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Indi — Australian Federal Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Indi was won by Helen Haines (Independent) at the 2019 federal election, with a margin of 2,816 votes over Steve Martin after preferences. This page covers every federal election in Indi from 1901 to 2019.

Australia uses instant-runoff (preferential) voting: voters rank candidates in order of preference, and if no one has a majority of first-preference votes, the lowest-placed candidate is eliminated and their votes redistributed to voters' next preference, repeating until one candidate has a majority. The "Winner" and "Margin" below reflect the final result after preferences (equivalent to the AEC's own two-candidate-preferred figure) — not simply whoever led on first preferences, which can occasionally be a different candidate.

Full Election History (After Preferences), 1901–2019

Election Winner Party Final Votes Final Share Runner-up Margin
1901 Isaac Isaacs Prot 3,839 65.1% Thomas Ashworth (FT) 1,781 (30.2 pts)
1903 Isaac Isaacs Prot -1 100.0% None (None) -1 (100.0 pts)
1906 Joseph Brown AS 6,801 53.2% Daniel Turnbull (Labor) 815 (6.4 pts)
1910 Parker Moloney Labor 10,900 53.1% Joseph Brown (Liberal) 1,267 (6.2 pts)
1913 Cornelius Ahern Liberal 14,759 51.9% Parker Moloney (Labor) 1,106 (3.9 pts)
1914 Parker Moloney Labor 15,519 51.0% Cornelius Ahern (Liberal) 619 (2.0 pts)
1917 John Leckie National 16,216 56.2% Parker Moloney (Labor) 3,577 (12.4 pts)
1919 Robert Cook VFU 14,922 62.6% Joseph Hartigan (Labor) 6,011 (25.2 pts)
1922 Robert Cook Country Party 14,027 63.2% John Minogue (Labor) 5,868 (26.4 pts)
1925 Robert Cook Country Party 21,161 56.7% David Black (Labor) 5,008 (13.4 pts)
1928 Paul Jones Labor -1 100.0% None (None) -1 (100.0 pts)
1929 Paul Jones Labor 20,110 51.4% Robert Cook (Country Party) 1,104 (2.8 pts)
1931 William Hutchinson United Australia Party 25,405 63.0% Paul Jones (Labor) 10,460 (25.9 pts)
1934 William Hutchinson United Australia Party 24,033 56.3% Paul Jones (Labor) 5,342 (12.5 pts)
1937 John Mcewen Country Party 30,660 61.2% William Hartshorne (Labor) 11,182 (22.3 pts)
1940 John Mcewen Country Party 30,676 61.5% John Devlin (Labor) 11,460 (23.0 pts)
1943 John Mcewen Country Party 29,471 61.1% Charles Sandford (Labor) 10,704 (22.2 pts)
1946 John Mcewen Country Party 33,634 65.9% John Chanter (Independent) 16,228 (31.8 pts)
1949 William Bostock Liberal 22,182 59.7% Charles Edmondson (Labor) 7,204 (19.4 pts)
1951 William Bostock Liberal 22,137 58.6% Charles Edmondson (Labor) 6,514 (17.3 pts)
1954 William Bostock Liberal 23,492 60.5% Neitherland Reeves (Labor) 8,131 (20.9 pts)
1955 William Bostock Liberal 23,567 70.6% Neitherland Reeves (Labor) 13,752 (41.2 pts)
1958 Mac Holten Country Party 22,735 56.5% William Bostock (Liberal) 5,230 (13.0 pts)
1961 Mac Holten Country Party 22,753 54.1% Malcolm Cameron (Liberal) 3,458 (8.2 pts)
1963 Mac Holten Country Party 24,413 68.4% Mervyn Huggins (Labor) 13,113 (36.7 pts)
1966 Mac Holten Country Party 22,146 71.3% William O'neill (Labor) 13,251 (42.7 pts)
1969 Mac Holten Country Party 25,624 66.6% Robert Cross (Labor) 12,802 (33.3 pts)
1972 Mac Holten Country Party 23,872 58.8% John Hodgson (Labor) 7,173 (17.7 pts)
1974 Mac Holten Country Party 29,150 60.7% Alan Bell (Labor) 10,264 (21.4 pts)
1975 Mac Holten National Country Party 33,171 65.6% Alan Bell (Labor) 15,812 (31.3 pts)
1977 Ewen Cameron Liberal 33,483 55.1% Mac Holten (National Country Party) 6,154 (10.1 pts)
1980 Ewen Cameron Liberal 39,947 62.4% Carole Marple (Labor) 15,863 (24.8 pts)
1983 Ewen Cameron Liberal 40,975 60.6% Carole Marple (Labor) 14,388 (21.3 pts)
1984 Joe Murphy Labor 22,213 50.7% Ewen Cameron (Liberal) 620 (1.4 pts)
1987 Ewen Cameron Liberal 41,549 62.6% Danny Walsh (Labor) 16,689 (25.1 pts)
1990 Ewen Cameron Liberal 42,824 64.2% John Dennis (Labor) 18,944 (28.4 pts)
1993 Lou Lieberman Liberal 44,767 62.9% Jennifer Luck (Labor) 18,336 (25.8 pts)
1996 Lou Lieberman Liberal 50,838 67.8% Zuvele Leschen (Labor) 26,684 (35.6 pts)
1998 Lou Lieberman Liberal 45,600 60.1% Zuvele Leschen (Labor) 15,334 (20.2 pts)
2001 Sophie Panopoulos Liberal 47,535 61.1% Barbara Murdoch (Labor) 17,334 (22.3 pts)
2004 Sophie Panopoulos Liberal 54,863 66.3% John Williams (Labor) 26,962 (32.6 pts)
2007 Sophie Mirabella Liberal 50,132 59.2% Zuvele Leschen (Labor) 15,573 (18.4 pts)
2013 Cathy Mcgowan Independent 44,741 50.2% Sophie Mirabella (Liberal) 439 (0.5 pts)
2016 Cathy Mcgowan Independent 49,421 54.8% Sophie Mirabella (Liberal) 8,705 (9.7 pts)
2019 Helen Haines Independent 51,886 51.4% Steve Martin (Liberal) 2,816 (2.8 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

