Electoral results for the district of Shellharbour

Shellharbour, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was established in 2007 and has always been held by the Labor Party.[1][2]

Members for Shellharbour

Member		Party	Term
	Lylea McMahon [3]	Labor	2007–2011
	Anna Watson [4]	Labor	2011–present

Election results

2019

2019 New South Wales state election: Shellharbour [5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Anna Watson	31,532	57.50	+4.76
	Liberal	Shane Bitschkat	14,924	27.21	+1.48
	Greens	Jamie Dixon	5,158	9.41	+0.09
	Sustainable Australia	Ken Davis	3,226	5.88	+5.88
Total formal votes			54,840	95.17	−0.40
Informal votes			2,783	4.83	+0.40
Turnout			57,623	91.60	−0.20
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Anna Watson	34,435	68.27	+1.30
	Liberal	Shane Bitschkat	16,005	31.73	−1.30
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.30

2015

2015 New South Wales state election: Shellharbour [7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Anna Watson	26,897	52.7	+7.2
	Liberal	Mark Jones	13,125	25.7	−6.0
	Greens	Peter Moran	4,751	9.3	−5.2
	Independent	Wayne Quinn	2,266	4.4	+4.4
	Independent	Romeo Cecchele	1,596	3.1	+3.1
	Christian Democrats	John Kadwell	1,489	2.9	−3.4
	No Land Tax	Hugo Morvillo	875	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			50,999	95.6	+0.7
Informal votes			2,364	4.4	−0.7
Turnout			53,363	91.8	−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Anna Watson	29,678	67.0	+9.2
	Liberal	Mark Jones	14,640	33.0	−9.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.2

2011

2011 New South Wales state election: Shellharbour[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Anna Watson	20,459	46.7	-11.1
	Liberal	Larissa Mallinson	13,766	31.4	+16.7
	Greens	Peter Moran	6,700	15.3	+7.7
	Christian Democrats	Jeff Dakers	2,880	6.6	+6.6
Total formal votes			43,805	95.3	-1.4
Informal votes			2,160	4.7	+1.4
Turnout			45,965	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Anna Watson	22,737	58.6	-13.0
	Liberal	Larissa Mallinson	16,050	41.4	+41.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-13.0

2007

2007 New South Wales state election: Shellharbour [10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lylea McMahon	24,718	57.8	-3.0
	Independent	Alex Darling	7,409	17.3	+17.3
	Liberal	Stuart Wright	6,307	14.8	-0.9
	Greens	Sonya McKay	3,242	7.6	-0.4
	AAFI	Tibor Patakfalvy	1,076	2.5	+1.0
Total formal votes			42,752	96.7	+0.2
Informal votes			1,445	3.3	-0.2
Turnout			44,197	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lylea McMahon	27,272	76.8	N/A
	Liberal	Stuart Wright	8,236	23.2	N/A
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Lylea McMahon	26,430	71.6	-5.2
	Independent	Alex Darling	10,473	28.4	+28.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.2

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Shellharbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
2. "Shellharbour- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
3. "Ms Lylea Anne McMahon (1971- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
4. "Ms Anna Watson, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
5. "Shellharbour: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
6. "Shellharbour: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
7. State Electoral District of Shellharbour: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
8. State Electoral District of Shellharbour: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
9. Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
10. Green, Antony. "2007 Shellharbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
11. Green, Antony (February 2008). "2007 New South Wales Election: Final Analysis" (PDF). Retrieved 21 September 2020.