Research Paper 8 1998-99

Contents

Introduction

Major Issues

Detailed Results : House of Representatives

Detailed Results : Senate

State Summary: House of Representatives Elections 1949-1998

State Summary: Senate Elections 1949-1998

House of Representatives Elections 1949-1998 - Two Party Preferred Vote

Senate Elections 1949-1998 - Senate Composition after Election

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTIONS 1949-1998
TWO PARTY PREFERRED VOTE

(Per cent)

Election		NSW	VIC	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Aust
1949	ALP	50.8	49.7	42.7	50.6	47.0	46.5	n.a.	n.a.	49.0
	LP/NP	49.2	50.3	57.3	49.4	53.0	53.5	n.a.	n.a.	51.0
1951	ALP	50.5	50.7	43.5	51.8	45.6	47.4	n.a.	n.a.	49.3
	LP/NP	49.5	49.3	56.5	48.2	54.4	52.6	n.a.	n.a.	50.7
1954	ALP	53.0	50.7	44.8	52.7	48.1	50.0	n.a.	n.a.	50.7
	LP/NP	47.0	49.3	55.2	47.3	51.9	50.0	n.a.	n.a.	49.3
1955	ALP	49.5	40.8	43.9	49.0	43.5	47.5	n.a.	n.a.	45.8
	LP/NP	50.5	59.2	56.1	51.0	56.5	52.5	n.a.	n.a.	54.2
1958	ALP	49.8	42.3	41.4	49.8	40.8	49.8	n.a.	n.a.	45.9
	LP/NP	50.2	57.7	58.6	50.2	59.2	50.2	n.a.	n.a.	54.1
1961	ALP	54.8	44.5	50.7	54.2	43.5	56.0	n.a.	n.a.	50.5
	LP/NP	45.2	55.5	49.3	45.8	56.5	44.0	n.a.	n.a.	49.5
1963	ALP	49.3	42.5	48.1	53.3	43.8	54.5	n.a.	n.a.	47.4
	LP/NP	50.7	57.5	51.9	46.7	56.2	45.5	n.a.	n.a.	52.6
1966	ALP	43.9	39.3	44.3	42.4	45.7	53.9	n.a.	55.8	43.1
	LP/NP	56.1	60.7	55.7	57.6	54.3	46.1	n.a.	44.2	56.9
1969	ALP	51.6	44.9	49.9	54.2	52.6	56.1	40.8	71.6	50.2
	LP/NP	48.4	55.1	50.1	45.8	47.4	43.9	59.2	28.4	49.8
1972	ALP	55.4	50.4	49.5	52.7	48.3	60.5	45.5	68.0	52.7
	LP/NP	44.6	49.6	50.5	47.3	51.7	39.5	54.5	32.0	47.3
1974	ALP	54.9	50.6	45.4	52.5	48.5	55.4	47.3	59.7	51.7
	LP/NP	45.1	49.4	54.6	47.5	51.5	44.6	52.7	40.3	48.3
1975	ALP	46.8	43.8	39.8	44.9	41.2	44.1	45.1	49.3	44.3
	LP/NP	53.2	56.2	60.2	55.1	58.8	55.9	54.9	50.7	55.7
1977	ALP	47.6	44.5	42.0	48.7	39.9	43.8	47.5	54.3	45.4
	LP/NP	52.4	55.5	58.0	51.3	60.1	56.2	52.5	45.7	54.6
1980	ALP	50.4	50.7	46.9	49.6	46.7	47.1	48.8	58.6	49.6
	LP/NP	49.6	49.3	53.1	50.4	53.3	52.9	51.2	41.4	50.4
1983(a)	ALP	54.1	54.5	49.5	52.3	55.0	43.6	51.9	65.5	53.2
	LP/NP	45.9	45.5	50.5	47.7	45.0	56.4	48.1	34.5	46.8
1984(a)	ALP	52.9	53.1	47.7	51.7	50.9	46.6	48.6	62.0	51.8
	LP/NP	47.1	46.9	52.3	48.3	49.1	53.4	51.4	38.0	48.2
1987(a)	ALP	50.3	52.3	49.3	50.2	50.9	46.9	52.2	63.2	50.8
	LP/NP	49.7	47.7	50.7	49.8	49.1	53.1	47.8	36.8	49.2
Election		NSW	VIC	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Aust
1990(a)	ALP	52.1	47.5	50.2	49.5	47.1	47.9	55.0	58.5	49.9
	LP/NP	47.9	52.5	49.8	50.5	52.9	52.1	45.0	41.5	50.1
1993(a)	ALP	54.4	51.8	48.4	47.3	46.0	54.6	55.3	61.2	51.4
	LP/NP	45.6	48.2	51.6	52.7	54.0	45.4	44.7	38.8	48.6
1996(a)	ALP	47.4	50.3	39.8	42.7	44.0	51.6	49.6	55.5	46.4
	LP/NP	52.6	49.7	60.2	57.3	56.0	48.4	50.4	44.5	53.6
1998(a)	ALP	51.5	53.5	46.9	46.9	49.5	57.3	50.6	62.4	51.0
	LP/NP	48.5	46.5	53.1	53.1	50.5	42.7	49.4	37.6	49.0