Every candidate's first-preference votes, before any preference redistribution.

1901

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Isaac IsaacsProt3,83965.1%
Thomas AshworthFT2,05834.9%

1903

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Isaac IsaacsProt-1100.0%

1906

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Joseph BrownAS6,80144.4%
Daniel TurnbullLabor5,98639.0%
Thomas McinerneyProt2,54616.6%

1910

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Parker MoloneyLabor10,90053.1%
Joseph BrownLiberal9,63346.9%

1913

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Cornelius AhernLiberal14,75951.8%
Parker MoloneyLabor13,65347.9%
Joseph BrownIndependent670.2%

1914

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Parker MoloneyLabor15,51951.0%
Cornelius AhernLiberal14,90049.0%

1917

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
John LeckieNational16,21656.2%
Parker MoloneyLabor12,63943.8%

1919

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Joseph HartiganLabor8,66836.4%
Robert CookVFU7,67332.2%
John LeckieNational7,49231.4%

1922

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Robert CookCountry Party8,72339.3%
John MinogueLabor7,76835.0%
Donald MackinnonNational5,69525.7%

1925

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Robert CookCountry Party21,16156.7%
David BlackLabor16,15343.3%

1928

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Paul JonesLabor-1100.0%

1929

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Paul JonesLabor19,31949.4%
Robert CookCountry Party11,49329.4%
Arthur WalterCountry Party6,12415.7%
Leslie SambellNational2,1805.6%

1931

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William HutchinsonUnited Australia Party18,14945.0%
Paul JonesLabor14,19035.2%
Arthur WalterCountry Party8,01119.9%

1934

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Paul JonesLabor17,43040.8%
William HutchinsonUnited Australia Party16,40038.4%
George DaviesCountry Party8,89420.8%

1937

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
John McewenCountry Party30,66061.2%
William HartshorneLabor19,47838.8%

1940

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
John McewenCountry Party30,67661.5%
John DevlinLabor19,21638.5%

1943

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
John McewenCountry Party29,47158.8%
Charles SandfordLabor18,76737.4%
Gerald O'dayCommunist Party of Australia1,9193.8%

1946

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
John McewenCountry Party33,63465.9%
John ChanterIndependent17,40634.1%

1949

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Charles EdmondsonLabor13,62636.7%
William BostockLiberal12,37733.3%
Clive NasonCountry Party11,15730.0%

1951

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William BostockLiberal22,13758.6%
Charles EdmondsonLabor15,62341.4%

1954

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William BostockLiberal17,19944.3%
Neitherland ReevesLabor14,42337.1%
Cyril DavyCountry Party7,23118.6%

1955

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William BostockLiberal23,56759.6%
Neitherland ReevesLabor9,81524.8%
William FindlayLabor (Anti-Communist)6,17915.6%

1958

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Mac HoltenCountry Party12,42030.9%
William BostockLiberal12,32230.6%
John MclarenLabor9,75824.2%
Henry RichardsDemocratic Labor Party5,41613.5%
James EllisIndependent3240.8%

