2019 Australian federal election

2019 Australian federal election

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All 151 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats are needed for a majority 40 (of the 76) seats in the Senate
Opinion polls
Registered	16,424,248 4.80%
Turnout	15,088,616 (91.89%) (0.88 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Scott Morrison Bill Shorten Richard Di Natale Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Greens Leader since 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 13 October 2013 (2013-10-13) 6 May 2015 (2015-05-06) Leader's seat Cook (NSW) Maribyrnong (Vic.) Senator for Victoria Last election 76 seats, 42.04% 69 seats, 34.73% 1 seat, 10.23% Seats before 75[a] 69 1 Seats won 77 68 1 Seat change 2 1 First preference vote 5,906,875 4,752,160 1,482,923 Percentage 41.44% 33.34% 10.40% Swing 0.60 1.39 0.17 TPP 51.53% 48.47% TPP swing 1.17 1.17   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   IND Leader Bob Katter Rebekha Sharkie N/A Party Katter's Australian Centre Alliance Independents Leader since 3 June 2011 De facto N/A Leader's seat Kennedy (Qld.) Mayo (SA) N/A Last election 1 seat 1 seat 2 seats Seats before 1 1 4 Seats won 1 1 3 Seat change 1 First preference vote 69,736 46,931 479,836 Percentage 0.49% 0.33% 3.37% Swing 0.03 1.52 0.56
Results by winning party by division for the House of Representatives.[1] Results by popular vote by state and territory
Prime Minister before election Scott Morrison Liberal/National coalition Subsequent Prime Minister Scott Morrison Liberal/National coalition

2019 Australian federal election
Debates and forums Pre-election pendulum Candidates Polling National Electorate
National results
House of Representatives Senate Post-election pendulum
State and territory results
New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Northern Territory
Elected House of Representative members Elected Senators
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The 2019 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 18 May 2019 to elect members of the 46th Parliament of Australia. The election had been called following the dissolution of the 45th Parliament as elected at the 2016 double dissolution federal election. All 151 seats in the House of Representatives (lower house) and 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate (upper house) were up for election.

The second-term incumbent minority Liberal/National Coalition government, led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, won a third three-year term by defeating the opposition Australian Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. The Coalition claimed a three-seat majority with 77 seats, Labor finished with 68, whilst the remaining six seats were won by the Australian Greens, Centre Alliance, Katter's Australian Party and three independents.

The electoral system of Australia enforces compulsory voting and uses full-preference instant-runoff voting in single-member seats for the House of Representatives and optional preferential single transferable voting in the Senate.^[2] The election was administered by the Australian Electoral Commission.

The result was considered an upset as polling had placed the Coalition consistently behind for almost three years. It was the first time since 2001 that a Federal government in Australia won a third consecutive term in office. The Coalition benefited from a stronger-than-expected showing in Queensland and Tasmania. The Liberal National Party of Queensland won 23 of the state's 30 seats with a statewide primary vote of 43%. Indeed, the net two-seat swing to the LNP in Queensland was enough to allow the Coalition to regain its majority.

On election night, Shorten declared his intention to stand down as leader of his party, but to remain in parliament.^[3] The Second Morrison ministry was sworn in on 29 May 2019.^[4]

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