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2016 Australian federal election
(Victoria)
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All 37 Victorian seats in the Australian House of Representatives; and all 12 seats in the Australian Senate
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2016 Australian federal election
(New South Wales)
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All 47 New South Wales seats in the Australian House of Representatives; and all 12 seats in the Australian Senate
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2016 Australian federal election
(House of Representatives)
	All 150 seats in the Australian House of Representatives; 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	91.0%

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2016 federal election, Coalition 76, Labor 69, Australian Greens 1, Nick Xenophon Team 1, Katter's Australian Party 1, with 2 independents.^[1]

A number of initially-elected senators were declared ineligible a result of the 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, and replaced after recounts.

Australia edit

First preference vote results. Different shading indicated party strength in the division.

Two-party preferred results. Different shading indicated party strength in the division.

Government (76)
Coalition
Liberal (45)
LNP (21)^[i]
National (10)

Opposition (69)
Labor (69)

Crossbench (5)
Greens (1)
Xenophon (1)
Katter (1)
Independent (2)^[ii]

^ 15 LNP MPs sit in the Liberal party room and 6 in the National party room
^ independent MPs: Andrew Wilkie (Denison) and Cathy McGowan (Indi).

**House of Representatives (IRV) — Turnout 91.01% (CV) — Informal 5.05%**^[2]
Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party		4,702,296	34.73	+1.35	69	14
	Coalition
		Liberal Party of Australia	3,882,905	28.67	−3.35	45	13
		Liberal National Party (QLD)	1,153,736	8.52	−0.40	21	1
		National Party of Australia	624,555	4.61	+0.32	10	1
		Country Liberal Party (NT)	32,409	0.24	−0.08	0	1
	Australian Greens		1,385,650	10.23	+1.58	1
	Nick Xenophon Team		250,333	1.85	+1.85	1	1
	Family First Party		201,222	1.49	+0.08
	Christian Democratic Party		178,026	1.31	+0.62
	Pauline Hanson's One Nation		175,020	1.29	+1.12
	Animal Justice Party		94,516	0.70	+0.69
	Katter's Australian Party		72,879	0.54	−0.50	1
	Rise Up Australia Party		68,418	0.51	+0.13
	Liberal Democratic Party		66,261	0.49	+0.45
	Australian Christians		43,150	0.32	−0.01
	Australian Liberty Alliance		25,337	0.19	+0.19
	Drug Law Reform Australia		20,350	0.15	+0.15
	Derryn Hinch's Justice Party		16,885	0.12	+0.12
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party		15,477	0.11	+0.11
	Science Party		14,988	0.11	+0.10
	Bullet Train for Australia		14,078	0.10	−0.05
	Australian Sex Party		12,683	0.09	−0.52
	Australian Recreational Fishers Party		11,254	0.08	+0.08
	Glenn Lazarus Team		10,094	0.07	+0.07
	Renewable Energy Party		8,642	0.06	+0.06
	Online Direct Democracy		8,511	0.06	+0.06
	Australian Country Party		7,033	0.05	+0.01
	Australia First Party		6,895	0.05	−0.01
	Arts Party		6,821	0.05	+0.05
	Mature Australia Party		5,888	0.04	+0.04
	Citizens Electoral Council		5,175	0.04	−0.04
	Australian Defence Veterans Party		4,360	0.03	+0.03
	Non-Custodial Parents Party		3,663	0.03	+0.02
	Socialist Alliance		3,653	0.03	−0.01
	CountryMinded		3,478	0.03	+0.03
	Australian Equality Party (Marriage)		3,296	0.02	+0.02
	Democratic Labour Party		3,166	0.02	−0.26
	Outdoor Recreation Party (Stop The Greens)		2,375	0.02	+0.02
	Consumer Rights & No-Tolls		2,050	0.02	+0.02
	Socialist Equality Party		1,608	0.01	+0.01
	Australian Antipaedophile Party		1,527	0.01	+0.01
	Smokers' Rights Party		1,343	0.01	+0.01
	Pirate Party Australia		1,260	0.01	+0.01
	HEMP Party		1,143	0.01	+0.01
	Voluntary Euthanasia Party		973	0.01	+0.01
	Australian Cyclists Party		846	0.01	+0.01
	Sustainable Australia		606	0.00	−0.03
	Palmer United Party		315	0.00	−5.49	0	1
	Australian Progressives		282	0.00	+0.00
	Independents		380,712	2.81	+1.44	2
	Non Affiliated		2,958	0.02	−0.02
Total			13,541,101			150
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition		6,818,824	50.36	−3.13	76	14
	Australian Labor Party		6,722,277	49.64	+3.13	69	14

