2016 Australian federal election
The 2016 Australian federal election was an election held on Saturday 2 July to elect all 226 members of the 45th Parliament of Australia. It lasted eight weeks. It was the first under a new voting system for the Senate that replaced group voting tickets with optional preferential voting.[2] Incumbent Malcolm Turnbull was narrowly re-elected by forming a coalition government with other smaller parties.
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| Registered | 15,671,551 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 91.01% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opinion polls
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Results
House of Representatives
| Popular vote | ||||
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| Labor | 34.73% | |||
| Liberal | 28.67% | |||
| Greens | <div style="background:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found.; width:10.23%; overflow:hidden"> | 10.23% | ||
| LNP (QLD) | 8.52% | |||
| National | 4.61% | |||
| NXT | 1.85% | |||
| Katter's | 0.54% | |||
| CLP (NT) | 0.24% | |||
| Independents | 2.81% | |||
| Other | 7.79% | |||
| Two-party-preferred vote | ||||
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| Coalition | 50.36% | |||
| Labor | 49.64% | |||
| Seats | ||||
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| Coalition | 50.67% | |||
| Labor | 46.00% | |||
| Greens | <div style="background:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found.; width:0.67%; overflow:hidden"> | 0.67% | ||
| NXT | 0.67% | |||
| Katter's | 0.67% | |||
| Independents | 1.33% | |||
Senate
| Popular vote | ||||
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| Labor | 29.79% | |||
| Liberal/National | 20.01% | |||
| Greens | <div style="background:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found.; width:8.65%; overflow:hidden"> | 8.65% | ||
| Liberal | 7.71% | |||
| LNP (QLD) | 6.94% | |||
| NXT | 3.30% | |||
| CLP (NT) | 0.27% | |||
| National | 0.25% | |||
| Other | 23.08% | |||
| Seats | ||||
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| Coalition | 39.47% | |||
| Labor | 34.21% | |||
| Greens | <div style="background:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found.; width:11.84%; overflow:hidden"> | 11.84% | ||
| NXT | 3.95% | |||
| CLP (NT) | 1.32% | |||
| Other | 10.52% | |||
Results aftermath
After a week of vote counting, no party had won enough seats in the House of Representatives to form a majority government.[3][4] Neither the Liberal/National Coalition's incumbent Turnbull Government nor the Australian Labor Party's Shorten Opposition were in a position to claim victory.[5][6] Turnbull talked with the crossbench. He won a confidence and supply support from Bob Katter, Andrew Wilkie and Cathy McGowan in the event of a hung parliament and resulting minority government.[7][8] On 10 July, Shorten conceded defeat. Turnbull claimed victory later that day.[9]
The election is the closest federal majority result since 1961, the ABC declared on 11 July that the Coalition could form a one-seat majority government.[10]
2016 Australian Federal Election Media
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in March 2016
Malcolm Turnbull visits Sir Peter Cosgrove on 8 May 2016 to request a double dissolution
David Feeney's $2.3 million house in Northcote not declared on his parliamentary register of interests
Senate ballot paper used in Victoria.
House of Representatives ballot paper used in the Division of Higgins.
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References
- ↑ "House of Representatives - Two party preferred results 1949 - present".
- ↑ Nicole Hasham (3 July 2016). "Election 2016 results: Senate count throws up a wild mix as One Nation, Fred Nile, Liberal Democrats vie for seats". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ↑ "Election 2016: Ballot count could take a month to finalise, AEC says". ABC News (Australia). 4 July 2016. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-03/election-2016-ballot-count-could-take-a-month-finalise,-aec-says/7565158. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ Gough, Deborah (3 July 2016). "Australian federal election 2016: No results until at least ... Tuesday". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liberals 'cautiously optimistic' on majority". Sky News Australia. 4 July 2016. http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2016/07/04/federal-election-outcome-still-unknown.html. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ Fergus Hunter (4 July 2016). "Australian federal election 2016: Bill Shorten says Malcolm Turnbull 'should quit'". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ "Bill Shorten predicts second poll as Cathy McGowan offers Coaltion support". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 July 2016. http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2016/election-results-bill-shorten-predicts-second-poll-as-cathy-mcgowan-offers-coaltion-support-20160708-gq1f9m.html.
- ↑ "Malcolm Turnbull claims victory after Bill Shorten concedes defeat". ABC News (Australia). 10 July 2016. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-10/election-2016-malcolm-turnbull-claims-election-victory/7584400.
- ↑ Ross, Monique (10 July 2016). "Election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull claims victory after Bill Shorten concedes defeat". ABC News (Australia). http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-10/election-2016-result-bill-shorten-concedes-defeat/7584400. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ↑ "Election 2016: LNP retains Capricornia, gives Coalition 76-seat majority government". ABC News (Australia). 11 July 2016. http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-11/lnp-retains-capricornia-has-76-seats/7587578. Retrieved 11 July 2016.