Electoral results for the district of Bassendean

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Bassendean in Western Australian state elections.

Members for Bassendean edit

2021 Western Australian state election: Bassendean^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dave Kelly	17,094	70.7	+11.2
	Liberal	Felicia Adeniyi	2,954	12.2	−10.7
	Greens	Charles Pratt	2,005	8.3	−2.6
	Christians	Dean Powell	705	2.9	−0.3
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Leni Erceg	685	2.8	+2.8
	One Nation	Lesley Pallister	486	2.0	+1.7
	WAxit	Peter Martin	265	1.1	−1.6
Total formal votes			24,194	95.4	+1.5
Informal votes			1,172	4.6	−1.5
Turnout			25,366	86.0	−2.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dave Kelly	19,727	81.6	+10.0
	Liberal	Felicia Adeniyi	4,452	18.4	−10.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.0

2017 Western Australian state election: Bassendean^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dave Kelly	13,203	59.1	+12.4
	Liberal	Jim Seth	5,192	23.2	−16.3
	Greens	Sarah Quinton	2,532	11.3	+1.0
	Christians	Paul Mewhor	735	3.3	−0.2
	Micro Business	Graeme Martin	680	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			22,342	93.9	+2.1
Informal votes			1,455	6.1	−2.1
Turnout			23,797	87.2	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dave Kelly	15,967	71.5	+16.4
	Liberal	Jim Seth	6,365	28.5	−16.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+16.4

2013 Western Australian state election: Bassendean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dave Kelly	9,663	46.7	–0.7
	Liberal	Bob Brown	8,167	39.5	+9.6
	Greens	Jennie Carter	2,119	10.2	–4.9
	Christians	Paul Mewhor	733	3.5	–1.8
Total formal votes			20,682	91.8	-0.7
Informal votes			1,854	9.1	+0.7
Turnout			22,536	90.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dave Kelly	11,397	55.1	–5.2
	Liberal	Bob Brown	9,273	44.9	+5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	–5.2

2008 Western Australian state election: Bassendean^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Martin Whitely	8,973	47.80	-6.2
	Liberal	Benjamin Smith	5,751	30.64	+4.1
	Greens	Jennie Carter	2,999	15.98	+7.4
	Christian Democrats	Paul Mewhor	1,049	5.59	+2.1
Total formal votes			18,772	92.44	-0.88
Informal votes			1,535	7.56	+0.88
Turnout			20,307	87.92
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Martin Whitely	11,320	60.33	-1.5
	Liberal	Benjamin Smith	7,442	39.67	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.5

2005 Western Australian state election: Bassendean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Martin Whitely	12,052	52.9	-2.3
	Liberal	Michelle Stubbs	6,283	27.6	+7.0
	Greens	Gemma Carter	1,960	8.6	+0.5
	Family First	Peter Clifford	1,160	5.1	+5.1
	Christian Democrats	Paul Mewhor	778	3.4	+0.5
	One Nation	Graeme Harris	533	2.3	-7.0
Total formal votes			22,766	93.3	-0.4
Informal votes			1,630	6.7	+0.4
Turnout			24,396	91.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Martin Whitely	14,379	63.7	-5.0
	Liberal	Michelle Stubbs	8,208	36.3	+5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.0

2001 Western Australian state election: Bassendean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clive Brown	12,012	56.1	+1.9
	Liberal	Ramesh Somasunderam	4,179	19.5	-13.8
	One Nation	Sandra Vinciullo	1,979	9.2	+9.2
	Greens	Leanne Lewis	1,752	8.2	+8.2
	Christian Democrats	Colleen Tapley	752	3.5	+3.5
	Democrats	Jack Fox	751	3.5	-9.0
Total formal votes			21,425	93.5	-0.6
Informal votes			1,480	6.5	+0.6
Turnout			22,905	91.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Clive Brown	14,707	69.1	+7.1
	Liberal	Ramesh Somasunderam	6,562	30.9	-7.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.1

1996 Western Australian state election: Bassendean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clive Brown	11,349	54.2	+2.1
	Liberal	Shane Shenton	6,986	33.3	+0.4
	Democrats	Kathy Ready	2,620	12.5	+11.1
Total formal votes			20,955	94.1	-0.7
Informal votes			1,312	5.9	+0.7
Turnout			22,267	91.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Clive Brown	12,973	62.0	+2.2
	Liberal	Shane Shenton	7,945	38.0	-2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2