General election in Australia 1984

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Election to the House of Representatives in 1984
(in %)
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
47.5
34.1
10.6
5.5
2.3
Gains and losses
compared to 1983
 % p
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-2.0
-0.3
+1.4
+0.5
+0.4
Two-party preferred vote
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
51.8
48.2
Coalition
Gains / losses
compared to 1983
 % p
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-1.4
+1.4
Coalition

The 1984 general election in Australia took place on December 1, 1984. It was the election to the 34th Australian Parliament . Of the two chambers of parliament which was the House of Representatives (Lower House) and the Senate (upper house) elected.

The ruling Labor Party was the election winner . She was able to defend her absolute majority of the seats in the House of Representatives. The loser, however, was the opposition Liberal Party .

background

The election date was announced on October 8, 1984. Prime Minister Bob Hawke ( Australian Labor Party ) said he would like to have an early election d to allow voters to judge the government and renew their mandate. The need to unify House and Senate elections was also cited as a factor contributing to this decision. Accordingly, the parliament was dissolved early on October 26, 1984.

During the seven-week election campaign, the outgoing Prime Minister emphasized the government's achievements in the economic and social spheres (lower inflation and unemployment rates, banking and financial reforms, growth in the gross national product) and in the area of ​​international relations.

The main opposition was formed by the conservative coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party . Liberal leader Andrew Peacock claimed that the government could not sustain the country's economic recovery and that far-reaching reforms, particularly in the tax area, were needed. Organized crime was another issue.

Election results

A total of 830 candidates (628 for the House of Representatives, 202 for the Senate) and 16 political parties competed for the 148 seats in the House of Representatives and the 46 seats in the Senate (including 12 additional). On election day, the Labor Party remained in power, but with a reduced majority in the House, despite Prime Minister Hawke's personal popularity. On December 12th, Bob Hawke introduced the members of his newly formed cabinet.

House of Representatives

Allocation of seats to the House of Representatives
82
21st
45
82 21st 45 
A total of 148 seats
Result of the election to the House of Representatives 1984 ( IRV )
Political party be right Seats
number % +/- number +/-
Australian Labor Party (ALP) 4,120,130 47.55 −1.93 82 +7
Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) 2,951,556 34.06 −0.06 45 +12
National Party of Australia (NPA) 921.151 10.63 +1.42 21st +4
Australian Democrats (AD) 472.204 5.45 +0.41 - -
Country Liberal Party (CLP) 27,335 0.32 +0.08 - -
Others 172,576 1.99 +0.07 -
total 8,664,952 100.00 148
Eligible voters 9,869,217
Voter participation (compulsory elective) 94.19%

Source:

senate

Result of the election to the Senate 1984 ( STV )
Political party be right Seats
number % won total
Australian Labor Party (ALP) 3,748,776 42.2 20th 34
Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) 2,987,789 33.6 17th 28
National Party of Australia (NPA) 525.185 5.9 3 5
Australian Democrats (AD) 676.160 7.6 5 7th
Nuclear Disarmament Party 642,435 7.2 1 1
Call to Australia Group 162.272 1.8 - -
Democratic Labor Party 32,472 0.4 - -
Senator Harradine Group 22,992 0.2 - -
Pensioner Party of Australia 23.974 0.2 - -
Others 624.281 6.67 - -
total 8,885,506 100.00 46 76
Eligible voters 9,866,266
Voter participation (compulsory elective) 94.51%
votes cast 9,325,349
invalid votes 439.843
Source:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Australian Politics and Elections Database University of Western Australia (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d e Inter-Parliamentary Union: Results of the 1984 Australian Election. Retrieved October 13, 2018 .