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Results of the 2016 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

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The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2016 federal election, Coalition 76, Labor 69, Australian Greens 1, Nick Xenophon Team 1, Katter's Australian Party 1, with 2 independents.^[1]

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2016 Australian federal election
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76 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

91.0%

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
Labor	Bill Shorten	34.7%	69	+14
Liberal	Malcolm Turnbull	28.7%	45	−13
Liberal National	Tim Nicholls	8.5%	21	−1
National	Barnaby Joyce	4.6%	10	+1
Greens	Richard Di Natale	10.2%	1	0
Xenophon Team	Nick Xenophon	1.9%	1	New
Katter's Australian	Bob Katter	0.5%	1	0
Country Liberal	Adam Giles	0.2%	0	−1
Palmer United	Clive Palmer	0.0%	0	−1
Independents	—	3.0%	2	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before		Prime Minister after
	Malcolm Turnbull Coalition	Malcolm Turnbull Coalition

A number of initially-elected senators were declared ineligible a result of the 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, and replaced after recounts.

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**House of Representatives (IRV) — Turnout 91.01% (CV) — Informal 5.05%**^[2]
Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party		4,702,296	34.73	+1.35	69	14
	Coalition
		Liberal Party of Australia	3,882,905	28.67	−3.35	45	13
		Liberal National Party (QLD)	1,153,736	8.52	−0.40	21	1
		National Party of Australia	624,555	4.61	+0.32	10	1
		Country Liberal Party (NT)	32,409	0.24	−0.08	0	1
	Australian Greens		1,385,650	10.23	+1.58	1
	Nick Xenophon Team		250,333	1.85	+1.85	1	1
	Katter's Australian Party		72,879	0.54	−0.50	1
	Palmer United Party		315	0.00	−5.49	0	1
Total			13,541,101			150
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition		6,818,824	50.36	−3.13	76	14
	Australian Labor Party		6,722,277	49.64	+3.13	69	14

Invalid/blank votes			131,722	4.70	−0.86
Total votes			14,262,016
Registered voters/turnout			15,671,551	91.01	–2.22
Source: Federal Election 2016

New South Wales

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	First party	Second party

Leader	Malcolm Turnbull	Bill Shorten
Party	Liberal/National coalition	Labor
Last election	30 seats	18 seats
Seats won	23 seats	24 seats
Seat change	7	6
Popular vote	1,847,305	1,611,549
Percentage	42.32%	36.93%
Swing	5.02	2.41
TPP	50.53%	49.47%
TPP swing	3.82	3.82

Regional New South Wales & Sydney Surrounds

Sydney Urban

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Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Coalition
		Liberal Party of Australia	1,426,424	32.68	–4.67	16	7
		National Party of Australia	420,881	9.64	−0.35	7
	Australian Labor Party		1,611,549	36.93	+2.41	24	6
	Australian Greens		390,737	8.95	+1.00
	Christian Democratic Party		169,966	3.89	+1.76
	Pauline Hanson's One Nation		27,542	0.63	+0.16
	Animal Justice Party		20,695	0.47	+0.47
	Liberal Democratic Party		20,231	0.46	+0.46
	Nick Xenophon Team		16,084	0.37	+0.37
	Science Party		14,988	0.34	+0.32
	Family First Party		11,725	0.27	+0.27
	Australian Liberty Alliance		11,473	0.26	+0.26
	Online Direct Democracy		5,780	0.13	+0.13
	Drug Law Reform Australia		4,420	0.10	+0.10
	Non-Custodial Parents Party		3,663	0.08	+0.05
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party		3,550	0.08	+0.08
	Derryn Hinch's Justice Party		3,150	0.07	+0.07
	The Arts Party		3,139	0.07	+0.07
	Australia First Party		2,865	0.07	−0.08
	Citizens Electoral Council		2,789	0.06	−0.04
	Australian Sex Party		2,390	0.05	−0.03
	Bullet Train for Australia		2,267	0.05	−0.15
	Mature Australia Party		1,783	0.04	+0.04
	Australian Antipaedophile Party		1,527	0.03	+0.03
	Australian Defence Veterans Party		1,448	0.03	+0.03
	Smokers' Rights Party		1,343	0.03	+0.03
	CountryMinded		1,337	0.03	+0.03
	Socialist Equality Party		1,313	0.03	+0.03
	Pirate Party		1,260	0.03	+0.03
	Rise Up Australia Party		1,007	0.02	−0.11
	Democratic Labour Party		968	0.02	−0.11
	Sustainable Australia		606	0.01	−0.04
	Renewable Energy Party		537	0.01	+0.01
	Socialist Alliance		500	0.01	–0.02
	Australian Cyclists Party		460	0.01	–0.02
	Independent		171,795	3.94	+2.21
	Non Affiliated		2,128	0.05	+0.05
Total			4,364,320			47	1
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition		2,205,107	50.53	−3.82	23	7
	Australian Labor Party		2,159,213	49.47	+3.82	24	6

