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Odgers' Australian Senate Practice Thirteenth Edition

Chapter 1 - The Senate and its constitutional role

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Table 1: Votes and seats in elections, 1949–2010

Election

Party

Australian Senate

House of Representatives

% of vote

Seats

% of seats

% of vote

Seats

% of seats

1949

ALP

44.9

50.4

45.2

45.4

9.5

39.3

10.8

44.7

15.4

1951

ALP

45.9

49.7

46.7

43.3

47.7

40.5

9.7

43.9

42.3

13.8

1953

ALP

50.6

44.4

53.1

40.6

6.3

1954

ALP

50.1

38.5

8.5

38.2

13.8

1955

ALP

ACL

40.6

48.8

6.1

43.3

13.3

3.3

44.7

39.7

7.9

5.1

—

39.5

14.5

—

1958

ALP

DLP

42.8

45.2

8.4

46.9

40.6

9.4

3.1

42.9

37.1

9.3

9.4

—

37.9

46.8

15.3

—

1961

ALP

DLP

44.7

42.1

9.8

45.2

38.7

12.9

3.2

33.5

8.5

8.7

—

36.3

13.7

—

1963

ALP

DLP

45.5

37.1

8.9

7.4

—

41.9

16.1

—

1964

ALP

DLP

44.7

45.7

8.4

46.7

36.7

6.7

1966

ALP

DLP

40.1

9.8

7.3

—

16.9

—

1967

ALP

DLP

Others

42.8

9.8

2.4

43.3

33.3

13.3

6.7

3.3

1969

ALP

DLP

34.8

8.6

—

47.2

36.8

—

1970

ALP

DLP

Others

42.2

38.2

11.1

5.6

43.8

34.4

6.3

9.4

6.3

1972

ALP

DLP

49.6

9.4

5.2

—

53.6

30.4

—

1974

ALP

DLP

Others

47.3

43.9

3.6

2.9

—

48.3

38.3

—

1.7

49.3

34.9

10.8

1.4

0.8

0.4

—

31.5

18.1

—

1975

ALP

NCP

DLP

Others

40.9

51.7

2.7

1.1

3.6

—

42.2

12.5

—

1.5

42.8

41.8

11.3

1.3

0.6

1.7

—

28.4

53.5

18.1

—

1977

ALP

NCP

Others

36.8

45.6

11.1

4.9

—

41.2

5.9

—

39.6

38.1

9.4

1.4

—

30.6

15.3

—

1980

ALP

Others

42.3

43.5

9.3

3.1

44.1

38.2

5.9

8.8

2.9

45.1

37.4

8.9

6.6

1.7

—

40.8

43.2

—

1983

ALP

Others

45.9

39.9

9.6

3.2

46.9

37.5

6.3

7.8

1.6

49.5

34.4

9.2

1.7

—

26.4

13.6

—

1984

ALP

Others

42.2

39.5

7.6

7.2

43.5

6.5

10.9

2.2

47.5

34.4

10.6

5.4

—

55.4

30.4

14.1

—

1987

ALP

NDP

Others

42.8

8.5

1.1

3.1

42.1

25.5

9.2

1.3

2.6

45.8

34.6

11.5

—

12.8

—

1990

ALP

Greens

Others

38.4

41.9

12.6

2.8

2.7

—

37.5

7.5

12.5

2.5

—

39.4

8.4

11.4

1.4

3.4

—

52.7

37.2

9.5

—

0.7

1993

ALP

Greens

Others

43.5

5.3

2.9

3.8

42.5

37.5

2.5

44.9

37.1

7.2

3.8

1.9

4.7

—

54.4

33.3

10.9

—

1.4

1996

ALP

Greens

Others

36.2

10.8

2.4

6.7

—

42.5

7.5

2.5

—

38.8

38.7

8.6

6.8

1.7

5.5

—

33.1

50.7

12.9

—

3.4

1998

ALP

Greens

Others

37.3

37.7

8.46

2.72

8.99

4.85

—

42.5

37.5

—

2.5

40.05

34.09

5.65

5.11

2.1

8.39

4.61

—

44.59

43.24

10.81

—

3.4

2001

ALP

Greens

Others

34.2

41.6

7.2

4.8

5.5

6.1

—

42.5

7.5

—

37.84

37.08

5.93

5.41

4.96

4.34

4.45

—

43.3

45.3

8.7

—

2004

ALP

Greens

Others

35.01

45.04

2.1

7.66

1.76

8.43

—

42.5

—

2.5

—

37.63

40.47

6.23

1.24

7.19

2.01

5.23

—

49.3

8.7

—

2007

ALP

Greens

Others

40.3

39.77

1.29

9.04

1.62

7.98

—

37.5

7.5

—

7.5

—

2.5

43.38

36.28

5.49

0.72

7.79

1.99

4.35

—

55.33

36.67

6.67

—

1.33

2010

ALP

LNP

Greens

DLP

Others

35.13

30.65

7.98

13.11

1.06

12.07

—

37.5

7.5

2.5

—

37.99

30.46

4.04

9.12

11.76

0.04

6.59

—

29.33

5.34

0.67

—

2.66

Abbreviations

ACL Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist)

AD Australian Democrats

ALP Australian Labor Party

CP Country Party

DLP Democratic Labor Party

FF Family First

LM Liberal Movement

LNP Liberal NationalParty

LP Liberal Party of Australia

NCP National Country Party

NDP Nuclear Disarmament Party

NP National Party

ON One Nation

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