2013 Australian Senate election
The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 2013 Australian federal election.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate 39 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senators elected in the 2013 federal election and the WA special election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2013 Australian federal election |
---|
National results |
State and territory results |
|
Following a dispute of the results, the Western Australian results were declared void. The Western Australian senators were elected at the 2014 special election in Western Australia.
New senators took their places from 1 July 2014. This gave a Senate with the Coalition government on 33 seats, the Australian Labor Party opposition on 25 seats, and a record crossbench of 18: ten Australian Greens, three Palmer United, and single seats to David Leyonhjelm of the Liberal Democratic Party, Bob Day of the Family First Party, Ricky Muir of the Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party, John Madigan of the Democratic Labour Party and Nick Xenophon.[1][2]
Australia
This table includes votes and percentage from the 2013 election and the seat allocation is based on the void election in Western Australia. The 2014 Australian Senate special election in Western Australia includes the revised national totals after that election.
Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Total seats | Change | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal/National joint ticket [lower-alpha 3] | 3,938,204 | 29.36 | –0.04 | 8 | 16 | 1 | ||
Liberal [lower-alpha 4] | 1,006,710 | 7.51 | +1.08 | 8 | 16 | |||
National [lower-alpha 5] | 69,523 | 0.52 | –0.19 | 0 | 0 | |||
Country Liberal (NT) | 42,781 | 0.32 | –0.01 | 1 | 1 | |||
Coalition total | 5,057,218 | 37.70 | –0.92 | 17 | 33 | 1 | ||
Labor | 4,038,591 | 30.11 | –5.02 | 12 | 25 | 6 | ||
Greens | 1,159,588 | 8.65 | –4.46 | 4 | 10 | 1 | ||
Palmer United | 658,976 | 4.91 | +4.91 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Liberal Democratic Party | 523,831 | 3.91 | +2.10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Xenophon Group | 258,376 | 1.93 | +1.93 | 1 | 1 | |||
Family First | 149,306 | 1.11 | –0.99 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Motoring Enthusiasts | 67,560 | 0.50 | +0.50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 13,413,016 | 40 | 76 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 409,149 | 2.96 | –0.79 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 14,086,869 | 93.71 | ||||||
Source: Commonwealth Election 2013 |
The Senate has 76 seats. Forty seats were up for election; six in each of the six states, two for the ACT and two for the Northern Territory. The terms of the four senators from the territories commenced on election day, all other terms take effect on 1 July 2014.[5][6]
Distribution of preferences have occurred for all Senate seats in all states and territories.[7][8] The Senate will see the Coalition government on 33 seats with the Labor opposition on 25 seats and a record crossbench of 18 – the Greens on ten seats, Palmer United on three seats, with other minor parties and independents on five seats – the LDP's David Leyonhjelm, Family First's Bob Day, and incumbents Nick Xenophon and the DLP's John Madigan. Muir indicated he would vote in line with Palmer United.[9] The Coalition government will require the support of at least six non-coalition senators to pass legislation.
Most Senate votes cast in Western Australia were subject to a formal recount.[10] During the recount it was determined that 1,375 WA Senate ballot papers could not be located.[11][12] After the final recount the result was duly declared which changed the last two predicted WA Senate spots from Palmer and Labor back to Sports and Green. Mick Keelty, a former AFP Commissioner, was requested by the AEC to investigate the issue of the misplaced ballot papers.[13][14] On 15 November, the AEC petitioned the High Court, acting as the Court of Disputed Returns, to seek an order from the court that the WA Senate election of all six senators (3 Liberal, 1 Labor, 1 Green, 1 Sport) be declared void.[15][16][17] The challenge was successful and a fresh half senate election was held in Western Australia. The outcome was that the Sport party's Wayne Dropulich was replaced by Zhenya Wang of the Palmer United Party.