SENATE ELECTIONS 1949-1998
SENATE COMPOSITION AFTER ELECTION (a)

Election	Party	NSW	VIC	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Aust
1949	ALP	6	6	3	7	6	6	. .	. .	34
	LP	3	3	5	3	3	4	. .	. .	21
	CP	1	1	2	. .	1	. .	. .	. .	5
1951	ALP	5	5	4	5	4	5	. .	. .	28
	LP	4	4	4	5	4	5	. .	. .	26
	CP	1	1	2	. .	2	. .	. .	. .	6
1953	ALP	5	6	4	5	5	4	. .	. .	29
	LP	4	3	4	5	4	6	. .	. .	26
	CP	1	1	2	. .	1	. .	. .	. .	5
1955	ALP	5	5	4	5	5	4	. .	. .	28
	LP	4	3	4	5	3	5	. .	. .	24
	CP	1	1	2	. .	2	. .	. .	. .	6
	DLP	. .	1	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	2
1958	ALP	4	5	4	5	4	4	. .	. .	26
	LP	4	3	4	5	4	5	. .	. .	25
	CP	2	1	2	. .	2	. .	. .	. .	7
	DLP	. .	1	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	2
1961	ALP	6	4	4	6	4	4	. .	. .	28
	LP	3	5	4	4	4	4	. .	. .	24
	CP	1	1	2	. .	2	. .	. .	. .	6
	DLP	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	1
	IND	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	1
1964	ALP	5	4	3	6	4	5	. .	. .	27
	LP	3	4	4	4	4	4	. .	. .	23
	CP	2	1	2	. .	2	. .	. .	. .	7
	DLP	. .	1	1	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	2
	IND	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	1
1967	ALP	5	4	4	5	4	5	. .	. .	27
	LP	3	3	2	5	4	4	. .	. .	21
	CP	2	1	2	. .	2	. .	. .	. .	7
	DLP	. .	2	2	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	4
	IND	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	1
1970	ALP	6	3	4	5	4	4	. .	. .	26
	LP	3	4	2	5	3	4	. .	. .	21
	CP	. .	1	2	. .	2	. .	. .	. .	5
	DLP	1	2	2	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	5
	IND	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	2	. .	. .	3
1974	ALP	5	5	4	5	5	5	. .	. .	29
	LP	4	4	3	4	4	4	. .	. .	23
	CP	1	1	3	. .	1	. .	. .	. .	6
	LM	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	. .	. .	1
	IND	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	1

SENATE ELECTIONS 1949-1998

SENATE COMPOSITION AFTER ELECTION (a) (continued)

Election	Party	NSW	VIC	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Aust
1975	ALP	5	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	27
	LP	4	4	3	5	5	5	. .	1	27
	NCP	1	2	3	. .	1	. .	1	. .	8
	LM	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	. .	. .	1
	IND	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	1
1977	ALP	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	26
	LP	4	4	3	6	6	5	. .	1	29
	NCP	1	1	3	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	6
	DEM	1	1	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	2
	IND	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	1
1980	ALP	5	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	27
	LP	3	4	3	5	6	5	1	1	28
	NCP	1	. .	2	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	3
	DEM	1	2	1	1	. .	. .	. .	. .	5
	IND	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	1
1983	ALP	5	5	4	5	5	4	1	1	30
	LP	3	4	2	4	4	5	1	1	24
	NP	1	. .	3	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	4
	DEM	1	1	1	1	1	. .	. .	. .	5
	IND	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	1
1984	ALP	6	5	5	5	6	5	1	1	34
	LP	4	5	2	5	5	5	1	1	28
	NP	1	. .	4	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	5
	DEM	1	2	1	2	. .	1	. .	. .	7
	NDP	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	. .	1
	IND	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	1
1987	ALP	5	5	5	5	5	5	1	1	32
	LP	4	5	2	5	5	5	. .	1	27
	NP	1	1	4	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	7
	DEM	1	1	1	2	1	1	. .	. .	7
	NDP	1	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1
	IND	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	1	. .	. .	2
1990	ALP	6	5	4	5	5	5	1	1	32
	LP	3	5	4	5	6	5	. .	1	29
	NP	1	. .	3	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	5
	DEM	2	2	1	2	. .	1	. .	. .	8
	GRN	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	. .	1
	IND	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	1
1993	ALP	6	5	4	4	4	5	1	1	30
	LP	3	5	4	6	6	5	. .	1	30
	NP	2	1	2	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	6
	DEM	1	1	2	2	. .	1	. .	. .	7
	GRN	. .	. .	. .	. .	2	. .	. .	. .	2
	IND	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	1
Election	Party	NSW	VIC	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Aust
1996	ALP	5	5	4	4	4	5	1	1	29
	LP	4	5	4	6	6	5	. .	1	31
	NP	2	1	2	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	6
	DEM	1	1	2	2	1	. .	. .	. .	7
	GRN	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	1	. .	. .	2
	IND	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	1
1998	ALP	5	5	4	4	4	5	1	1	29
	LP	4	5	4	6	6	5	. .	1	31
	NP	1	1	1	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	4
	DEM	2	1	2	2	2	. .	. .	. .	9
	GRN	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	1
	PHON	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1
	IND	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	1

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