2019 Australian federal election
<section end=infobox/>The 2019 Australian federal election elected members of the 46th Parliament of Australia on 18 May 2019. The election was called following the end or expiry of the 45th Parliament as elected at the 2016 double dissolution federal election.[1]
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All 151 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats are needed for a majority 40 (of the 76) seats in the Senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 16,419,543 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 91.89% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Coalition Party won the election winning 78 seats over the Labor's 67 seats.[2]
Opinion polling
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Results
House of Representatives
| Party | Votes | % | Swing (pp) | Seats | Change (seats) | |||
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| Liberal/National Coalition | ||||||||
| Liberal | 3,410,908 | 27.89 | −0.78 | 45 |  0
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| Liberal National (Qld) | 1,048,982 | 8.58 | +0.06 | 23 |  2
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| National | 593,304 | 4.85 | +0.24 | 10 | 0
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| Country Liberal (NT) | 35,250 | 0.29 | +0.05 | 0 | 0
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| Coalition total | 5,088,444 | 41.61 | −0.43 | 78 | 2
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| Labor | 4,127,206 | 33.75 | −0.98 | 67 |  2
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| Greens | 1,215,284 | 9.94 | −0.29 | 1 | 0
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| United Australia | 411,775 | 3.37 | +3.37 | 0 | 0
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| One Nation | 366,204 | 2.99 | +1.70 | 0 | 0
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| Katter's Australian | 62,380 | 0.51 | −0.03 | 1 | 0
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| Centre Alliance | 41,921 | 0.34 | −1.51 | 1 | 0
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| Independents | 425,783 | 3.48 | +0.67 | 3 | 1
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| Other | 488,852 | 4.00 | −2.50 | 0 | 0
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| Total | 12,227,849 | 100.00 | – | 151 | 1
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| Two-party-preferred vote | ||||||||
| Liberal/National Coalition | 5,491,523 | 51.17 | +0.81 | |||||
| Labor | 5,241,023 | 48.83 | −0.81 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 703,156 | 5.44 | +0.39 | – | – | |||
| Registered voters[3]/turnout | 16,424,248 | 78.73 | – | – | – | |||
| Source: AEC Tally Room Archived 2019-06-09 at the Wayback Machine | ||||||||
Senate
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | |||||
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| Liberal/National Coalition | |||||||||
| Liberal/National joint ticket | 2,074,394 | 21.32 | +1.31 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| Liberal | 867,720 | 8.92 | +1.21 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| Liberal National (Qld) | 681,458 | 7.00 | +0.06 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Country Liberal (NT) | 33,769 | 0.35 | +0.08 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| National | 15,363 | 0.16 | −0.09 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Coalition total | 3,672,704 | 37.74 | +2.56 | 13 | 16 | 29 | |||
| Labor | 2,875,361 | 29.55 | −0.24 | 12 | 13 | 25 | |||
| Greens | 1,009,610 | 10.38 | +1.72 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| One Nation | 509,946 | 5.24 | +0.96 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| United Australia | 219,772 | 2.26 | +1.76 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 108,685 | 1.12 | −1.04 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Democratic Labour | 92,878 | 0.95 | +0.27 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Conservatives | 70,149 | 0.72 | −0.65 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Justice | 61,551 | 0.63 | −1.29 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lambie Network | 23,209 | 0.24 | −0.26 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Centre Alliance | 20,866 | 0.21 | −3.08 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Other | 1,066,024 | 10.96 | −0.62 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| In doubt | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Total | 9,730,755 | 100.00 | – | 40 | 36 | 76 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 623,749 | 6.02 | +2.08 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 16,424,248 | 63.09 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Source: AEC Tally Room Archived 2019-06-09 at the Wayback Machine | |||||||||
2019 Australian Federal Election Media
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott lost his seat at the 2019 election after 25 years as Member for Warringah
Government (77)*Coalition* Liberal (44)* Liberal National (23)[lower-roman 1]* National (10)Opposition (68)* Labor (68)Crossbench (6) * Greens (1)* KAP (1) * Centre Alliance (1)* Independent (3)[lower-roman 2]* *- ↑ 17 Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) MPs sat in the Liberals party room and 6 sat in the Nationals party room
- ↑ Independent MPs: Andrew Wilkie (Clark), Helen Haines (Indi), Zali Steggall (Warringah)
2019 Australian Senate Results
Government (35) *Coalition * Liberal (26) * Liberal National (6)[lower-roman 1] * National (2) * Country Liberal (1)[lower-roman 2] Opposition (26) * Labor (26) Crossbench (15) * Greens (9) * Centre Alliance (2) * One Nation (2) * Lambie Network (1) * Australian Conservatives (1)[lower-roman 3] * *- ↑ Four Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) senators sat in the Liberals party room, while two senators sat in the Nationals party room.
- ↑ Sat in the Nationals party room.
- ↑ Cory Bernardi had resigned from the Liberal Party in February 2017 to form a separate party, the Australian Conservatives.
Notes
References
- ↑ Insiders 90-minute post-election program. ABC TV. 3 July 2016. http://www.abc.net.au/insiders/content/2016/s4493693.htm.
- ↑ "Australian PM celebrates 'miracle' win". 18 May 2019. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "Enrolment statistics". Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
Other websites
- How the night unfolded with no clear winner at The Guardian
- Australian Electoral Commission: 2019 federal election
- ABC Elections: 2019 Federal Election Guide
- The Poll Bludger Federal Election 2019
- The Tally Room
- How did we vote? - A detailed breakdown of Australia's election
