title: Electoral results for the district of Bass
text: # Electoral results for the district of Bass
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Bass in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Bass
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ken Smith | Liberal | 2002–2014 |
  | Brian Paynter | Liberal | 2014–2018 |
  | Jordan Crugnale | Labor | 2018–present |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 2020s
  
  2022 Victorian state election: Bass :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Jordan Crugnale | 13,478 | 32.55 | −7.69 |
  | | Liberal | Aaron Brown | 12,482 | 30.15 | −10.82 |
  | | National | Brett Tessari | 5,506 | 13.30 | +13.30 |
  | | Greens | Callum Bugbird | 3,369 | 8.14 | +2.45 |
  | | Democratic Labour | Mark O'Neill | 1,465 | 3.54 | +0.94 |
  | | Family First | Martin Verhagen | 1,164 | 2.81 | +2.81 |
  | | Animal Justice | Elly Mousellis | 1,085 | 2.62 | +2.62 |
  | | Freedom | Marcus Munday | 1,013 | 2.45 | +2.45 |
  | | Independent | Jeni Jobe | 970 | 2.34 | +2.34 |
  | | Independent | Meg Edwards | 872 | 2.11 | +2.11 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 41,404 | 92.96 | –0.41 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,135 | 7.04 | +0.41 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,539 | 89.11 | −1.95 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Jordan Crugnale | 20,803 | 50.24 | +0.94 |
  | | Liberal | Aaron Brown | 20,601 | 49.76 | −0.94 |
  | | Labor notional gain from Liberal | Labor notional gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.94 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 2010s
  
  2018 Victorian state election: Bass :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Brian Paynter | 20,315 | 40.97 | −4.38 |
  | | Labor | Jordan Crugnale | 19,954 | 40.24 | +10.88 |
  | | Greens | David Arnault | 2,821 | 5.69 | −3.41 |
  | | Independent | Clare Le Serve | 2,212 | 4.46 | −6.34 |
  | | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Frank Ripa | 2,011 | 4.06 | +4.06 |
  | | Democratic Labour | Ross McPhee | 1,288 | 2.60 | +2.60 |
  | | Independent | Ron Bauer | 603 | 1.22 | +1.22 |
  | | Independent | Kate Lempriere | 385 | 0.78 | +0.78 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 49,589 | 93.37 | −1.22 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,522 | 6.63 | +1.22 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,111 | 91.06 | −3.30 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Jordan Crugnale | 25,982 | 52.39 | +6.94 |
  | | Liberal | Brian Paynter | 23,607 | 47.61 | −6.94 |
  | | Labor gain from Liberal | Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.94 | |
  
  2014 Victorian state election: Bass :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Brian Paynter | 18,008 | 45.3 | −10.2 |
  | | Labor | Sanjay Nathan | 11,659 | 29.4 | +0.6 |
  | | Independent | Clare Le Serve | 4,289 | 10.8 | +10.8 |
  | | Greens | Ross Fairhurst | 3,613 | 9.1 | −2.6 |
  | | Country Alliance | David Amor | 969 | 2.4 | −0.9 |
  | | Christians | Paul Reid | 651 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
  | | Rise Up Australia | Angela Dorian | 524 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 39,713 | 94.6 | −0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,272 | 5.4 | +0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,985 | 94.4 | +6.1 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Brian Paynter | 21,664 | 54.6 | −7.8 |
  | | Labor | Sanjay Nathan | 18,049 | 45.4 | +7.8 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −7.8 | |
  
  2010 Victorian state election: Bass :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Ken Smith | 25,098 | 56.46 | +10.10 |
  | | Labor | Gerry Lonergan | 12,962 | 29.16 | −5.83 |
  | | Greens | Neil Rankine | 4,845 | 10.90 | +2.04 |
  | | Country Alliance | Bruce Rogers | 1,546 | 3.48 | +3.48 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 44,451 | 95.20 | −0.25 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,243 | 4.80 | +0.25 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,694 | 94.75 | +0.71 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Ken Smith | 27,804 | 62.58 | +7.06 |
  | | Labor | Gerry Lonergan | 16,662 | 37.42 | −7.06 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +7.06 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  2006 Victorian state election: Bass :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Ken Smith | 16,584 | 46.36 | +5.89 |
  | | Labor | John Anderson | 12,517 | 34.99 | +6.98 |
  | | Greens | Tully Fletcher | 3,169 | 8.86 | +3.48 |
  | | Family First | Cameron Begg | 1,613 | 4.51 | +4.51 |
  | | National | Jacky Abbott | 1,275 | 3.56 | +3.56 |
  | | Independent | Cheryl Billing-Smith | 611 | 1.71 | +1.71 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 35,769 | 95.45 | −1.65 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,705 | 4.55 | +1.65 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,474 | 94.04 | +0.05 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Ken Smith | 19,882 | 55.52 | +4.88 |
  | | Labor | John Anderson | 15,926 | 44.48 | −4.88 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +4.88 | |
  
  2002 Victorian state election: Bass :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Ken Smith | 13,021 | 40.5 | -4.1 |
  | | Labor | John Anderson | 9,012 | 28.0 | +2.9 |
  | | Independent | Susan Davies | 7,014 | 21.8 | -1.3 |
  | | Greens | Nikki Ludlow | 1,730 | 5.4 | +3.3 |
  | | Independent | Kay Nesbit | 1,401 | 4.4 | +4.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 32,178 | 97.1 | -0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 962 | 2.9 | +0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,140 | 94.0 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Ken Smith | 16,294 | 50.6 | +4.2 |
  | | Labor | John Anderson | 15,884 | 49.4 | +49.4 |
  | | Liberal gain from Independent | Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | +4.2 | |
  