The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 2013 Australian federal election.

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2013 Australian Senate elections

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40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate 39 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Eric Abetz[lower-alpha 1] Penny Wong[lower-alpha 2] Christine Milne Party Liberal/National Coalition Labor Greens Leader since 3 May 2010 26 June 2013 Leader's seat Tasmania South Australia Tasmania Seats before 34 31 9 Seats won 17 12 4 Seats after 33 25 10 Seat change 1 6 1 Popular vote 5,057,218 4,038,591 1,159,588 Percentage 37.70% 30.11% 8.65% Swing 0.92% 5.02% 4.46%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Clive Palmer David Leyonhjelm Bob Day Party Palmer United Liberal Democrats Family First Leader's seat MP for Fairfax (won seat) New South Wales (won seat) South Australia (won seat) Seats before New 0 0 Seats won 2 1 1 Seats after 2 1 1 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 658,976 523,831 149,306 Percentage 4.91% 3.91% 1.11% Swing 4.91% 2.10% 1.11%   Seventh party Eighth party   ASP Leader Ricky Muir Wayne Dropulich Party Motoring Enthusiasts Sports Leader's seat Victoria (won seat) Western Australia (won seat) Seats before New New Seats won 1 1 Seats after 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 67,560 2,997 Percentage 0.50% 0.02% Swing 0.50% 0.02%
Senators elected in the 2013 federal election and the WA special election
Leader of the Senate before election Penny Wong Labor Elected Leader of the Senate Eric Abetz Liberal/National coalition

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Following a dispute of the results, the Western Australian results were declared void. The Western Australian senators were elected at the 2014 special election in Western Australia.

New senators took their places from 1 July 2014. This gave a Senate with the Coalition government on 33 seats, the Australian Labor Party opposition on 25 seats, and a record crossbench of 18: ten Australian Greens, three Palmer United, and single seats to David Leyonhjelm of the Liberal Democratic Party, Bob Day of the Family First Party, Ricky Muir of the Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party, John Madigan of the Democratic Labour Party and Nick Xenophon.^[1][2]

This table includes votes and percentage from the 2013 election and the seat allocation is based on the void election in Western Australia. The 2014 Australian Senate special election in Western Australia includes the revised national totals after that election.

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Senate (STV GV) — Turnout 93.88% (CV) — Informal 2.96%^[3][4]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Total seats	Change
		Liberal/National joint ticket [lower-alpha 3]	3,938,204	29.36	–0.04	8	16	1
		Liberal [lower-alpha 4]	1,006,710	7.51	+1.08	8	16
		National [lower-alpha 5]	69,523	0.52	–0.19	0	0
		Country Liberal (NT)	42,781	0.32	–0.01	1	1
	Coalition total		5,057,218	37.70	–0.92	17	33	1
	Labor		4,038,591	30.11	–5.02	12	25	6
	Greens		1,159,588	8.65	–4.46	4	10	1
	Palmer United		658,976	4.91	+4.91	2	2	2
	Liberal Democratic Party		523,831	3.91	+2.10	1	1	1
	Xenophon Group		258,376	1.93	+1.93	1	1
	Family First		149,306	1.11	–0.99	1	1	1
	Motoring Enthusiasts		67,560	0.50	+0.50	1	1	1
Total			13,413,016			40	76
Invalid/blank votes			409,149	2.96	–0.79
Registered voters/turnout			14,086,869	93.71
Source: Commonwealth Election 2013

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The Senate has 76 seats. Forty seats were up for election; six in each of the six states, two for the ACT and two for the Northern Territory. The terms of the four senators from the territories commenced on election day. The terms of the six longest-serving state senators ended on 30 June 2014; the terms of the new state senators commenced on 1 July 2014, and were originally supposed to end on 30 June 2020—however, the entire Senate was dissolved at the double-dissolution 2016 election.^[5][6]

The Senate saw the Coalition government on 33 seats with the Labor opposition on 25 seats, the Greens on 10 seats and a crossbench of eight—Palmer United on three seats, with other minor parties and independents on five seats (the LDP's David Leyonhjelm, Family First's Bob Day, Motoring's Ricky Muir and incumbents Nick Xenophon and the DLP's John Madigan). Muir announced he would vote in line with Palmer United.^[7] The initial election saw Wayne Dropulich of the Australian Sports Party win a seat in Western Australia, but the subsequent voiding of the result and ensuing special election saw the Palmer United Party gain a third seat. The Coalition government required the support of at least six non-coalition senators to pass legislation.

A record number of candidates stood at the election.^[8] Group voting tickets came under scrutiny because multiple candidates were provisionally elected with the vast majority of their 14.3 per cent quotas coming from the preferences of other parties across the political spectrum. "Preference whisperer" Glenn Druery organised tight cross-preferencing between over 30 minor parties as part of his Minor Party Alliance.^[9][10][11] Sports' Wayne Dropulich won a Senate seat on a record-low primary vote of 0.2 per cent in Western Australia, his party placing 21st out of 28 groups on primary votes.^[12][13][14] Motoring's Ricky Muir won a senate seat on a record-low primary vote of 0.5 per cent in Victoria.^[15][16] Family First's Bob Day won a seat on a primary vote of 3.8 per cent in South Australia.^[16][17] All three were involved with the Minor Party Alliance.^[18] Previous examples of winning with low vote shares include Family First's Steve Fielding in 2004 on 1.9 per cent in Victoria,^[19] the Nuclear Disarmament Party's Robert Wood in 1987 on 1.5 per cent in New South Wales, and the DLP's John Madigan won his seat in 2010 on a primary vote of 2.3 per cent in Victoria.^[20] Xenophon and larger parties including the incoming government announced they would look at changes to the GVT system.^[21][22][23]

• 2013 Australian federal election
• Results of the 2013 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
• Post-election pendulum for the 2013 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian Senate, 2014–2016