Results of the 1998 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
The following tables show results for the Australian House of Representatives at the 1998 federal election held on 3 October 1998.[1][2]
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All 148 seats in the House of Representatives 75 seats were needed for a majority in the House 40 (of the 76) seats in the Senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 12,154,050 ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 11,545,201 (94.99%) ( ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() 1998 Australian federal election |
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National results |
State and territory results |
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Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
Labor | 4,454,306 | 40.10 | +1.34 | 67 | ![]() | ||
Liberal | 3,764,707 | 33.89 | −4.80 | 64 | ![]() | ||
National | 588,088 | 5.29 | −2.91 | 16 | ![]() | ||
Country Liberal | 36,014 | 0.32 | −0.03 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Liberal/National Coalition | 4,388,809 | 39.51 | -7.74 | 80 | ![]() | ||
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One Nation | 936,621 | 8.43 | * | ||||
Democrats | 569,875 | 5.13 | −1.63 | ||||
Greens [lower-alpha 2] | 290,709 | 2.62 | −0.30 | ||||
Independents [lower-alpha 3] | 195,180 | 1.76 | −0.51 | 1 | ![]() | ||
Total | 11,109,063 | 148 | |||||
Two-party-preferred vote | |||||||
Liberal/National coalition | 5,413,431 | 49.02 | −4.61 | 80 | ![]() | ||
Labor | 5,630,409 | 50.98 | +4.61 | 67 | ![]() | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 436,138 | 3.78 | |||||
Turnout | 11,545,201 | 95.0 | |||||
Registered voters | 12,154,050 | ||||||
Source: Federal Elections 1998 |
States
New South Wales
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All 50 New South Wales seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 seats in the Australian Senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
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Liberal | 1,131,545 | 30.49 | −2.97 | 18 | ![]() | ||
National | 293,126 | 7.90 | −4.17 | 9 | ![]() | ||
Liberal/National Coalition | 1,424,671 | 38.39 | −7.14 | 27 | ![]() | ||
Labor | 1,489,021 | 40.12 | +0.56 | 22 | ![]() | ||
One Nation | 332,510 | 8.96 | +8.96 | ||||
Democrats | 154,496 | 4.16 | −2.38 | ||||
Greens | 98,647 | 2.66 | +0.14 | ||||
Independents | 96,719 | 2.61 | +0.20 | 1 | ![]() | ||
Unity | 57,666 | 1.55 | +1.55 | ||||
Christian Democrats | 38,023 | 1.02 | +0.10 | ||||
No Aircraft Noise | 5,298 | 0.14 | 1 | ![]() | |||
Democratic Socialist | 3,296 | 0.09 | 1.37 | ||||
Natural Law | 3,065 | 0.08 | 0.31 | ||||
Citizens Electoral Council | 2,332 | 0.06 | |||||
Progressive Labour | 1,131 | 0.03 | |||||
Australia First | 1,024 | 0.03 | |||||
Abolish Child Support | 544 | 0.01 | |||||
Socialist Equality | 531 | 0.01 | |||||
No GST | 240 | 0.01 | |||||
Republican | 227 | 0.01 | |||||
Total | 3,711,144 | 50 | |||||
Two-party-preferred vote | |||||||
Liberal/National Coalition | 1,766,640 | 48.46 | −4.11 | 27 | ![]() | ||
Labor | 1,879,281 | 51.54 | +4.11 | 22 | ![]() | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 217,024 | 5.4 | |||||
Turnout | 3,866,083 | 94.8 | |||||
Registered voters | 4,076,081 | ||||||
Source: Federal Elections 1998 |
Victoria
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All 37 Victorian seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 seats in the Australian Senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
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Liberal | 1,053,990 | 37.08 | -2.82 | 16 | ![]() | ||
National | 77,385 | 2.72 | -1.90 | 2 | ![]() | ||
Liberal/National Coalition | 1,131,375 | 39.80 | -4.72 | 18 | ![]() | ||
Labor | 1,261,289 | 44.37 | 1.45 | 19 | ![]() | ||
Democrats | 171,091 | 6.02 | -1.33 | ||||
One Nation | 105,798 | 3.72 | 3.72 | ||||
Greens | 59,383 | 2.09 | 0.19 | ||||