A record number of candidates stood at the election.[18] Group voting tickets came under scrutiny because multiple candidates were provisionally elected with the vast majority of their 14.3 percent quotas coming from the preferences of other parties across the political spectrum. "Preference whisperer" Glenn Druery organised tight cross-preferencing between many minor parties.[19][20][21] Sports' Wayne Dropulich initially won a Senate seat on a record-low primary vote of 0.2 percent in Western Australia, his party placing coming 21st out of 28 groups on primary votes.[22][23][24] Motoring's Ricky Muir won a senate seat on a record-low primary vote of 0.5 percent in Victoria.[25][26] Previous examples of winning with low vote shares include Family First's Steve Fielding in 2004 on 1.9 percent in Victoria[27] and the Nuclear Disarmament Party's Robert Wood in 1987 on 1.5 percent in New South Wales. Family First's Bob Day won a seat on a primary vote of 3.8 percent in South Australia,[26][28] and the DLP's John Madigan won his seat in 2010 on a primary vote of 2.3 percent in Victoria.[29] Xenophon and larger parties including the incoming government are looking at changes to the GVT system.[30][31][32]
New South Wales
|
|
Victoria
|
|
Queensland
|
|
Western Australia
|
|
South Australia
|
|
Tasmania
|
|
Territories
Australian Capital Territory
|
|
Northern Territory
|
|
See also
Notes
- Abetz became the Leader of the Government in the Senate, whereas the leader of the Coalition in the Australian House of Representatives was Tony Abbott.
- Wong became the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, whereas the leader of the Labor Party in the Australian House of Representatives was Kevin Rudd.
- The Liberal and National parties ran a joint ticket in New South Wales and Victoria. It includes the Liberal National Party in Queensland.
- The Liberals-only ticket ran in Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory.
- The Nationals-only ticket ran in Western Australia and South Australia.
References
- 2013 election Senate results by vote: AEC
- "2013 election Senate results by seat: ABC". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- "First Preferences by Group". Virtual Tally Room: 2013 election. AEC. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- "Senate Results: Summary". ABC. 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, Section 13. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- Senate (Representation of Territories) Act 1973, Section 6. Retrieved August 2010.
- AEC Twitter feed
- "Senate results: Distribution of Preferences". Virtual Tally Room: Election 2013. AEC. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- "Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party Consolidates Support" (Press release). Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- Most recently updated divisions, Senate: 2013 election, AEC Archived 2013-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
- Harrison, Dan; Hurst, Daniel; Ireland, Judith (31 October 2013). "WA Senate recount in turmoil as 1375 votes go missing". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- "Australian Electoral Commission statement: WA Senate recount" (Press release). AEC. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- Green, Antony (3 November 2013). "What's Going On With The WA Senate Count". ABC News. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- Green, Antony (8 November 2013). "WA Senate Contest Comes Down to Just 1 Vote - and it's one of the Missing". ABC News. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- Murphy, Katherine (15 November 2013). "Senate recount: electoral commission asks high court to nullify six WA seats". The Guardian. Australia. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- Ireland, Judith (15 November 2013). "Missing votes: AEC asks High Court to void WA Senate election". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- "Electoral Commission challenges WA Senate result to bring about fresh election". ABC News. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- Green, Antony (16 August 2013). "Record Number of Candidates to Contest 2013 Election". ABC News. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- Bitter dispute erupts over Senate preferences in Queensland: ABC 5 September 2013
- Glen Druery - the 'preference whisperer': ABC 21 August 2013 Archived 2 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- 'Preference whisperer' defends role in minor parties' Senate success: The Guardian 13 September 2013
- Western Australia 2013 Senate results and preference flows: ABC
- Green, Antony (13 September 2013). "The Preference Deals behind the Strange Election of Ricky Muir and Wayne Dropulich". ABC News. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- Australian Sports Party 'pleasantly surprised' by potential Senate seat: ABC 9 September 2013
- Victorian 2013 Senate results and preference flows: ABC
- Motoring Enthusiasts Party member Ricky Muir wins Senate seat: ABC 1 October 2013
- A ballot crammed with choice: SMH Tim Colebatch 5 August 2013
- South Australia 2013 Senate results and preference flows: ABC
- Single-issue groups set to take balance of power: Canberra Times 9 September 2013
- Coalition shy of Senate majority: Business Spectator 9 September 2013
- Tony Abbott fires a warning shot at micro parties in the Senate: WA Today 9 September 2013
- "Xenophon wants voting reform: NineMSN 9 September 2013". Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2013.