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Rankin

Rankin is a federal electorate in Queensland, held by Jim Chalmers of the Australian Labor Party since the 2025 election, by a margin of 15.55 points — a safe seat.

Member for Rankin

Jim Chalmers

Australian Labor Party

Their voting record and expenses →

The 2025 result

Final two candidates after preferences were distributed, from the election held 3 May 2025.

  • Jim CHALMERSAustralian Labor Party65.55%60,092 votes
  • Paul DARWENLNP34.45%31,577 votes
Margin
15.55%
Safe
Two-party-preferred swing
+6.46%
to Australian Labor Party
Turnout
85.23%
114,950 enrolled

First preferences in 2025

How the seat voted before preferences were distributed. The Coalition is counted as one figure across its four registrations, and the Greens across both of theirs — in Victoria they contest as GVIC and elsewhere as GRN, which read as two separate minor parties if left unmerged.

  • Labor49.4%
  • Coalition19.7%
  • Minor parties13.3%
  • Greens10.9%
  • One Nation6.6%

Suburbs in Rankin

25 suburbs and localities have residents in this electorate. 3of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

  • Calamvale
  • Rochedale South
  • Marsden
  • Woodridge (Qld)
  • Crestmead
  • Parkinson
  • Regents Park (Qld)
  • Kingston (Qld)
  • Slacks Creek
  • Springwood (Qld)
  • Algester
  • Daisy Hill (Qld)
  • Underwood (Qld)
  • Browns Plains (Qld)
  • Hillcrest (Qld)
  • Logan Central
  • Heritage Park
  • Drewvale
  • Stretton
  • Berrinba
  • Meadowbrook 40%
  • Karawatha
  • Priestdale
  • Shailer Park 1%
  • Loganlea 0%

Postcodes in Rankin

11 postcodes have residents in this electorate. 4of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

  • 4114
  • 4118 92%
  • 4116
  • 4127
  • 4132
  • 4115
  • 4123 67%
  • 4119
  • 4117
  • 4131 10%
  • 4128 1%

Where this comes from

  • Results, margins and turnout are the AEC’s published 2025figures. The margin is derived — the winner’s two-candidate-preferred share minus 50 — and the seat status is the AEC’s own classification.
  • Suburbs and postcodes come from 2021 Census mesh blocks matched to CED_2025 boundaries, weighted by resident population rather than by area — otherwise a large, largely uninhabited postcode is assigned to whichever division holds the most empty land.
  • These are an approximation of the AEC’s legal boundaries, so close to a boundary they can differ. To confirm where you are enrolled, check the AEC.

Australian Statistical Geography Standard Edition 3 allocation files and 2021 Census Mesh Block Counts, © Australian Bureau of Statistics.