Invalid/blank votes			131,722	4.70	−0.86
Total votes			14,262,016
Registered voters/turnout			15,671,551	91.01	–2.22
Source: Federal Election 2016

New South Wales edit

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Coalition
		Liberal Party of Australia	1,426,424	32.68	–4.67	16	7
		National Party of Australia	420,881	9.64	−0.35	7
	Australian Labor Party		1,611,549	36.93	+2.41	24	6
	Australian Greens		390,737	8.95	+1.00
	Christian Democratic Party		169,966	3.89	+1.76
	Pauline Hanson's One Nation		27,542	0.63	+0.16
	Animal Justice Party		20,695	0.47	+0.47
	Liberal Democratic Party		20,231	0.46	+0.46
	Nick Xenophon Team		16,084	0.37	+0.37
	Science Party		14,988	0.34	+0.32
	Family First Party		11,725	0.27	+0.27
	Australian Liberty Alliance		11,473	0.26	+0.26
	Online Direct Democracy		5,780	0.13	+0.13
	Drug Law Reform Australia		4,420	0.10	+0.10
	Non-Custodial Parents Party		3,663	0.08	+0.05
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party		3,550	0.08	+0.08
	Derryn Hinch's Justice Party		3,150	0.07	+0.07
	The Arts Party		3,139	0.07	+0.07
	Australia First Party		2,865	0.07	−0.08
	Citizens Electoral Council		2,789	0.06	−0.04
	Australian Sex Party		2,390	0.05	−0.03
	Bullet Train for Australia		2,267	0.05	−0.15
	Mature Australia Party		1,783	0.04	+0.04
	Australian Antipaedophile Party		1,527	0.03	+0.03
	Australian Defence Veterans Party		1,448	0.03	+0.03
	Smokers' Rights Party		1,343	0.03	+0.03
	CountryMinded		1,337	0.03	+0.03
	Socialist Equality Party		1,313	0.03	+0.03
	Pirate Party		1,260	0.03	+0.03
	Rise Up Australia Party		1,007	0.02	−0.11
	Democratic Labour Party		968	0.02	−0.11
	Sustainable Australia		606	0.01	−0.04
	Renewable Energy Party		537	0.01	+0.01
	Socialist Alliance		500	0.01	–0.02
	Australian Cyclists Party		460	0.01	–0.02
	Independent		171,795	3.94	+2.21
	Non Affiliated		2,128	0.05	+0.05
Total			4,364,320			47	1
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition		2,205,107	50.53	−3.82	23	7
	Australian Labor Party		2,159,213	49.47	+3.82	24	6

Liberal to Labor: Barton, Dobell, Eden-Monaro, Lindsay, Macarthur, Macquarie, Paterson

Victoria edit

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
Liberal/National Coalition
		Liberal Party of Australia	1,273,419	37.01	–3.07	14
		National Party of Australia	163,514	4.75	+2.14	3	1
	Coalition total		1,436,933	41.76	–0.93	17	1
	Australian Labor Party		1,224,051	35.58	+0.77	18	1
	Australian Greens		451,700	13.13	+2.33	1
	Animal Justice Party		64,940	1.89	+1.83
	Family First Party		44,623	1.31	–0.50
	Rise Up Australia Party		39,579	1.15	+0.60
	Derryn Hinch's Justice Party		13,735	0.40	+0.40
	Liberal Democratic Party		13,006	0.38	+0.24
	Drug Law Reform Australia		11,464	0.33	+0.33
	Australian Sex Party		10,293	0.30	−1.75
	Australian Christians		8,953	0.26	−0.22
	Australian Country Party		7,033	0.20	+0.06
	Renewable Energy Party		3,571	0.10	+0.10
	Australian Equality Party (Marriage)		3,296	0.10	+0.10
	Australia First Party		3,232	0.09	−0.06
	Nick Xenophon Team		2,007	0.06	+0.06
	Citizens Electoral Council		1,942	0.06	+0.04
	Socialist Alliance		1,749	0.05	+0.00
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party		1,321	0.04	+0.04
	Bullet Train for Australia		1,138	0.03	−0.02
	Voluntary Euthanasia Party		973	0.03	+0.03
	The Arts Party		542	0.02	+0.02
	Australian Cyclists Party		386	0.01	+0.01
	Socialist Equality Party		295	0.01	+0.01
	Australian Progressives		282	0.01	+0.01
	Independent		93,610	2.72	+1.08	1
Total			3,440,654			37
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party		1,783,375	51.83	+1.63	18	1
	Liberal/National Coalition		1,657,279	48.17	−1.63	17	1