1961

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Mac HoltenCountry Party18,65444.4%
Mervyn HugginsLabor10,63725.3%
Malcolm CameronLiberal7,96218.9%
George TaylorDemocratic Labor Party4,79511.4%

1963

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Mac HoltenCountry Party20,55148.0%
Mervyn HugginsLabor10,99725.7%
Ian FoysterLiberal6,11114.3%
Christopher CodyDemocratic Labor Party5,16512.1%

1966

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Mac HoltenCountry Party22,14651.2%
William O'neillLabor8,89520.6%
James StewartLiberal6,57115.2%
Christopher CodyDemocratic Labor Party5,61413.0%

1969

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Mac HoltenCountry Party20,73047.0%
Robert CrossLabor12,59028.5%
Christopher CodyDemocratic Labor Party5,41112.3%
Roy HarleLiberal5,38212.2%

1972

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Mac HoltenCountry Party23,87251.6%
John HodgsonLabor16,69936.1%
Christopher CodyDemocratic Labor Party4,5569.8%
Ronald GrayIndependent5981.3%
Geoffrey RyanIndependent5761.2%

1974

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Mac HoltenCountry Party29,15056.3%
Alan BellLabor18,88636.5%
Christopher CodyDemocratic Labor Party2,9585.7%
Jim DimoAP7961.5%

1975

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Mac HoltenNational Country Party33,17161.5%
Alan BellLabor17,35932.2%
Christopher CodyDemocratic Labor Party3,3896.3%

1977

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Mac HoltenNational Country Party21,83235.9%
Ewen CameronLiberal15,92426.2%
John DennisLabor15,31625.2%
Neil SavageAustralian Democrats4,3337.1%
Christopher CodyDemocratic Labor Party3,4075.6%

1980

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ewen CameronLiberal26,74541.8%
Carole MarpleLabor21,19033.1%
Allan GarrettNational Country Party12,48619.5%
Ralph FlemingAustralian Democrats2,6954.2%
Patrick FlanaganIndependent5810.9%
Brian LumsdenIndependent3340.5%

1983

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ewen CameronLiberal27,93541.3%
Carole MarpleLabor24,37436.1%
Kevin SandersonNational12,89219.1%
Geoffrey Le CouteurAustralian Democrats2,3613.5%

1984

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Joe MurphyLabor21,34934.3%
Ewen CameronLiberal20,69133.3%
Bill BaxterNational17,60228.3%
Geoffrey Le CouteurAustralian Democrats1,7972.9%
Paul CarrollDemocratic Labor Party7801.3%

1987

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ewen CameronLiberal24,84437.4%
Danny WalshLabor22,06533.2%
Philip PullarNational13,43520.2%
Rob TaylorIndependent5,4158.2%
Brian LumsdenIndependent6651.0%

1990

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Ewen CameronLiberal33,48350.1%
John DennisLabor16,56124.8%
Barry TattersallIndependent9,89014.8%
Ian DeeganAustralian Democrats6,84410.2%

1993

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Lou LiebermanLiberal28,95140.6%
Jennifer LuckLabor24,47534.4%
Philip PullarNational16,48323.1%
Jeannette MartinIndependent1,3171.8%

1996

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Lou LiebermanLiberal47,09762.6%
Zuvele LeschenLabor21,09128.0%
Kevin SmithAustralian Democrats5,8677.8%
Bruce LusherIndependent1,1901.6%

1998

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Lou LiebermanLiberal38,59050.9%
Zuvele LeschenLabor21,57228.4%
John AndersonOne Nation6,0237.9%
Kevin SmithAustralian Democrats3,7084.9%
Brian RobsonIndependent2,1572.8%
Tim BardsleyGreens1,8252.4%
Susan GriffithIndependent7381.0%
Norm RyanIndependent4540.6%
David MaroneyIndependent4310.6%
Jurek PazIndependent3680.5%

2001

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sophie PanopoulosLiberal31,15240.1%
Barbara MurdochLabor21,01427.0%
Don ChambersNational9,55212.3%
Nelson McintoshIndependent5,2846.8%
Lyn BennettsOne Nation3,0794.0%
Michael WardleGreens2,9563.8%
Rob ChuckAustralian Democrats2,9203.8%
Pat AdamsIndependent8951.2%
Philip SeymourIndependent8841.1%

2004

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sophie PanopoulosLiberal51,83462.6%
John WilliamsLabor21,71026.2%
Jenny O'connorGreens5,3216.4%
Warren McmartinFFP3,3414.0%
Merrill BaileyCEC5580.7%

