Elections in Australia
As of , the latest result in our data is the 2022 federal election: Australian Labor Party won 77 of 151 seats. This page lists 47 elections, past and coming.
Latest result in our data
Australia 2022 federal election76 for a majority
Turnout at national parliament elections
Past elections
The latest result we hold for Australia comes from ParlGov, which reaches June 2023: a later election is not in our data yet.
| Election and largest party | % | Seats | Turnout % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 32.6 | 77 of 151 | 89.7 |
| 2019 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 33.3 | 68 of 151 | 91.9 |
| 2016 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 34.7 | 69 of 150 | 91.0 |
| 2013 federal electionLiberal Party of Australia | 32.0 | 58 of 150 | 93.2 |
| 2010 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 38.0 | 72 of 150 | 93.2 |
| 2007 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 43.4 | 83 of 150 | 94.8 |
| 2004 federal electionLiberal Party of Australia | 40.5 | 74 of 150 | 94.3 |
| 2001 federal electionLiberal Party of Australia | 37.1 | 68 of 150 | 94.9 |
| 1998 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 40.1 | 67 of 148 | 95.0 |
| 1996 federal electionLiberal Party of Australia | 38.7 | 75 of 148 | 95.8 |
| 1993 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 44.9 | 80 of 147 | 95.8 |
| 1990 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 39.4 | 78 of 148 | 95.3 |
Earlier elections
| Election and largest party | % | Seats | Turnout % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 45.8 | 86 of 148 | 93.8 |
| 1984 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 47.5 | 82 of 148 | 94.2 |
| 1983 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 49.5 | 75 of 125 | 94.6 |
| 1980 federal electionLiberal Party of Australia | 37.4 | 54 of 125 | 94.4 |
| 1977 federal electionLiberal Party of Australia | 38.1 | 67 of 124 | 95.1 |
| 1975 federal electionLiberal Party of Australia | 41.8 | 68 of 127 | 95.4 |
| 1974 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 49.3 | 66 of 127 | 95.4 |
| 1972 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 49.6 | 67 of 125 | 95.4 |
| 1969 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 47.0 | 59 of 125 | 95.0 |
| 1966 federal electionLiberal Party of Australia | 40.1 | 61 of 124 | 95.1 |
| 1963 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 45.5 | 52 of 124 | 95.5 |
| 1961 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 48.0 | 62 of 124 | 95.2 |
| 1958 federal electionLiberal Party of Australia | 37.1 | 58 of 124 | 95.4 |
| 1955 federal electionLiberal Party of Australia | 39.7 | 57 of 124 | 87.4 |
| 1954 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 50.1 | 59 of 123 | 90.6 |
| 1951 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 47.7 | 54 of 123 | 93.8 |
| 1949 federal electionLiberal Party of Australia | 39.3 | 55 of 123 | 95.9 |
| 1946 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 49.7 | 43 of 75 | 93.9 |
| 1943 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 49.9 | 49 of 75 | 96.4 |
| 1940 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 40.1 | 32 of 75 | 94.9 |
| 1937 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 43.1 | 29 of 75 | 96.2 |
| 1934 federal electionUnited Australia Party | 31.9 | 27 of 75 | 95.2 |
| 1931 federal electionUnited Australia Party | 36.4 | 34 of 76 | 95.1 |
| 1929 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 48.8 | 47 of 76 | 94.9 |
| 1928 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 44.7 | 32 of 76 | 93.7 |
| 1925 federal electionNationalist Party | 42.5 | 37 of 76 | 91.4 |
| 1922 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 42.3 | 30 of 76 | 59.4 |
| 1919 federal electionNationalist Party | 45.1 | 37 of 75 | 71.6 |
| 1917 federal electionNationalist Party | 54.2 | 53 of 75 | 78.3 |
| 1914 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 50.9 | 42 of 75 | 73.5 |
| 1913 federal electionCommonwealth Liberal Party | 48.9 | 38 of 75 | 73.5 |
| 1910 federal electionAustralian Labor Party | 50.0 | 43 of 75 | 62.8 |
| 1906 federal electionFree Trade Party | 38.2 | 27 of 75 | 51.5 |
| 1903 federal electionProtectionist Party | 29.7 | 26 of 75 | 50.3 |
| 1901 federal electionProtectionist Party | 44.4 | 32 of 75 | 56.7 |
Parties
Every partyEach party's share of the vote at its latest election in our data, and the year of that election.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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