Labor to Liberal: Chisholm

Liberal to National: Murray

Queensland edit

2016 Australian federal election
(Queensland)

← 2013

2 July 2016

2019 →

All 30 Queensland seats in the Australian House of Representatives
and all 12 seats in the Australian Senate

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Malcolm Turnbull	Bill Shorten	Bob Katter
Party	Liberal National	Labor	Katter's Australian
Leader since			3 June 2011 (2011-06-03)
Leader's seat			Kennedy (Qld.)
Last election	22 seats	6 seats	1 seat
Seats won	21 seats	8 seats	1 seat
Seat change	1	2
Popular vote	1,153,736	825,627	72,879
Percentage	43.19%	30.91%	2.73%
Swing	2.47	1.14	1.02
TPP	54.10%	45.90%
TPP swing	2.88	2.88

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal National Party	1,153,736	43.19	–2.47	21	1
	Australian Labor Party	825,627	30.91	+1.14	8	2
	Australian Greens	235,887	8.83	+2.61
	Pauline Hanson's One Nation	147,478	5.52	+5.42
	Family First Party	103,933	3.89	+1.85
	Katter's Australian Party	72,879	2.73	–1.02	1	0
	Liberal Democratic Party	25,665	0.96	+0.96
	Australian Liberty Alliance	12,320	0.46	+0.46
	Nick Xenophon Team	11,032	0.41	+0.41
	Glenn Lazarus Team	10,094	0.38	+0.38
	Rise Up Australia Party	4,490	0.17	–0.22
	Drug Law Reform Australia	4,466	0.17	+0.17
	Australian Defence Veterans Party	2,912	0.11	+0.11
	CountryMinded	2,141	0.08	+0.08
	Consumer Rights & No-Tolls	2,050	0.08	+0.08
	Democratic Labour Party	1,566	0.06	+0.02
	The Arts Party	1,467	0.05	+0.05
	Online Direct Democracy	1,062	0.04	+0.04
	Mature Australia Party	902	0.03	+0.02
	Palmer United Party	315	0.01	−11.01	0	1
	Independent	50,377	1.89	+1.51
	Non Affiliated	830	0.03	−0.12
Total		2,671,229			30
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal National Party	1,445,030	54.10	−2.88	21	1
	Australian Labor Party	1,226,199	45.90	+2.88	8	2

Liberal National to Labor: Herbert, Longman

Palmer to Liberal National: Fairfax

Western Australia edit

2016 Australian federal election
(Western Australia)

← 2013

2 July 2016

2019 →

All 16 Western Australian seats in the Australian House of Representatives
and all 12 seats in the Australian Senate

	First party	Second party

Leader	Malcolm Turnbull	Bill Shorten
Party	Liberal/National coalition	Labor
Last election	12 seats	3 seats
Seats won	11 seats	5 seats
Seat change	1	2
Popular vote	651,765	434,318
Percentage	48.70%	32.45%
Swing	1.61	3.69
TPP	54.66%	45.34%
TPP swing	3.62	3.62

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal Party of Australia	611,605	45.70	–1.61	11	1
	Australian Labor Party	434,318	32.45	+3.69	5	2
	Australian Greens	161,443	12.06	+2.32
	National Party of Australia	40,160	3.00	−0.90
	Australian Christians	34,197	2.56	+0.53
	Rise Up Australia Party	20,859	1.56	+0.84
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party	6,022	0.45	+0.45
	Mature Australia Party	3,203	0.24	+0.24
	Liberal Democratic Party	2,526	0.19	+0.19
	Outdoor Recreation Party	2,375	0.18	+0.18
	Australian Liberty Alliance	1,544	0.10	+0.10
	Socialist Alliance	1,404	0.10	+0.04
	Online Direct Democracy	1,300	0.10	+0.10
	Independent	17,381	1.30	+1.03
Total		1,338,337			16
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal Party of Australia	731,497	54.66	−3.62	11	1
	Australian Labor Party	606,840	45.34	+3.62	5	2