2007

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sophie MirabellaLiberal46,05254.4%
Zuvele LeschenLabor27,20332.1%
Helen RobinsonGreens6,4167.6%
Jim RaineyFamily First3,2323.8%
Sarah BensonAustralian Democrats1,4341.7%
Jeremy BeckIndependent3540.4%

2013

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sophie MirabellaLiberal39,78544.7%
Cathy McgowanIndependent27,76331.2%
Robyn WalshLabor10,37511.7%
Jenny O'connorGreens3,0413.4%
Robert MurphyPalmer United Party2,4172.7%
Helma AschenbrennerASP1,4021.6%
Rick LeeworthyFamily First1,3301.5%
Robert DudleyIndependent9851.1%
Jennifer PodestaIndependent8410.9%
Phil RourkeKatter's Australian Party6150.7%
William HayesIndependent4890.5%

2016

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Cathy McgowanIndependent31,33634.8%
Sophie MirabellaLiberal24,88727.6%
Marty CorboyNational15,52517.2%
Eric KerrLabor8,8269.8%
Jenny O'connorGreens3,4453.8%
Julian FidgeIndependent1,8632.1%
Alan LappinIndependent1,7571.9%
Vincent FerrandoRUA1,1501.3%
Tim QuiltyLiberal Democrats8861.0%
Ray DyerIndependent4620.5%

2019

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Steve MartinLiberal35,42635.1%
Helen HainesIndependent32,66432.4%
Eric KerrLabor12,20212.1%
Mark ByattNational9,5389.4%
Helen RobinsonGreens4,2554.2%
Shane WheatlandUnited Australia Party3,9803.9%
Jason WhalleyDHJP2,8912.9%

Margin Over Time

Final (after-preferences) winning margin, percentage points, coloured by the winning party.

1901: Prot margin 30.2 pts 1903: Prot margin 100.0 pts 1906: AS margin 6.4 pts 1910: Labor margin 6.2 pts 1913: Liberal margin 3.9 pts 1914: Labor margin 2.0 pts 1917: National margin 12.4 pts 1919: VFU margin 25.2 pts 1922: Country Party margin 26.4 pts 1925: Country Party margin 13.4 pts 1928: Labor margin 100.0 pts 1929: Labor margin 2.8 pts 1931: United Australia Party margin 25.9 pts 1934: United Australia Party margin 12.5 pts 1937: Country Party margin 22.3 pts 1940: Country Party margin 23.0 pts 1943: Country Party margin 22.2 pts 1946: Country Party margin 31.8 pts 1949: Liberal margin 19.4 pts 1951: Liberal margin 17.3 pts 1954: Liberal margin 20.9 pts 1955: Liberal margin 41.2 pts 1958: Country Party margin 13.0 pts 1961: Country Party margin 8.2 pts 1963: Country Party margin 36.7 pts 1966: Country Party margin 42.7 pts 1969: Country Party margin 33.3 pts 1972: Country Party margin 17.7 pts 1974: Country Party margin 21.4 pts 1975: National Country Party margin 31.3 pts 1977: Liberal margin 10.1 pts 1980: Liberal margin 24.8 pts 1983: Liberal margin 21.3 pts 1984: Labor margin 1.4 pts 1987: Liberal margin 25.1 pts 1990: Liberal margin 28.4 pts 1993: Liberal margin 25.8 pts 1996: Liberal margin 35.6 pts 1998: Liberal margin 20.2 pts 2001: Liberal margin 22.3 pts 2004: Liberal margin 32.6 pts 2007: Liberal margin 18.4 pts 2013: Independent margin 0.5 pts 2016: Independent margin 9.7 pts 2019: Independent margin 2.8 pts 1901 1903 1906 1910 1913 1914 1917 1919 1922 1925 1928 1929 1931 1934 1937 1940 1943 1946 1949 1951 1954 1955 1958 1961 1963 1966 1969 1972 1974 1975 1977 1980 1983 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1998 2001 2004 2007 2013 2016 2019

Trend

Indi has been contested at 45 federal elections on record since 1901. Winning parties over that span: Prot, AS, Labor, Liberal, National, VFU, Country Party, United Australia Party, National Country Party, Independent.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Indi in the 2019 federal election?

Helen Haines (Independent) won Indi in 2019 after preferences, with 51,886 votes (51.4%) to Steve Martin's 49,070.

Which parties have won Indi since 1901?

Since 1901, Indi has been won by: AS, Country Party, Independent, Labor, Liberal, National, National Country Party, Prot, United Australia Party, VFU.

What was the closest result in Indi?

The closest result on record for Indi was 2013, when Cathy Mcgowan (Independent) beat Sophie Mirabella by 439 votes (0.5 percentage points) after preferences.

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