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The 1980 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 18 October 1980. All 125 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 64 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal–NCP coalition government, led by Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser , was elected to a third term with a much reduced majority, defeating the ...
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The Nationalist Party governed for approximately twelve years and The United Australia Party governed for approximately nine years. However, after the formation of the Liberal Party of Australia, it became the dominant force. After winning its first election in 1949, the Liberal Party of Australia stayed in power for approximately 22 years.
In addition the federal government have changed to fixed election dates every three years, and both territories and all states except Tasmania have changed to fixed election dates every four years. For these legislatures, the box is shown as running until the next scheduled election, but one could still be earlier if the government falls due to ...
Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending one seat. The National Party of Australia was defending two seats. Senators Stan Collard (National Country), Mal Colston (Labor), George Georges (Labor), David MacGibbon (Liberal) and Kathy Martin (Liberal) were not up for re-election.
This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1980 federal election. [1] ... Australia: 701 0.01 +0.01 0
To date, the election is the most decisive result at any Australian state or federal election since Federation, in terms of both percentage of lower house seats controlled by the governing party (89.8%) and two-party preferred margin. [35] [36] Map displaying Labor's landslide victory at the 2021 Western Australian state election.