Australian legislative election, 1998

Australian legislative election, 1998

Legislative elections were held in Australia on 10 November 1998. All 148 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The conservative coalition of the Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister John Howard, and the National Party of Australia, led by Tim Fischer, was elected to a second three-year term, defeating the Australian Labor Party led by Kim Beazley.

Table of contents

1 National summary of votes and seats

1.1 House of Representatives

1.1...1 :

1.2 Senate

1.2...2 :

2 See also

National summary of votes and seats

House of Representatives


Party                         Votes       %    Change   Seats
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Liberal Party                  3,800,721  34.2 (-04.6)   64 (-11)    
National Party of Australia      588,088  05.3 (-03.0)   16 (-02)     
Australian Labor Party         4,454,306  40.1 (+01.4)   67 (+18)    
Pauline Hanson's One Nation      936,621  08.4            -
Australian Democrats             569,935  05.1 (-01.7)    -
Australian Greens                290,709  02.6            -
Others                           468,683  04.0            1 (-04)
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Total                         11,109,063                148
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Senate


Party                         Votes       %    Change   Seats
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Liberal / National Party       4,225,736  37.7 (-05.9)  17
Australian Labor Party         4,182,963  37.3 (+01.2)  17
Pauline Hanson's One Nation    1,007,439  09.0           1
Australian Democrats             947,940  08.4 (-02.4)   4
Australian Greens                305,228  02.7           -
Others                           542,597  04.9           1
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Total                         11,211,903                40
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In Senate elections the Liberal and National parties run joint tickets 
in some states.