General election in Australia 1998

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(in %)
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
40.1
33.9
8.4
5.3
5.1
2.1
1.9
3.2
Gains and losses
compared to 1996
 % p
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+1.3
-4.8
+8.4
-2.9
-1.7
-0.8
-0.4
+0.9
Two-party preferred vote
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
51.0
49.0
Coalition
Gains / losses
compared to
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+4.6
-4.6
Coalition
Allocation of seats to the House of Representatives
67
1
64
16
67 1 64 16 
A total of 148 seats
Distribution of seats in the Senate after the 2001 election
        
A total of 76 seats

The 1998 general election in Australia took place on October 3, 1998. It was the election for the 39th 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 coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party had to accept huge losses of votes, it was still able to continue to govern with an absolute majority. The right-wing populist party One Nation , which was running for the first time in the national parliamentary election, won 8 to 9 percent of the vote from the start.

Election results

House of Representatives

Result of the election to the House of Representatives 1998 ( IRV )
Political party be right Seats
number % +/- number +/-
Australian Labor Party (ALP) 4,454,306 40.10 +1.35 67 +18
Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) 3,764,707 33.89 −4.80 64 −11
One Nation 936,612 8.43 +8.43 - -
National Party of Australia (NPA) 588.088 5.29 −2.92 16 −2
Australian Democrats (AD) 569.935 5.13 −1.63 - -
Australian Greens 238.035 2.14 −0.78 - -
Independent 212,522 1.91 −0.42 1 −4
Country Liberal Party (CLP) 36,014 0.32 −0.03 - −1
Others 308,844 2.79 - - -
total 11,109,063 100.00 148
Eligible voters 12.154.050
Voter participation (compulsory elective) 94.99%
votes cast 11,545,201
invalid votes 436.138
Source:

senate

40 of the 76 seats were newly elected.

Result of the election to the Senate 1998 ( STV )
Political party be right Seats
number % +/- Won total +/-
Australian Labor Party (ALP) 4,182,963 37.31 +1.16 17th 29 -
Liberal / National (Joint Ticket) 2,452,407 21.87 −2.62 5
Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) 1,528,730 13.63 −2.61 11 31 -
One Nation 1,007,439 8.99 +8.99 1 1 +1
Australian Democrats (AD) 947.940 8.45 −2.37 4th 9 +2
Australian Greens 244.165 2.17 −0.23 - 1 -
National Party of Australia (NPA) 208,536 1.86 −1.01 - 3 −2
Country Liberal Party (CLP) 36,063 0.32 −0.05 1 1 -
Others 603.660 5.40 - 1 1 -
total 11,211,903 100.00 40 76
Eligible voters 12.154.050
Voter participation (compulsory elective) 95.34%
votes cast 11,587,365
invalid votes 375,462
Source:

Web links

Individual evidence

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