Independent | 38,232 | 1.34 | -0.29 | ||||
Unity | 29,265 | 1.03 | 1.03 | ||||
Shooters | 12,675 | 0.45 | 0.45 | ||||
Natural Law | 9,654 | 0.34 | 0.00 | ||||
Australia First | 6,455 | 0.23 | 0.00 | ||||
Progressive Labour | 4,991 | 0.18 | 0.00 | ||||
Reform | 4,220 | 0.15 | 0.00 | ||||
Christian Democrats | 3,793 | 0.13 | 0.00 | ||||
Citizens Electoral Council | 2,914 | 0.10 | 0.00 | ||||
Abolish Child Support | 945 | 0.03 | 0.00 | ||||
Democratic Socialist | 425 | 0.01 | 0.00 | ||||
Republican | 176 | 0.01 | 0.00 | ||||
Total | 2,842,681 | 37 | |||||
Two-party-preferred vote | |||||||
Labor | 1,521,560 | 53.53 | 3.22 | 19 | ![]() | ||
Liberal/National Coalition | 1,321,121 | 46.47 | -3.22 | 18 | ![]() | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 103,524 | 3.5 | |||||
Turnout | 2,946,205 | 95.6 | |||||
Registered voters | 3,081,632 | ||||||
Source: Federal Elections 1998 |
Queensland
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Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
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Liberal | 615,153 | 30.86 | -8.44 | 14 | ![]() | ||
National | 199,185 | 9.99 | -5.91 | 5 | ![]() | ||
Liberal/National Coalition | 814,338 | 40.85 | -14.35 | 19 | ![]() | ||
Labor | 719,743 | 36.11 | 2.91 | 8 | ![]() | ||
One Nation | 285,983 | 14.35 | 14.35 | ||||
Democrats | 80,003 | 4.01 | -2.69 | ||||
Greens | 47,440 | 2.38 | -2.42 | ||||
Independents [lower-alpha 3] | 29,388 | 1.47 | 1.47 | ![]() | |||
Christian Democrats | 11,243 | 0.56 | 0.56 | ||||
Citizens Electoral Council | 1,506 | 0.08 | 0.08 | ||||
Women's Party | 1,426 | 0.07 | 0.00 | ||||
Family Law Reform | 1,199 | 0.06 | 0.00 | ||||
Democratic Socialist | 778 | 0.04 | 0.00 | ||||
Abolish Child Support | 170 | 0.01 | 0.00 | ||||
Australia First | 158 | 0.01 | 0.00 | ||||
Total | 1,993,375 | 27 | ![]() | ||||
Two-party-preferred vote | |||||||
Labor | 935,867 | 46.95 | 7.17 | 8 | ![]() | ||
Liberal/National Coalition | 1,057,508 | 53.05 | -7.17 | 19 | ![]() | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 68,659 | 3.2 | |||||
Turnout | 2,062,034 | 94.2 | |||||
Registered voters | 2,188,024 | ||||||
Source: Federal Elections 1998 |
Western Australia
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All 14 Western Australian seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 seats in the Australian Senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
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Liberal | 397,836 | 38.15 | -5.87 | 7 | ![]() | ||
National | 13,596 | 1.30 | -0.03 | ![]() | |||
Liberal/National Coalition | 411,432 | 39.46 | -5.90 | 7 | ![]() | ||
Labor | 377,545 | 36.21 | 1.48 | 7 | ![]() | ||
One Nation | 96,708 | 9.27 | 9.27 | ||||
Greens | 52,674 | 5.05 | -0.26 | ||||
Australian Democrats | 41,364 | 3.97 | -1.61 | ||||
Independents | 31,980 | 3.07 | -5.71 | ![]() | |||
Australia First | 18,828 | 1.81 | 1.81 | ||||
Christian Democrats | 8,336 | 0.80 | 0.80 | ||||
Citizens Electoral Council | 1,541 | 0.15 | 0.15 | ||||
Natural Law | 951 | 0.09 | -0.16 | ||||
Democratic Socialist | 682 | 0.07 | 0.07 | ||||
Abolish Child Support | 413 | 0.04 | 0.04 | ||||
Unity | 321 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||||
Total | 1,042,775 | 14 | |||||
Two-party-preferred vote | |||||||
Liberal/National Coalition | 527,042 | 50.54 | -5.46 | 7 | ![]() | ||
Labor | 515,733 | 49.46 | 5.46 | 7 | ![]() | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 45,509 | 4.18 | +1.02 | ||||
Turnout | 1,088,284 | 94.66 | |||||
Registered voters | 1,149,619 | ||||||
Source: Federal Elections 1998 |
South Australia
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All 12 South Australian seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 seats in the Australian Senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
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Liberal | 389,382 | 42.05 | -7.94 | 9 | ![]() | ||
National | 4,796 | 0.52 | 0.52 | ![]() | |||
