Electoral results for the district of Blacktown

Blacktown, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1941.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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Election		Party
1941	Frank Hill	Labor
1944	Frank Hill	Labor
1945 by	John Freeman	Labor
1947
1950
1953
1956
1959	Alfred Dennis	Liberal / Independent
1962	Jim Southee	Labor
1965
1968
1971	Gordon Barnier	Labor
1973
1976
1978
1981	John Aquilina	Labor
1984
1988
1991	Pam Allan	Labor
1995	Pam Allan	Labor
1999	Paul Gibson	Labor
2003
2007
2011	John Robertson	Labor
2015	John Robertson	Labor
2017 by	Stephen Bali	Labor
2019
2023

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Bali	27,128	55.6	+0.9
	Liberal	Allan Green	11,637	23.9	−2.6
	Legalise Cannabis	Peter Foster	2,524	5.2	+5.2
	Greens	Leonard Hobbs	2,521	5.2	−1.1
	Animal Justice	Emma Kerin	2,357	4.8	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Mishalow	1,559	3.2	+3.2
	Sustainable Australia	Patrick Murphy	1,022	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			48,748	95.8	−0.1
Informal votes			2,123	4.2	+0.1
Turnout			50,871	86.8	−2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stephen Bali	30,091	69.1	+2.5
	Liberal	Allan Green	13,442	30.9	−2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Bali	25,618	54.61	+0.76
	Liberal	Allan Green	11,668	24.87	−5.93
	One Nation	Amit Batish	3,368	7.18	+7.18
	Christian Democrats	Josh Green	3,287	7.01	+1.06
	Greens	Kirsten Gibbs	2,968	6.33	−0.02
Total formal votes			46,909	96.02	+0.69
Informal votes			1,942	3.98	−0.69
Turnout			48,851	88.80	−0.25
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stephen Bali	28,020	67.73	+4.55
	Liberal	Allan Green	13,348	32.27	−4.55
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.55

