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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.
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 ...
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%. [60]
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
Senate terms are six years (three for territories). As the election was the result of a double dissolution, all 64 senate seats were vacant. All elected senators took their seats immediately with a backdated starting date of 1 July 1982, except for the territorial senators who took their seats at the election.
The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1980 federal election.Senators total 31 coalition (27 Liberal, one coalition National, one CLP), 27 Labor, two non-coalition National, five Democrats, and one Independent. [1]