Jagajaga – Australia 2013

ALP 11.2%

Incumbent MP
Jenny Macklin, since 1996.

Map of Jagajaga's 2010 and 2013 boundaries. 2010 boundaries marked as red lines, 2013 boundaries marked as white area. Click to enlarge.
Map of Jagajaga’s 2010 and 2013 boundaries. 2010 boundaries marked as red lines, 2013 boundaries marked as white area. Click to enlarge.

Geography
North-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Jagajaga covers most of Banyule council area and southern parts of Nillumbik council area. Key suburbs include Ivanhoe, Heidelberg, Eaglemont, Rosanna, Viewbank, Yallambie, Montmorency, Eltham, St Helena and Warrandyte.

Redistribution
Jagajaga has expanded since the 2010 election, gaining a small area around Greensborough from Scullin and a larger area around Kangaroo Ground from McEwen. The Labor margin was cut from 11.5% to 11.2%.

History
Jagajaga was created for the expansion of the House of Representatives in 1984, and has always been held by the ALP.

Jagajaga was first won in 1984 by Peter Staples, who had previously won the seat of Diamond Valley at the 1983 election, before it was abolished in 1984.

Staples was appointed as a junior minister after the 1987 election, and served until a reshuffle in 1993, and served as  a backbencher until his retirement at the 1996 election.

Jagajaga was won in 1996 by Jenny Macklin. Macklin served as a shadow minister for the entirety of the Howard government. She was Deputy Leader from the 2001 election until 2006, when she was defeated by Julia Gillard when Kevin Rudd defeated Kim Beazley for the party’s leadership. She has served as Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs since the election of the Rudd government in 2007.

Candidates

Assessment
Jagajaga is a safe Labor seat.

2010 result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
Jenny Macklin ALP 40,682 47.34 -0.82
Joh Bauch LIB 29,742 34.61 -2.94
Chris Kearney GRN 12,847 14.95 +4.70
Joe Sgarlata FF 2,109 2.45 +0.09
Peter Harris SEC 560 0.65 +0.65

2010 two-candidate-preferred result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
Jenny Macklin ALP 52,868 61.52 +2.54
Joh Bauch LIB 33,075 38.48 -2.54
Polling places in Jagajaga at the 2010 federal election. East in orange, East Central in blue, West Central in yellow, West in green. Click to enlarge.
Polling places in Jagajaga at the 2010 federal election. East in orange, East Central in blue, West Central in yellow, West in green. Click to enlarge.

Booth breakdown
Booths have been divided into four areas. Those polling places in Nillumbik council area have been grouped as ‘east’. Polling places in Banyule council area have been divided into East Central, West and West Central.

The ALP won a majority in all four areas, varying from 58.8% in the east to 64.7% in the west.

The Greens vote varied from 13.2% in East Central to 17.4% in East.

Voter group GRN % ALP 2PP % Total votes % of ordinary votes
East Central 13.17 59.54 20,065 29.70
West 16.56 64.73 17,121 25.34
West Central 13.49 63.74 16,335 24.18
East 17.42 58.80 14,045 20.79
Other votes 14.71 59.37 22,516
Two-party-preferred votes in Jagajaga at the 2010 federal election.
Two-party-preferred votes in Jagajaga at the 2010 federal election.
Greens primary votes in Jagajaga at the 2010 federal election.
Greens primary votes in Jagajaga at the 2010 federal election.

9 COMMENTS

  2. Smart due to the Labors popularity in Jagajaga. Though this probably looks soft to many Liberal voters, i know i was a bit surprised when i saw it.

  3. Can anyone explain why the Liberal Party sent, via Australia Post at taxpayers expense, voting information for a Liberal candidate that was not standing in this electorate? I received mail urging me to vote for Jag Chuga in the adjacent electorate of Scullin (and I am nowhere near the boundaries) … waste of money again!

  7. Very large swing here, any reason why?

    Although looking at the median incomes here….it probably shouldn’t be a safe Labor seat, particularly given how far north it is.

  9. This was a suprise from my perspective, I expected Jenny to hold on with at least a 5% margin, but to be only 2% would’ve given Labor a real scare. If she chooses to retire in the near future, Jagajaga could be in play. Another seat in Melbourne where Labor was outpolled on primary votes. A trend that is dangerous if repeated at a by-election.

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