State Election 2002: Ripon District
First Preference Results by Voting Centre
| Elected member | HELPER, Joe |
|---|
| Total enrolment | 36044 |
|---|---|
| Formal votes | 33253 |
| Informal votes | 967 (2.83% of the total votes) |
| Total votes | 34220 (94.94% of the total enrolment) |
First preference votes
| ERWIN, Kevin | de FEGELY, Rob | HELPER, Joe | McCALLUM, John | MILLAR, Phil | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Voting centres | NATIONAL | LIBERAL | ALP | AUSTRALIAN GREENS | Informal votes | Total votes polled | |
| Amphitheatre | 10 | 96 | 82 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 204 |
| Ararat | 104 | 704 | 1710 | 18 | 80 | 68 | 2684 |
| Ararat West | 88 | 410 | 825 | 11 | 62 | 18 | 1414 |
| Ascot | 33 | 86 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 168 |
| Avoca | 54 | 308 | 421 | 10 | 31 | 27 | 851 |
| Bealiba | 33 | 42 | 52 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 142 |
| Beaufort | 81 | 487 | 598 | 12 | 33 | 42 | 1253 |
| Bowenvale | 34 | 74 | 114 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 245 |
| Buangor | 7 | 69 | 51 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 134 |
| Burrumbeet | 14 | 128 | 62 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 220 |
| Cape Clear | 20 | 92 | 115 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 252 |
| Carisbrook | 40 | 266 | 421 | 21 | 29 | 19 | 796 |
| Clunes | 40 | 313 | 545 | 12 | 86 | 30 | 1026 |
| Concongella | 67 | 87 | 92 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 267 |
| Dunolly | 72 | 188 | 341 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 650 |
| Elmhurst | 20 | 68 | 81 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 175 |
| Glenorchy | 52 | 56 | 52 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 171 |
| Great Western | 37 | 99 | 143 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 300 |
| Haddon | 63 | 387 | 565 | 9 | 105 | 42 | 1171 |
| Halls Gap | 23 | 87 | 76 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 226 |
| Landsborough | 42 | 61 | 55 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 164 |
| Learmonth | 18 | 194 | 133 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 375 |
| Lexton | 15 | 79 | 106 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 217 |
| Linton | 10 | 131 | 224 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 411 |
| Maryborough | 148 | 930 | 1818 | 41 | 104 | 104 | 3145 |
| Maryborough East | 101 | 498 | 1137 | 21 | 59 | 41 | 1857 |
| Miners Rest | 30 | 321 | 336 | 1 | 33 | 34 | 755 |
| Moonambel | 10 | 69 | 111 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 208 |
| Moyston | 20 | 65 | 126 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 228 |
| Natte Yallock | 22 | 44 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 88 |
| Navarre | 14 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Pomonal | 38 | 75 | 103 | 4 | 29 | 7 | 256 |
| Ross Creek | 50 | 320 | 374 | 7 | 39 | 32 | 822 |
| Scarsdale | 11 | 92 | 175 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 307 |
| Skipton | 34 | 243 | 162 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 468 |
| Smeaton | 16 | 106 | 57 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 210 |
| Smythesdale | 40 | 150 | 332 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 575 |
| Snake Valley | 31 | 154 | 275 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 510 |
| Stawell | 286 | 620 | 1003 | 7 | 64 | 63 | 2043 |
| Stawell West | 292 | 518 | 828 | 12 | 85 | 61 | 1796 |
| Talbot | 21 | 150 | 303 | 8 | 22 | 18 | 522 |
| Waubra | 12 | 103 | 92 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 230 |
| Ordinary Votes Total | 2153 | 8984 | 14165 | 273 | 1180 | 827 | 27582 |
| Postal Votes | 141 | 711 | 940 | 18 | 64 | 25 | 1899 |
| Early Votes | 87 | 642 | 1122 | 26 | 100 | 37 | 2014 |
| Early Votes - Mobile | 40 | 137 | 192 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 383 |
| Declaration Votes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Absent Votes | 167 | 804 | 1020 | 47 | 231 | 73 | 2342 |
| Total | 2588 | 11278 | 17439 | 367 | 1581 | 967 | 34220 |
| Percentage of formal vote polled by candidate | 7.78% | 33.92% | 52.44% | 1.10% | 4.75% |