General election in Australia 1996

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(in %)
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
38.8
38.7
8.2
6.8
2.9
2.3
3.2
Independent
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1993
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-6.1
+1.9
+1.0
+3.0
+1.0
-0.8
± 0.0
Independent
Otherwise.
Two-party preferred vote
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
53.6
46.4
Coalition
Gains / losses
compared to
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+5.0
-5.0
Coalition
Allocation of seats to the House of Representatives
49
5
1
75
18th
49 5 1 75 18th 
A total of 148 seats
Distribution of seats in the Senate after the 2001 election
      
A total of 77 seats

The 1996 general election in Australia took place on March 2, 1996. It was the election to the 38th 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.

The election winner was the opposition Liberal Party , which from then on could rule with an absolute majority. The ruling Labor Party was the loser of the election with a large loss of votes .

Election results

House of Representatives

Result of the election for the House of Representatives 1996 ( IRV )
Political party be right Seats
number % +/- number +/-
Australian Labor Party (ALP) 4,217,765 38.75 −6.17 49 −31
Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) 4,210,689 38.69 +1.92 75 +26
National Party of Australia (NPA) 893.170 8.21 +1.04 18th +2
Australian Democrats (AD) 735.848 6.76 +3.01 - -
Australian Greens 317,654 2.92 +1.06 - -
Independent 253,894 2.33 +0.47 5 +3
Country Liberal Party (CLP) 38,302 0.35 +0.02 1 +1
Others 216,530 1.99 - - -
total 10,883,852 100.00 148
Eligible voters 11,740,568
Voter participation (compulsory elective) 95.77%
votes cast 11,244,017
invalid votes 360.165
Source:

senate

40 of the 76 seats were newly elected.

Result of the election to the Senate 1996 ( STV )
Political party be right Seats
number % +/- Won total +/-
Australian Labor Party (ALP) 3,940,150 36.15 −7.35 14th 29 −1
Liberal / National (Joint Ticket) 2,669,377 24.49 +0.09 6th
Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) 1,770,486 16.24 +0.65 12 31 +2
Australian Democrats (AD) 1,179,357 10.82 +5.51 5 7th -
National Party of Australia (NPA) 312,769 2.87 +0.15 1 5 −1
Country Liberal Party (CLP) 40.050 0.37 +0.04 1 1 -
Others 1,026,898 9.43 - 1 4th -
total 10,899,037 100.00 40 76
Eligible voters 11,740,568
Voter participation (compulsory elective) 96.20%
votes cast 11,294,479
invalid votes 395,442
Source:

Web links

Individual evidence

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