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The senate results were: Liberal/National coalition 15 seats (-4), Labor 15 seats (±0), Greens 6 seats (+3), Jacqui Lambie Network 1 seat (+1), One Nation 1 seat (±0), United Australia 1 seat (+1), and independent 1 seat (+1). The composition of the Senate after the election was: Liberal/National Coalition 32 seats; Labor 26 seats; Greens 12 ...
This is a list of appointments to the Australian Senate, which is the upper house of the Parliament of Australia, filling casual vacancies, from the Senate's creation in 1901 until the present day. There is a second list of invalid elections and appointments to the Senate.
Members of the Australian Senate, 1959–1962; Members of the Australian Senate, 1962–1965; Members of the Australian Senate, 1965–1968; Members of the Australian Senate, 1968–1971; Members of the Australian Senate, 1971–1974; Members of the Australian Senate, 1974–1975 (terms deemed to have begun 1973) Members of the Australian ...
Because all seats are contested in the same election, it is easier for smaller parties to win seats under the single transferable vote system: the quota for the election of each senator in each Australian state in a full Senate election is 7.69% of the vote, while in a normal half-Senate election the quota is 14.28%. [58]
This article summarises results for the general elections to the Australian House of Representatives and Senate, respectively the lower and upper houses of Australia's federal bicameral legislative body, the Parliament of Australia. The number of seats has increased steadily over time, from 111 for the first election, to the current total of ...
The 1917 Australian Senate election was held on 5 May 1917 to elect 18 of the 36 senators in the Australian Senate as part of the 1917 federal election. Each state elected three senators to serve a six-year term beginning on 1 July 1917.
Leader's seat Western Australia: South Australia: Victoria: Seats before 30 26 9 Seats won 19: 13 6 Seats after 35: 26 9 Seat change 5 Popular vote 5,548,142: 4,204,313 1,488,427 Percentage 37.99%: 28.79% 10.19% Swing 2.80 1.01 1.54
The term of Australian parliaments is determined by the opening and dissolution (or expiration) of the House of Representatives. The Senate is not normally dissolved at all, except at a double dissolution, when the entire parliament is dissolved. Parliaments do not have a fixed term. The maximum term permitted by section 28 of the Constitution of Australia is three years, counted from the date ...