Liberal/National Coalition | 394,178 | 42.57 | -7.42 | 9 | ![]() | ||
Labor | 319,267 | 34.48 | -0.35 | 3 | ![]() | ||
Democrats | 93,905 | 10.14 | -0.06 | ||||
One Nation | 90,773 | 9.80 | 0.00 | ||||
Independent | 13,327 | 1.44 | 0.39 | ||||
Greens | 4,576 | 0.49 | -2.46 | ||||
Natural Law | 3,526 | 0.38 | -0.11 | ||||
Christian Democrats | 3,521 | 0.38 | 0.00 | ||||
Australia First | 1,604 | 0.17 | 0.00 | ||||
Communist | 801 | 0.09 | 0.00 | ||||
Independent EFF | 513 | 0.06 | 0.00 | ||||
Total | 925,991 | 12 | |||||
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Liberal/National Coalition | 491,802 | 53.11 | -4.15 | 9 | ![]() | ||
Labor | 434,189 | 46.89 | 4.15 | 3 | ![]() | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 44,074 | 4.54 | 0.46 | ||||
Turnout | 970,065 | 96.91 | |||||
Registered voters | 1,001,006 | ||||||
Source: Federal Elections 1998 |
Tasmania
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Labor | 150,384 | 48.91 | 4.60 | 5 | ![]() | |
Liberal | 117,377 | 38.17 | -6.29 | ![]() | ||
Greens | 17,091 | 5.56 | -0.78 | |||
Democrats | 10,024 | 3.26 | -0.83 | |||
One Nation | 7,553 | 2.46 | 0.00 | |||
Tasmania First | 4,551 | 1.48 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 307,477 | 5 | ||||
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Labor | 176,241 | 57.32 | 5.74 | 5 | ![]() | |
Liberal | 131,236 | 42.68 | -5.74 | 0 | ![]() | |
Invalid/blank votes | 9,819 | 3.09 | 0.74 | |||
Turnout | 317,296 | 96.12 | ||||
Registered voters | 330,121 | |||||
Source: Federal Elections 1998 |
Territories
Australian Capital Territory
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Labor | 98,588 | 50.64 | +2.73 | 2 | ![]() | ||
Liberal | 59,424 | 30.52 | –10.40 | ![]() | |||
Democrats | 14,394 | 7.39 | |||||
One Nation | 9,895 | 5.08 | |||||
Greens | 8,145 | 4.18 | –4.52 | ||||
Democratic Socialist | 2,641 | 1.36 | |||||
Natural Law | 539 | 0.28 | –0.13 | ||||
Independents | 1,057 | 0.54 | –1.52 | ||||
Total | 194,683 | 2 | ![]() | ||||
Two-party-preferred vote | |||||||
Labor | 121,552 | 62.4 | +7.0 | 2 | ![]() | ||
Liberal | 73,131 | 37.6 | –7.0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 5,743 | 2.87 | +0.05 | ||||
Turnout | 200,426 | 95.65 | |||||
Registered voters | 209,536 | ||||||
Source: Federal Elections 1998 |
Northern Territory
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Labor | Warren Snowdon | 38,469 | 42.30 | -1.20 | |
Country Liberal | Nick Dondas | 36,014 | 39.60 | -5.44 | |
One Nation | Peter Schirmer | 7,401 | 8.14 | +8.14 | |
Democrats | Craig Seiler | 4,658 | 5.12 | +5.12 | |
Greens | Ilana Eldridge | 2,753 | 3.03 | -3.23 | |
Independent | Barry Nattrass | 1,018 | 1.12 | +1.12 | |
Democratic Socialist | Natalie Zirngast | 624 | 0.69 | +0.69 | |
Total formal votes | 90,937 | 95.84 | -0.77 | ||
Informal votes | 3,951 | 4.16 | +0.77 | ||
Turnout | 94,888 | 90.33 | +1.23 | ||
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Labor | Warren Snowdon | 45,986 | 50.57 | +0.94 | |
Country Liberal | Nick Dondas | 44,951 | 49.43 | -0.94 | |
Labor gain from Country Liberal | Swing | +0.94 |
See also
Notes
- The election in the seat of Newcastle was deferred to 21 November 1998.
- Australian Greens includes Greens Western Australia.
- Pauline Hanson has been counted as an independent for the 1996 election. She had been disendorsed as the Liberal candidate and ran as an independent, but she remained a Liberal on the ballot paper.
- Christian Democrats includes CTA Child Protection Party.
References
- Bennett, S; Newman, G; Kopras, A (16 February 1999). "Federal Elections 1998" (PDF). Research Paper 9 1998-99. Parliamentary Research Service. ISSN 1328-7478. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- "1998 House of Representatives". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- "1998 House of Representatives: Northern Territory". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
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