General election in Australia 2001
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The 2001 general election in Australia took place on November 10, 2001. It was the election for the 40th 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 ruling coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party clearly won the election and was thus confirmed in office. The Labor Party and One Nation were the losers in the elections, with a significant drop in votes .
Election results
House of Representatives
Political party | be right | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number | % | +/- | number | +/- | ||
Australian Labor Party (ALP) | 4,341,420 | 37.84 | −2.26 | 65 | −2 | |
Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) | 4,254,071 | 37.08 | +3.19 | 68 | +4 | |
National Party of Australia (NPA) | 643.926 | 5.61 | +0.32 | 13 | −3 | |
Australian Democrats (AD) | 620.225 | 5.41 | +0.28 | - | - | |
Australian Greens | 569,074 | 4.96 | +2.82 | - | - | |
One Nation | 498.032 | 4.34 | −4.09 | - | - | |
Independent | 332,669 | 2.90 | −0.99 | 3 | +2 | |
Country Liberal Party (CLP) | 36,961 | 0.32 | - | 1 | +1 | |
Others | 177,696 | 1.54 | - | - | - | |
total | 11,474,074 | 100.00 | 150 | +2 | ||
Eligible voters | 12,708,837 | |||||
Voter participation (compulsory elective) | 94.85% | |||||
votes cast | 12,054,664 | |||||
invalid votes | 580.590 | |||||
Source: |
senate
40 of the 76 seats were newly elected.
Political party | be right | Seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number | % | +/- | Won | total | +/- | ||
Australian Labor Party (ALP) | 3,990,997 | 34.42 | −2.99 | 14th | 28 | −1 | |
Liberal / National (Joint Ticket) | 2,776,052 | 23.88 | +2.00 | 6th | |||
Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) | 1,824,745 | 15.69 | +2.06 | 12 | 31 | - | |
Australian Democrats (AD) | 843.130 | 7.25 | −1.20 | 4th | 8th | −1 | |
One Nation | 644.364 | 5.54 | −3.44 | - | 1 | - | |
Australian Greens | 574,543 | 4.94 | +2.22 | 2 | 2 | +1 | |
National Party of Australia (NPA) | 222,860 | 1.92 | +0.06 | - | 3 | - | |
Country Liberal Party (CLP) | 40,680 | 0.35 | +0.03 | 1 | 1 | - | |
Others | 710.158 | 6.01 | - | 1 | 2 | - | |
total | 11,627,529 | 100.00 | 40 | 76 | |||
Eligible voters | 12,708,837 | ||||||
Voter participation (compulsory elective) | 95.20% | ||||||
votes cast | 12,098,490 | ||||||
invalid votes | 470.961 | ||||||
Source: |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Australian Politics and Elections Database University of Western Australia (English)