General election in Australia 1990

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Election to the House of Representatives in 19901993 →
(in %)
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
39.4
34.8
11.3
8.4
2.6
3.5
Independent
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1987
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-6.4
+0.5
+5.3
-3.1
+1.0
+2.7
Independent
Otherwise.
Two-party preferred vote
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
50.1
49.9
Coalition
Gains / losses
compared to
 % p
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+0.9
-0.9
Coalition
Allocation of seats to the House of Representatives
78
1
55
14th
78 1 55 14th 
A total of 148 seats

The parliamentary elections in Australia in 1990 took place on March 24, 1990. It was the election to the 36th Australian Parliament . From the two chambers of parliament , the House of Representatives (lower house) was fully elected and the Senate (upper house) partially re-elected.

Although the ruling Labor Party lost most of the votes, it was still able to continue to govern with an absolute majority. The loser in the election was the opposition Liberal Party .

Election results

House of Representatives

Result of the election to the House of Representatives 1990 ( IRV )
Political party be right Seats
number % +/- number +/-
Australian Labor Party (ALP) 3,904,138 39.44 −6.39 78 −8
Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) 3,440,902 34.76 +0.44 55 +12
Australian Democrats (AD) 1,114,216 11.26 +5.23 - -
National Party of Australia (NPA) 833,557 8.42 −3.10 14th −5
Independent 252.116 2.55 +0.95 1 +1
Country Liberal Party (CLP) 27,668 0.28 +0.05 - -
Others 327.077 3.29 - - -
total 9,899,674 100.00 148
Eligible voters 10,728,435
Voter participation (compulsory elective) 95.31%
votes cast 10,225,800
invalid votes 326.126
Source:

senate

40 of the 76 seats were newly elected.

Result of the election to the Senate 1990 ( STV )
Political party be right Seats
number % +/- Won total +/-
Australian Labor Party (ALP) 3,813,547 38.41 −4.42 15th 32 -
Liberal / National (Joint Ticket) 2,429,552 24.47 +10.70 5
Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) 1,445,872 14.56 −6.41 12 28 +2
Australian Democrats (AD) 1,253,807 12.63 +4.15 5 8th +1
National Party of Australia (NPA) 258.164 2.60 −4.49 1 5 −2
Country Liberal Party (CLP) 29,045 0.29 +0.08 1 1 -
Others 699.778 7.04 - 1 2 -
total 9,929,765 100.00 40 76
Eligible voters 10,727,945
Voter participation (compulsory elective) 95.81%
votes cast 10,278,830
invalid votes
Source:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Australian Politics and Elections Database University of Western Australia (English)