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Bali	31,031	71.6	+17.7
	Christian Democrats	Josh Green	6,540	15.1	+9.1
	Greens	Chris Winslow	3,825	8.8	+2.5
	Independent	Vivek Singha	1,966	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			43,362	95.1	−0.2
Informal votes			2,229	4.9	+0.2
Turnout			45,591	81.5	−7.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Stephen Bali	33,208	82.3	+19.1
	Christian Democrats	Josh Green	7,154	17.7	+17.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Robertson	24,916	53.9	+9.5
	Liberal	Raman Bhalla	14,250	30.8	−5.3
	Greens	David Bate	2,937	6.3	+0.8
	Christian Democrats	Meena Hanna	2,750	5.9	+0.2
	No Land Tax	Julia Cacciotti	1,411	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			46,264	95.3	+0.6
Informal votes			2,262	4.7	−0.6
Turnout			48,526	89.0	−2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Robertson	26,679	63.2	+9.0
	Liberal	Raman Bhalla	15,547	36.8	−9.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Robertson	19,419	44.1	−17.6
	Liberal	Karlo Siljeg	16,047	36.4	+15.7
	Christian Democrats	Bernie Gesling	2,639	6.0	−1.1
	Greens	Paul Taylor	2,473	5.6	+0.8
	Independent	Wayne Olling	1,177	2.7	+2.7
	Independent	Louise Kedwell	1,166	2.6	+2.6
	Independent	Greg Coulter	1,152	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			44,073	95.5	−0.7
Informal votes			2,074	4.5	+0.7
Turnout			46,147	93.4	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Robertson	20,796	53.7	−18.7
	Liberal	Karlo Siljeg	17,910	46.3	+18.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−18.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Gibson	25,698	61.7	−1.6
	Liberal	Mark Spencer	8,649	20.8	+1.2
	Christian Democrats	Bernie Gesling	2,965	7.1	+2.1
	Greens	John Forrester	2,008	4.8	+0.7
	AAFI	Donald McNaught	1,262	3.0	+1.3
	Independent	F Ivor	678	1.6	+1.6
	Unity	Bill Jiang	419	1.0	+0.2
Total formal votes			41,679	96.3	0.0
Informal votes			1,622	3.7	0.0
Turnout			43,301	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Gibson	27,192	72.4	−2.5
	Liberal	Mark Spencer	10,362	27.6	+2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Gibson	26,160	62.4	+7.7
	Liberal	Geoff Bisby	8,297	19.8	−0.1
	Christian Democrats	Bob Bawden	2,171	5.2	−0.5
	Greens	Jason Bethune	1,771	4.2	+4.2
	Independent	Goran Reves	940	2.2	+2.2
	Democrats	David King	785	1.9	−5.9
	One Nation	Brian Zahner	716	1.7	−7.8
	AAFI	Lindon Dedman	694	1.7	−0.8
	Unity	Selmen Alameddine	409	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			41,943	96.3	−0.2
Informal votes			1,611	3.7	+0.2
Turnout			43,554	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Gibson	27,819	74.5	+5.1
	Liberal	Geoff Bisby	9,529	25.5	−5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Gibson	22,714	54.7	−2.9
	Liberal	Rick Holder	8,260	19.9	−10.8
	One Nation	Bill Nixon	3,953	9.5	+9.5
	Democrats	David King	3,178	7.7	+7.7
	Christian Democrats	Bob Bawden	2,377	5.7	+1.4
	AAFI	Ed Sherwood	1,015	2.4	−0.2
Total formal votes			41,497	96.5	+3.4
Informal votes			1,497	3.5	−3.4
Turnout			42,994	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Gibson	24,861	69.4	+5.4
	Liberal	Rick Holder	10,987	30.6	−5.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pam Allan	17,654	52.6	+2.4
	Liberal	Ross Roberts	10,982	32.7	+0.7
	AAFI	Warwick Tyler	2,061	6.1	+6.1
	Independent	Ray Owen	1,653	4.9	+4.9
	Call to Australia	Bob Bawden	1,199	3.6	+1.0
Total formal votes			33,549	93.6	+6.2
Informal votes			2,312	6.4	−6.2
Turnout			35,861	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pam Allan	19,340	60.6	+2.3
	Liberal	Ross Roberts	12,574	39.4	−2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pam Allan	15,354	50.2	+1.9
	Liberal	Ray Morris	9,802	32.1	−3.0
	Independent	Con Constantine	3,253	10.6	+10.6
	Democrats	Diana Shanks	1,182	3.9	+3.0
	Call to Australia	John Jerrow	781	2.6	+2.6
	Citizens Electoral Council	Paul Georiadis	199	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			30,571	87.3	−8.5
Informal votes			4,437	12.7	+8.5
Turnout			35,008	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pam Allan	16,472	58.3	+3.4
	Liberal	Ray Morris	11,784	41.7	−3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Aquilina	16,899	59.2	−7.1
	Liberal	Allan Green	11,639	40.8	+7.1
Total formal votes			28,538	96.3	−0.2
Informal votes			1,110	3.7	+0.2
Turnout			29,648	93.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Aquilina	20,605	66.6	−6.5
	Liberal	David Bannerman	10,319	33.4	+6.5
Total formal votes			30,924	96.6	+0.7
Informal votes			1,094	3.4	−0.7
Turnout			32,018	92.6	+0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Aquilina	20,777	73.1	0.0
	Liberal	David Bannerman	7,644	26.9	+8.3
Total formal votes			28,421	95.9
Informal votes			1,225	4.1
Turnout			29,646	92.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Barnier	23,742	73.1	+10.2
	Liberal	Alfred Spiteri	6,039	18.6	−14.9
	Democrats	Colin Mannix	2,702	8.3	+8.3
Total formal votes			32,483	96.5	−1.2
Informal votes			1,186	3.5	+1.2
Turnout			33,669	94.5	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Barnier	25,093	77.2	+12.5
	Liberal	Alfred Spiteri	7,390	22.8	−12.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Barnier	19,590	62.9	+4.6
	Liberal	John Lyon	10,436	33.5	+1.5
	Independent	Raymond Ferguson	1,127	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			31,153	97.7	+2.4
Informal votes			725	2.3	−2.4
Turnout			31,878	95.1	+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Barnier	20,163	64.7	+2.0
	Liberal	John Lyon	10,990	35.3	−2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

1968 New South Wales state election: Blacktown ^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Southee	13,751	54.0	+4.2
	Liberal	Ralph Stewart	9,781	38.4	−8.8
	Democratic Labor	Kenneth Brown	1,944	7.6	+7.6
Total formal votes			25,476	96.4
Informal votes			959	3.6
Turnout			26,435	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Southee	14,140	55.5	+4.8
	Liberal	Ralph Stewart	11,336	44.5	−4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.8