Liberal to Labor: Burt, Cowan

South Australia edit

2016 Australian federal election
(South Australia)

← 2013

2 July 2016

2019 →

All 11 South Australian seats in the Australian House of Representatives
and all 12 seats in the Australian Senate

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Bill Shorten	Malcolm Turnbull	Nick Xenophon
Party	Labor	Liberal/National coalition	Xenophon Team
Leader since			1 June 2013 (2013-06-01)
Last election	5 seats	6 seats	new party
Seats won	6 seats	4 seats	1 seat
Seat change	1	2	1
Popular vote	365,155	496,719	221,210
Percentage	31.55%	35.09%	21.26%
Swing	4.18	9.40	21.26
TPP	52.27%	47.73%
TPP swing	4.63	4.63

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal Party of Australia	365,155	35.09	–9.40	4	2
	Australian Labor Party	328,314	31.55	–4.18	6	1
	Nick Xenophon Team	221,210	21.26	+21.26	1	1
	Australian Greens	64,605	6.21	−2.07
	Family First Party	40,941	3.93	−1.48
	Animal Justice Party	8,881	0.85	+0.85
	Liberal Democratic Party	2,178	0.21	+0.21
	Christian Democratic Party	1,715	0.16	+0.16
	Independent	7,737	0.74	−0.54
Total		1,040,736			11
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party	544,017	52.27	+4.63	6	1
	Liberal Party of Australia	496,719	47.73	−4.63	4	2

Liberal to Labor: Hindmarsh

Liberal to Xenophon: Mayo

Tasmania edit

2016 Australian federal election
(Tasmania)

← 2013

2 July 2016

2019 →

All 5 Tasmanian seats in the Australian House of Representatives
and all 12 seats in the Australian Senate

	First party	Second party

Leader	Bill Shorten	Malcolm Turnbull
Party	Labor	Liberal
Last election	1 seat	3 seats
Seats won	4 seats	0 seats
Seat change	3	3
Popular vote	127,186	118,956
Percentage	37.90%	35.44%
Swing	3.09	4.82
TPP	57.36%	42.64%
TPP swing	6.13	6.13

This is a list of electoral division results for the 2016 Australian federal election in the state of Tasmania.

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party	127,186	37.90	+3.09	4	3
	Liberal Party of Australia	118,956	35.44	–4.82	0	3
	Australian Greens	34,291	10.22	+1.90
	Australian Recreational Fishers Party	11,254	3.35	+3.35
	Christian Democratic Party	6,345	1.89	+1.89
	Renewable Energy Party	4,534	1.35	+1.35
	The Arts Party	1,673	0.50	+0.50
	Liberal Democratic Party	1,380	0.41	+0.41
	Democratic Labour Party	632	0.19	+0.02
	Independent	29,372	8.75	+1.28	1
	Total	335,623			5
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party	192,530	57.36	+6.13	4	3
	Liberal Party of Australia	143,093	42.64	−6.13	0	3

Liberal to Labor: Bass, Braddon, Lyons

Territories edit

Australian Capital Territory edit

2016 Australian federal election
(Australian Capital Territory)

← 2013

2 July 2016

2019 →

All 2 Australian Capital Territory seats in the Australian House of Representatives
and all 2 seats in the Australian Senate

	First party	Second party

Leader	Bill Shorten	Malcolm Turnbull
Party	Labor	Liberal
Last election	2 seats	0 seats
Seats won	2 seats	0 seats
Seat change	0	0
Popular vote	154,489	98,253
Percentage	61.13%	38.87%
Swing	1.22	1.22

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party	111,887	44.27	+1.34	2
	Liberal Party of Australia	87,346	34.56	–0.06	0
	Australian Greens	38,129	15.09	+1.69
	Bullet Train for Australia	10,673	4.22	+0.14
	Independent	4,707	1.86	+1.86
Total		252,742			2
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party	154,489	61.13	+1.22	2	0
	Liberal Party of Australia	98,253	38.87	−1.22	0	0