Liberal to Labor: Barton, Dobell, Eden-Monaro, Lindsay, Macarthur, Macquarie, Paterson

Victoria

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	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Bill Shorten	Malcolm Turnbull	Richard Di Natale
Party	Labor	Liberal/National coalition	Greens
Last election	19 seats	16 seats	1 seat
Seats won	18 seats	17 seats	1 seat
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	1,224,051	1,436,933	451,700
Percentage	35.58%	41.76%	13.13%
Swing	0.77	0.93	2.33
TPP	51.83%	48.17%
TPP swing	1.63	1.63

Regional Victoria & Melbourne Surrounds

Melbourne Urban

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Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
Liberal/National Coalition
		Liberal Party of Australia	1,273,419	37.01	–3.07	14
		National Party of Australia	163,514	4.75	+2.14	3	1
	Coalition total		1,436,933	41.76	–0.93	17	1
	Australian Labor Party		1,224,051	35.58	+0.77	18	1
	Australian Greens		451,700	13.13	+2.33	1
	Animal Justice Party		64,940	1.89	+1.83
	Family First Party		44,623	1.31	–0.50
	Rise Up Australia Party		39,579	1.15	+0.60
	Derryn Hinch's Justice Party		13,735	0.40	+0.40
	Liberal Democratic Party		13,006	0.38	+0.24
	Drug Law Reform Australia		11,464	0.33	+0.33
	Australian Sex Party		10,293	0.30	−1.75
	Australian Christians		8,953	0.26	−0.22
	Australian Country Party		7,033	0.20	+0.06
	Renewable Energy Party		3,571	0.10	+0.10
	Australian Equality Party (Marriage)		3,296	0.10	+0.10
	Australia First Party		3,232	0.09	−0.06
	Nick Xenophon Team		2,007	0.06	+0.06
	Citizens Electoral Council		1,942	0.06	+0.04
	Socialist Alliance		1,749	0.05	+0.00
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party		1,321	0.04	+0.04
	Bullet Train for Australia		1,138	0.03	−0.02
	Voluntary Euthanasia Party		973	0.03	+0.03
	The Arts Party		542	0.02	+0.02
	Australian Cyclists Party		386	0.01	+0.01
	Socialist Equality Party		295	0.01	+0.01
	Australian Progressives		282	0.01	+0.01
	Independent		93,610	2.72	+1.08	1
Total			3,440,654			37
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party		1,783,375	51.83	+1.63	18	1
	Liberal/National Coalition		1,657,279	48.17	−1.63	17	1

Labor to Liberal: Chisholm

Liberal to National: Murray

Queensland

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	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Malcolm Turnbull	Bill Shorten	Bob Katter
Party	Liberal National	Labor	Katter's Australian
Leader since			3 June 2011 (2011-06-03)
Leader's seat			Kennedy (Qld.)
Last election	22 seats	6 seats	1 seat
Seats won	21 seats	8 seats	1 seat
Seat change	1	2
Popular vote	1,153,736	825,627	72,879
Percentage	43.19%	30.91%	2.73%
Swing	2.47	1.14	1.02
TPP	54.10%	45.90%
TPP swing	2.88	2.88

Regional Queensland

Urban Brisbane & Surrounds

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Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal National Party	1,153,736	43.19	–2.47	21	1
	Australian Labor Party	825,627	30.91	+1.14	8	2
	Australian Greens	235,887	8.83	+2.61
	Pauline Hanson's One Nation	147,478	5.52	+5.42
	Family First Party	103,933	3.89	+1.85
	Katter's Australian Party	72,879	2.73	–1.02	1	0
	Liberal Democratic Party	25,665	0.96	+0.96
	Australian Liberty Alliance	12,320	0.46	+0.46
	Nick Xenophon Team	11,032	0.41	+0.41
	Glenn Lazarus Team	10,094	0.38	+0.38
	Rise Up Australia Party	4,490	0.17	–0.22
	Drug Law Reform Australia	4,466	0.17	+0.17
	Australian Defence Veterans Party	2,912	0.11	+0.11
	CountryMinded	2,141	0.08	+0.08
	Consumer Rights & No-Tolls	2,050	0.08	+0.08
	Democratic Labour Party	1,566	0.06	+0.02
	The Arts Party	1,467	0.05	+0.05
	Online Direct Democracy	1,062	0.04	+0.04
	Mature Australia Party	902	0.03	+0.02
	Palmer United Party	315	0.01	−11.01	0	1
	Independent	50,377	1.89	+1.51
	Non Affiliated	830	0.03	−0.12
Total		2,671,229			30
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal National Party	1,445,030	54.10	−2.88	21	1
	Australian Labor Party	1,226,199	45.90	+2.88	8	2

Liberal National to Labor: Herbert, Longman

Palmer to Liberal National: Fairfax

Western Australia

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	First party	Second party

Leader	Malcolm Turnbull	Bill Shorten
Party	Liberal/National coalition	Labor
Last election	12 seats	3 seats
Seats won	11 seats	5 seats
Seat change	1	2
Popular vote	651,765	434,318
Percentage	48.70%	32.45%
Swing	1.61	3.69
TPP	54.66%	45.34%
TPP swing	3.62	3.62

Perth Surrounds & Regional Western Australia

Urban Perth

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Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal Party of Australia	611,605	45.70	–1.61	11	1
	Australian Labor Party	434,318	32.45	+3.69	5	2
	Australian Greens	161,443	12.06	+2.32
	National Party of Australia	40,160	3.00	−0.90
	Australian Christians	34,197	2.56	+0.53
	Rise Up Australia Party	20,859	1.56	+0.84
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party	6,022	0.45	+0.45
	Mature Australia Party	3,203	0.24	+0.24
	Liberal Democratic Party	2,526	0.19	+0.19
	Outdoor Recreation Party	2,375	0.18	+0.18
	Australian Liberty Alliance	1,544	0.10	+0.10
	Socialist Alliance	1,404	0.10	+0.04
	Online Direct Democracy	1,300	0.10	+0.10
	Independent	17,381	1.30	+1.03
Total		1,338,337			16
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal Party of Australia	731,497	54.66	−3.62	11	1
	Australian Labor Party	606,840	45.34	+3.62	5	2

Liberal to Labor: Burt, Cowan

South Australia

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	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Bill Shorten	Malcolm Turnbull	Nick Xenophon
Party	Labor	Liberal/National coalition	Xenophon Team
Leader since			1 June 2013 (2013-06-01)
Last election	5 seats	6 seats	new party
Seats won	6 seats	4 seats	1 seat
Seat change	1	2	1
Popular vote	365,155	496,719	221,210
Percentage	31.55%	35.09%	21.26%
Swing	4.18	9.40	21.26
TPP	52.27%	47.73%
TPP swing	4.63	4.63

Regional South Australia

Urban Adelaide

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Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal Party of Australia	365,155	35.09	–9.40	4	2
	Australian Labor Party	328,314	31.55	–4.18	6	1
	Nick Xenophon Team	221,210	21.26	+21.26	1	1
	Australian Greens	64,605	6.21	−2.07
	Family First Party	40,941	3.93	−1.48
	Animal Justice Party	8,881	0.85	+0.85
	Liberal Democratic Party	2,178	0.21	+0.21
	Christian Democratic Party	1,715	0.16	+0.16
	Independent	7,737	0.74	−0.54
Total		1,040,736			11
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party	544,017	52.27	+4.63	6	1
	Liberal Party of Australia	496,719	47.73	−4.63	4	2

Liberal to Labor: Hindmarsh

Liberal to Xenophon: Mayo

Tasmania

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	First party	Second party

Leader	Bill Shorten	Malcolm Turnbull
Party	Labor	Liberal
Last election	1 seat	3 seats
Seats won	4 seats	0 seats
Seat change	3	3
Popular vote	127,186	118,956
Percentage	37.90%	35.44%
Swing	3.09	4.82
TPP	57.36%	42.64%
TPP swing	6.13	6.13

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Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party	127,186	37.90	+3.09	4	3
	Liberal Party of Australia	118,956	35.44	–4.82	0	3
	Australian Greens	34,291	10.22	+1.90
	Australian Recreational Fishers Party	11,254	3.35	+3.35
	Christian Democratic Party	6,345	1.89	+1.89
	Renewable Energy Party	4,534	1.35	+1.35
	The Arts Party	1,673	0.50	+0.50
	Liberal Democratic Party	1,380	0.41	+0.41
	Democratic Labour Party	632	0.19	+0.02
	Independent	29,372	8.75	+1.28	1
	Total	335,623			5
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party	192,530	57.36	+6.13	4	3
	Liberal Party of Australia	143,093	42.64	−6.13	0	3

Liberal to Labor: Bass, Braddon, Lyons

Territories

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Australian Capital Territory

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	First party	Second party

Leader	Bill Shorten	Malcolm Turnbull
Party	Labor	Liberal
Last election	2 seats	0 seats
Seats won	2 seats	0 seats
Seat change	0	0
Popular vote	154,489	98,253
Percentage	61.13%	38.87%
Swing	1.22	1.22

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Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party	111,887	44.27	+1.34	2
	Liberal Party of Australia	87,346	34.56	–0.06	0
	Australian Greens	38,129	15.09	+1.69
	Bullet Train for Australia	10,673	4.22	+0.14
	Independent	4,707	1.86	+1.86
Total		252,742			2
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party	154,489	61.13	+1.22	2	0
	Liberal Party of Australia	98,253	38.87	−1.22	0	0

Northern Territory

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	First party	Second party

Leader	Bill Shorten	Malcolm Turnbull
Party	Labor	Liberal/National coalition
Last election	1 seat	1 seat
Seats won	2 seats	0 seats
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	55,614	41,846
Percentage	57.06%	42.94%
Swing	7.41	7.41

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Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party	39,364	40.39	+2.96	2	1
	Country Liberal Party	32,409	33.25	–8.45	0	1
	Australian Greens	8,858	9.09	+1.20
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party	4,584	4.70	+4.70
	Rise Up Australia Party	2,483	2.55	+1.10
	Liberal Democratic Party	1,275	1.31	+1.31
	Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party	1,143	1.17	+1.17
	Australia First Party	798	0.82	+0.82
	Citizens Electoral Council	444	0.46	−1.41
	Online Direct Democracy	369	0.38	+0.38
	Independent	5,733	5.88	+5.13
Total		97,460			2
Two-party-preferred vote
	Australian Labor Party	55,614	57.06	+7.41	2	1
	Country Liberal Party	41,846	42.94	−7.41	0	1

Country Liberal to Labor: Solomon

Two party preferred preference flow

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House of Representatives (IRV – Turnout 89.82% (CV)^[3]^[4]
Party		Liberal National coalition			Labor Party

Party		Votes	%	±	Votes	%	±
	Greens	250,263	18.06%	+1.09	1,135,387	81.94%	–1.09
	One Nation	88,327	50.47%	–4.63	86,693	49.53%	+4.63
	United Australia Party	117	37.14%	–16.53	198	62.86%	+16.53
	Liberal Democratic Party	46,458	70.11%	–9.45	19,803	29.89%	+9.45
	Christian Democratic Party	129,463	72.72%	+1.21	48,563	27.28%	–1.21
	Democratic Labour Party	1,132	35.75%	–7.76	2,034	64.25%	+7.76
	Rise Up Australia Party	36,239	52.97%	–7.26	32,179	47.03%	+7.26
	Australia First Party	3,161	45.84%	–13.89	3,734	54.16%	+13.89
	Animal Justice Party	35,204	37.25%	+5.62	59,312	62.75%	–5.62
	Australian Federation Party
	Katter's Australian	38,656	53.04%	–0.96	34,223	46.96%	+0.96
	Centre Alliance	99,564	39.77%	–	150,769	60.23%	–
	Australian Christians	31,186	72.27%	+2.22	11,964	27.73%	–2.22
	Australian Liberty Alliance	17,294	68.26%	–	8,043	31.74%	–
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party	7,090	45.81%	–	8,387	54.19%	–
	Socialist Alliance	948	25.95%	+6.95	2,705	74.05%	–6.95
	Derryn Hinch's Justice Party	8,276	49.01%	–	8,609	50.99%	–
	Australian Citizens Party	2,715	52.46%	+3.08	2,460	47.54%	–3.08
	Sustainable Australia	312	51.49%	–	294	48.51%	–
	Reason Party	2,776	31.21%	–	6,119	68.79%	–
	Independents	194,826	40.60%	–2.30	285,010	59.40%	+2.30
Total		14,659,042	100.00		151
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition	6,818,824	50.36%	−3.13
	Labor	6,722,277	49.64%	+3.13

Invalid/blank votes		802,376	5.19%	–0.35	–	–	–
Turnout		15,461,418	89.82%	–2.07	–	–	–
Registered voters		17,213,433	–	–	–	–	–
Source: AEC for both votes

Maps

Results by electoral division

First preference vote
Two-candidate-preferred vote

Results by state and territory

First preference vote and seat totals

References

[1]
Members Elected, AEC
[2]
Barber, Stephen (7 April 2017). "Federal Election 2016" (PDF). Research Paper 2016–17. Parliamentary Library. ISSN 2203-5249.
[3]
"First preferences by party". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
[4]
"House Party Representation Leading". aec.gov.au. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

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