1945 Blacktown by-election
Saturday 18 August ^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Freeman	10,879	55.5	+4.3
	Liberal	George Maunder	6,344	32.4	+13.3
	Independent	Ernest Phelps	1,913	9.8
	Independent	John Cammell	453	2.3
Total formal votes			19,589	97.3	+1.7
Informal votes			538	2.7	−1.7
Turnout			20,127	82.8	−8.1
	Labor hold		Swing

1944 New South Wales state election: Blacktown ^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Hill	10,364	51.2	−6.3
	Democratic	Francis Izon	3,868	19.1	−23.4
	Independent	Ray Watson	2,649	13.1	+13.1
	Lang Labor	William Morgan	1,701	8.4	+8.4
	Lang Labor	Lucy Steel	1,645	8.1	+8.1
Total formal votes			20,227	95.6	−1.6
Informal votes			927	4.4	+1.6
Turnout			21,154	90.9	−2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Barnier	16,272	58.3	−1.1
	Liberal	John Lyon	8,935	32.0	+0.6
	Democratic Labor	Stan Aster-Stater	1,207	4.3	−1.6
	Independent	George Perrin	1,135	4.1	+4.1
	Independent	F. Ivor	366	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			27,915	95.3
Informal votes			1,389	4.7
Turnout			29,304	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Barnier	17,500	62.7	+0.4
	Liberal	John Lyon	10,415	37.3	−0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Barnier	17,174	59.4	+2.4
	Liberal	Hilton Robinson	9,081	31.4	−4.0
	Democratic Labor	Charles Ormel	1,702	5.9	−1.7
	Independent	George Nicolaidis	976	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			28,933	97.4
Informal votes			785	2.6
Turnout			29,718	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Barnier	18,002	62.2	+3.3
	Liberal	Hilton Robinson	10,931	37.8	−3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Southee	17,361	52.8	−8.9
	Liberal	Denys Clarke	14,560	44.2	+5.9
	Independent	Malcolm Towner	993	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			32,914	97.6	−0.2
Informal votes			822	2.4	+0.2
Turnout			33,736	93.9	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Southee	17,560	53.4	−8.3
	Liberal	Denys Clarke	15,354	46.6	+8.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Southee	17,255	61.7	+10.2
	Liberal	Ross Shuttleworth	10,713	38.3	−4.6
Total formal votes			27,968	97.8
Informal votes			632	2.2
Turnout			28,600	94.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alfred Dennis	13,519	49.9
	Labor	Jim Southee	12,044	44.5
	Democratic Labor	Francis Moffitt	834	3.1
	Independent	Frank Finlayson	691	2.6
Total formal votes			27,088	97.7
Informal votes			625	2.3
Turnout			27,713	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alfred Dennis	14,650	54.1
	Labor	Jim Southee	12,438	45.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Freeman	15,188	55.5	−5.7
	Liberal	Graham Cullis	12,189	44.5	+8.9
Total formal votes			27,377	98.4	+0.4
Informal votes			451	1.6	−0.4
Turnout			27,828	93.7	−0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John Freeman	14,424	61.2
	Liberal	George Walker	8,391	35.6
	Communist	Melville McCalman	756	3.2
Total formal votes			23,571	98.0
Informal votes			477	2.0
Turnout			24,048	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Freeman	15,088	64.0
	Liberal	George Walker	8,486	36.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John Freeman	13,229	55.5
	Liberal	Nancy Saxby	10,616	44.5
Total formal votes			23,845	98.8
Informal votes			283	1.2
Turnout			24,128	93.2
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Freeman	13,392	53.8	+2.6
	Liberal	Francis Izon	8,939	35.9	+16.8
	Lang Labor	Ian Grant	1,387	5.6	−10.9
	Communist	Fred Wingrave	1,168	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			24,886	98.0	+2.4
Informal votes			518	2.0	−2.4
Turnout			25,404	94.7	+3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Frank Hill	10,909	57.5
	United Australia	Arthur Francis	8,069	42.5
Total formal votes			18,978	97.2
Informal votes			549	2.8
Turnout			19,527	93.1
	Labor notional hold		Swing

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