Northern Territory edit

2016 Australian federal election
(Northern Territory)

← 2013

2 July 2016

2019 →

All 2 Northern Territory seats in the Australian House of Representatives
and all 2 seats in the Australian Senate

	First party	Second party

Leader	Bill Shorten	Malcolm Turnbull
Party	Labor	Liberal/National coalition
Last election	1 seat	1 seat
Seats won	2 seats	0 seats
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	55,614	41,846
Percentage	57.06%	42.94%
Swing	7.41	7.41

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party	39,364	40.39	+2.96	2	1
	Country Liberal Party	32,409	33.25	–8.45	0	1
	Australian Greens	8,858	9.09	+1.20
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party	4,584	4.70	+4.70
	Rise Up Australia Party	2,483	2.55	+1.10
	Liberal Democratic Party	1,275	1.31	+1.31
	Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party	1,143	1.17	+1.17
	Australia First Party	798	0.82	+0.82
	Citizens Electoral Council	444	0.46	−1.41
	Online Direct Democracy	369	0.38	+0.38
	Independent	5,733	5.88	+5.13
Total		97,460			2
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party	55,614	57.06	+7.41	2	1
	Country Liberal Party	41,846	42.94	−7.41	0	1

Country Liberal to Labor: Solomon

Two party preferred preference flow edit

House of Representatives (IRV – Turnout 89.82% (CV)^[3]^[4]
Party		Liberal National coalition			Labor Party

Party		Votes	%	±	Votes	%	±
	Greens	250,263	18.06%	+1.09	1,135,387	81.94%	–1.09
	One Nation	88,327	50.47%	–4.63	86,693	49.53%	+4.63
	United Australia Party	117	37.14%	–16.53	198	62.86%	+16.53
	Liberal Democratic Party	46,458	70.11%	–9.45	19,803	29.89%	+9.45
	Christian Democratic Party	129,463	72.72%	+1.21	48,563	27.28%	–1.21
	Democratic Labour Party	1,132	35.75%	–7.76	2,034	64.25%	+7.76
	Rise Up Australia Party	36,239	52.97%	–7.26	32,179	47.03%	+7.26
	Australia First Party	3,161	45.84%	–13.89	3,734	54.16%	+13.89
	Animal Justice Party	35,204	37.25%	+5.62	59,312	62.75%	–5.62
	Australian Federation Party
	Katter's Australian	38,656	53.04%	–0.96	34,223	46.96%	+0.96
	Centre Alliance	99,564	39.77%	–	150,769	60.23%	–
	Australian Christians	31,186	72.27%	+2.22	11,964	27.73%	–2.22
	Australian Liberty Alliance	17,294	68.26%	–	8,043	31.74%	–
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party	7,090	45.81%	–	8,387	54.19%	–
	Socialist Alliance	948	25.95%	+6.95	2,705	74.05%	–6.95
	Derryn Hinch's Justice Party	8,276	49.01%	–	8,609	50.99%	–
	Australian Citizens Party	2,715	52.46%	+3.08	2,460	47.54%	–3.08
	Sustainable Australia	312	51.49%	–	294	48.51%	–
	Reason Party	2,776	31.21%	–	6,119	68.79%	–
	Independents	194,826	40.60%	–2.30	285,010	59.40%	+2.30
Total		14,659,042	100.00		151
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition	6,818,824	50.36%	−3.13
	Labor	6,722,277	49.64%	+3.13

Invalid/blank votes		802,376	5.19%	–0.35	–	–	–
Turnout		15,461,418	89.82%	–2.07	–	–	–
Registered voters		17,213,433	–	–	–	–	–
Source: AEC for both votes

Maps edit

Results by electoral division edit

First preference vote
Two-candidate-preferred vote

Results by state and territory edit

First preference vote and seat totals

References edit

^ Members Elected, AEC
^ Barber, Stephen (7 April 2017). "Federal Election 2016" (PDF). Research Paper 2016–17. Parliamentary Library. ISSN 2203-5249.
^ "First preferences by party". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
^ "House Party Representation Leading". aec.gov.au. Retrieved 24 June 2022.