	2,422	2.98	+2.98
	Citizens Electoral Council	Trudy Campbell	589	0.72	+0.72
Total formal votes			81,328	95.12	-1.41
Informal votes			4,174	4.88	+1.41
Turnout			85,502	96.62
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	56,265	69.17	-2.67
	Liberal	Lucas Kostadinoski	25,051	30.83	+2.67
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.67

Elections in the 1990s

1998

1998 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	52,320	67.72	+4.44
	Liberal	Peter Pratt	18,882	24.44	+0.17
	Democrats	Hussein Tahiri	4,503	5.83	-2.90
	Unity	M. Kheirallah	949	1.23	+1.23
	Natural Law	Robert Brown	603	0.78	-0.90
Total formal votes			77,257	96.53	+0.07
Informal votes			2,777	3.47	-0.07
Turnout			80,034	96.18	-0.48
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	55,500	71.84	+1.10
	Liberal	Peter Pratt	21,757	28.16	-1.10
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.10

1996

1996 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	45,295	63.28	-2.06
	Liberal	Marc Morgan	17,373	24.27	-1.28
	Democrats	Evan Bekiaris	6,248	8.73	+5.50
	Greens	Gurm Sekhon	1,460	2.04	+2.04
	Natural Law	Neil Phillips	1,204	1.68	+1.14
Total formal votes			71,580	96.46	+0.38
Informal votes			2,630	3.54	-0.38
Turnout			74,210	96.66	-0.35
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	50,494	70.74	-1.67
	Liberal	Marc Morgan	20,888	29.26	+1.67
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.67

1993

1993 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	46,672	62.33	+14.46
	Liberal	Barbara Smith	20,988	28.03	-7.75
	Independent	John Siddons	2,648	3.54	+3.54
	Democrats	John Georgievski	2,259	3.02	-11.23
	Citizens Electoral Council	Don Veitch	1,027	1.37	+1.37
	Independent	Jordan Grujovski	874	1.17	+1.17
	Natural Law	Neil Phillips	412	0.55	+0.55
Total formal votes			74,880	96.13	+1.21
Informal votes			3,012	3.87	-1.21
Turnout			77,892	97.02
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	51,314	68.62	+9.23
	Liberal	Barbara Smith	23,468	31.38	-9.23
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.23

1990

1990 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	32,046	47.9	-17.2
	Liberal	Wayne Phillips	23,952	35.8	+8.2
	Democrats	Malcolm Brown	9,537	14.2	+7.0
	Independent	Steve Pollock	723	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	Angelo Iacono	682	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			66,940	94.9
Informal votes			3,578	5.1
Turnout			70,518	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	39,679	59.4	-10.2
	Liberal	Wayne Phillips	27,139	40.6	+10.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.2

Elections in the 1980s

1987

1987 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	37,158	68.7	-2.8
	Liberal	Mike Kabos	12,991	24.0	+5.4
	Democrats	Joe Privitelli	3,900	7.2	+0.5
Total formal votes			54,049	90.6
Informal votes			5,581	9.4
Turnout			59,630	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	39,539	73.2	-4.4
	Liberal	Mike Kabos	14,497	26.8	+4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.4

1986 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1986 Scullin by-election § Results.[edit]

Scullin by-election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	34,021	66.3	-5.2
	Liberal	Domenic Cichello	11,741	22.9	+4.3
	Democrats	Joseph Privitelli	3,727	7.3	+0.6
	Socialist Workers	Maurice Sibelle	930	1.8	+1.8
	Democratic Labor	John Mulholland	924	1.8	-1.4
Total formal votes			51,343	93.9
Informal votes			3,318	6.1
Turnout			54,661	87.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	37,562	73.2	-4.4
	Liberal	Dominic Cichello	13,770	26.8	+4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.4

1984

1984 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	36,513	71.5	+2.3
	Liberal	Pamela Philpot	9,448	18.5	-3.9
	Democrats	Jane Green	3,444	6.7	+2.1
	Democratic Labor	Helen Walsh	1,635	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			51,040	85.9
Informal votes			8,369	14.1
Turnout			59,409	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	39,606	77.6	+2.2
	Liberal	Pamela Philpot	11,416	22.4	-2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

1983

1983 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	51,312	66.4	-0.7
	Liberal	Katheryne Savage	19,519	25.3	-1.7
	Democrats	Kenneth Peak	3,528	4.6	-1.2
	Socialist Workers	Joan Barker	2,886	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			77,245	97.0
Informal votes			2,352	3.0
Turnout			79,597	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins		72.6	+2.0
	Liberal	Katheryne Savage		27.4	-2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

1980

1980 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	46,883	67.1	+15.3
	Liberal	Geoffrey Lutz	18,892	27.0	-6.5
	Democrats	Brian Kidd	4,068	5.8	-3.6
Total formal votes			69,843	96.8
Informal votes			2,304	3.2
Turnout			72,147	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins		70.6	+13.6
	Liberal	Geoffrey Lutz		29.4	-13.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.6

Elections in the 1970s

1977

1977 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	32,303	51.8	-2.0
	Liberal	Gerard Clarke	20,849	33.5	-4.7
	Democrats	George Samargis	5,835	9.4	+9.4
	Democratic Labor	Bernard McGrath	3,330	5.3	+0.2
Total formal votes			62,317	96.4
Informal votes			2,314	3.6
Turnout			64,631	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins		57.0	+1.2
	Liberal	Gerard Clarke		43.0	-1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.2

1975

1975 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	31,307	56.3	-10.2
	Liberal	Gerard Clarke	19,847	35.8	+9.9
	Democratic Labor	Bernard McGrath	2,829	5.1	-0.9
	Independent	Bernard Irving	1,622	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			55,605	97.2
Informal votes			1,604	2.8
Turnout			57,209	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins		58.3	-9.8
	Liberal	Gerard Clarke		41.7	+9.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.8

1974

1974 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	36,642	66.5	+4.8
	Liberal	Alan Stanley	14,223	25.8	-0.4
	Democratic Labor	Bernard McGrath	3,296	6.0	-6.1
	Australia	John Kotre	950	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			55,111	97.0
Informal votes			1,685	3.0
Turnout			56,796	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins		68.1	+4.3
	Liberal	Alan Stanley		21.9	-4.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.3

1972

1972 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	30,815	61.7	+9.5
	Liberal	Graeme McEwen	13,072	26.2	-0.9
	Democratic Labor	Tom Andrews	6,027	12.1	-2.5
Total formal votes			49,914	96.9
Informal votes			1,604	3.1
Turnout			51,518	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins		63.8	+6.2
	Liberal	Graeme McEwen		36.2	-6.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.2

Elections in the 1960s

1969

1969 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	25,246	52.2	+3.2
	Liberal	James Spicer	13,090	27.1	-4.3
	Democratic Labor	Tom Andrews	7,065	14.6	-4.8
	Independent	Brendon Connor	2,958	6.1	+6.1
Total formal votes			48,359	95.8
Informal votes			2,142	4.2
Turnout			50,501	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins		57.6	+6.6
	Liberal	James Spicer		42.4	-6.6
	Labor notional hold		Swing	+6.6

References

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos