2016 Australian federal election

2016 Australian federal election

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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats were needed for a majority All 76 seats in the Senate
Opinion polls
Registered	15,671,551
Turnout	91.01%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Malcolm Turnbull Bill Shorten Richard Di Natale Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Greens Leader's seat Wentworth (NSW) Maribyrnong (Vic.) Senator for Victoria Last election 90 seats, 53.49% 55 seats, 46.51% 1 seat, 8.65% Seats won 76 seats 69 seats 1 seat Seat change 14 14 Popular vote 5,693,605 4,702,296 1,385,651 Percentage 42.04% 34.73% 10.23% Swing 3.51 1.35 1.58 TPP 50.36% 49.64% TPP swing 3.13 3.13
Results by winning party by division for the House of Representatives. Results by popular vote by state and territory.[1]
Prime Minister before election Malcolm Turnbull Liberal/National coalition Subsequent Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull Liberal/National coalition

The 2016 Australian federal election was an election held on Saturday 2 July to elect all 226 members of the 45th Parliament of Australia. It lasted eight weeks. It was the first under a new voting system for the Senate that replaced group voting tickets with optional preferential voting.^[2] Incumbent Malcolm Turnbull was narrowly re-elected by forming a coalition government with other smaller parties.

1. ↑ "House of Representatives - Two party preferred results 1949 - present".
2. ↑ Nicole Hasham (3 July 2016). "Election 2016 results: Senate count throws up a wild mix as One Nation, Fred Nile, Liberal Democrats vie for seats". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.