2022 Australian Senate election
The 2022 Australian federal election in the Senate was held on 21 May 2022 to elect 40 of the 76 senators in the Australian Senate, after a six-week campaign. Senators elected at this election took office on 1 July 2022, with the exception of the Senators elected from two territories whose terms commenced from election day. The elected senators sit alongside continuing senators elected in 2019 as part of the 47th Parliament of Australia.
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2022 Australian federal election |
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National results |
State and territory results |
The Coalition remained the largest parliamentary grouping in the Senate, despite their defeat in the House of Representatives. The Greens won three additional seats in the Senate, thereby gaining the balance of power in the upper house; two senators from every state were Greens as a result of this election. Meanwhile, the incoming Labor government's numbers in the Senate remained unchanged. The six other crossbench seats were 2 One Nation, 2 Jacqui Lambie Network, 1 United Australia Party, and 1 independent (David Pocock).
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Party | First-preference votes |
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Liberal/National joint ticket | 2,997,004 | 19.93 | –1.66 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | ||
Liberal National (Qld) | 1,061,638 | 7.06 | –0.67 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
Liberal | 1,052,571 | 7.00 | –1.24 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 2 | ||
Country Liberal (NT) | 32,846 | 0.22 | –0.04 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
National | 3,969 | 0.03 | –0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Liberal/National Coalition | 5,148,028 | 34.24 | –3.75 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 4 | ||
Labor | 4,525,598 | 30.09 | +1.30 | 15 | 11 | 26 | |||
Greens | 1,903,403 | 12.66 | +2.47 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | ||
One Nation | 644,744 | 4.29 | –1.11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
United Australia | 520,520 | 3.46 | +1.10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | 501,421 | 3.33 | +1.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 340,132 | 2.26 | +1.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Animal Justice | 240,696 | 1.60 | +0.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers | 147,737 | 0.98 | –0.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Great Australian | 82,237 | 0.55 | +0.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Sustainable Australia | 78,181 | 0.52 | +0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Reason | 74,223 | 0.49 | +0.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Indigenous-Aboriginal | 71,811 | 0.48 | +0.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Australian Democrats | 65,532 | 0.44 | +0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
David Pocock | 60,406 | 0.40 | +0.40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Justice | 54,366 | 0.36 | –0.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Fusion | 51,676 | 0.34 | +0.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Informed Medical Options | 48,830 | 0.32 | +0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Australian Values | 41,351 | 0.27 | +0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Federation | 33,551 | 0.22 | +0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Christians | 33,143 | 0.22 | +0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lambie Network | 31,203 | 0.21 | +0.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Citizens | 29,799 | 0.20 | +0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Socialist Alliance | 28,057 | 0.19 | +0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Western Australia | 26,555 | 0.18 | +0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Patrick Team | 23,425 | 0.16 | +0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | ||
Victorian Socialists | 21,739 | 0.14 | +0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Federal ICAC Now | 18,508 | 0.12 | +0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
TNL | 13,217 | 0.09 | +0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Seniors United | 12,790 | 0.09 | +0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Kim for Canberra | 12,622 | 0.08 | +0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Local | 7,605 | 0.05 | +0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Progressives | 5,932 | 0.04 | +0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Democratic Alliance | 5,566 | 0.04 | +0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Unendorsed/ungrouped | 136,054 | 0.90 | +0.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | ||
Total | 15,040,658 | 100.00 | – | 40 | 36 | 76 | – | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 532,003 | 3.42 | −0.39 | – | – | – | – | ||
Turnout | 15,572,661 | 90.47 | –2.01 | – | – | – | – | ||
Registered Voters | 17,213,433 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Source: AEC for votes, ABC for seats |
- Rex Patrick was appointed to the Senate in 2017 as a member of the Nick Xenophon Team, which became Centre Alliance however the party did not contest this election. The other Centre Alliance senator, Stirling Griff, ran with Nick Xenophon in Group O.
- Stirling Griff was elected to the Senate in 2016 as a member of the Nick Xenophon Team, which became Centre Alliance however the party did not contest this election, with Stirling Griff running with Nick Xenophon in Group O. The other Centre Alliance senator, Rex Patrick, ran with the eponymous Patrick Team.
New South Wales
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Victoria
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Queensland
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Western Australia
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South Australia
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Tasmania
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Territories
Australian Capital Territory
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Northern Territory
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References
- "Senate results". Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. 1 July 2022. Archived from the original on 17 September 2023 – via results.aec.gov.au.
- "State and territory results". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- "First preferences by Senate group: New South Wales". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- "First preferences by Senate group: Victoria". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- "First preferences by Senate group: Queensland". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- "First preferences by Senate group: Western Australia". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- "First preferences by Senate group: South Australia". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- "First preferences by Senate group: Tasmania". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- "First preferences by Senate group: Australian Capital Territory". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- "First preferences by Senate group: Northern Territory". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 May 2022.