Australian general election, 1984
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Federal elections were held in Australia on December 1, 1984. All 148 seats in the House of Representatives, and 46 of 76 seats in the Senate, were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Bob Hawke, defeated the opposition Liberal Party of Australia led by Andrew Peacock with coalition partner the National Party of Australia led by Ian Sinclair.
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Australian Labor Party | 4,120,130 | 47.55 | -1.93 | 82 | +7 | |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 2,951,556 | 34.06 | -0.06 | 45 | +12 | |
| National Party of Australia | 921,151 | 10.63 | +1.42 | 21 | +4 | |
| Australian Democrats | 472,204 | 5.45 | +0.41 | 0 | 0 | |
| Country Liberal Party | 27,335 | 0.32 | +0.08 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other | 172,576 | 1.99 | +0.07 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 8,664,952 | 148 | +23 | |||
| Australian Labor Party | WIN | 51.77 | -1.46 | 82 | +7 | |
| LPA/NAT coalition | 48.23 | +1.46 | 66 | +16 |
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats Won | Seats Held | |
| Australian Labor Party | 3,750,789 | 42.17 | -3.32 | 20 | 34 | |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 1,831,006 | 20.59 | +8.58 | 14 | 27 | |
| Liberal/National (Joint Ticket) | 1,130,601 | 12.71 | -11.49 | 3 | ||
| Australian Democrats | 677,970 | 7.62 | -2.32 | 5 | 7 | |
| Nuclear Disarmament Party | 643,061 | 7.23 | +7.23 | 1 | 1 | |
| National Party of Australia | 527,278 | 5.93 | +0.87 | 2 | 5 | |
| Call to Australia Party | 162,272 | 1.82 | -0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harradine Group | 22,992 | 0.26 | -0.32 | 0 | 1 | |
| Country Liberal Party | 27,972 | 0.31 | +0.04 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other | 120,159 | 1.35 | -1.37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 8,894,100 | 46 | 76 |
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The election was notable for the long ten week campaign, and for the high rate of informal voting for the House of Representatives, but decreased rate in the Senate. The 1984 election was held 18 months ahead of time, partly in order to bring the elections for the House of Representatives and Senate back into line. They had been thrown out of kilter by the double dissolution of 1983. This was the first election which occurred after the Hawke Government's election reforms of 1983 which saw 24 seats added to the House of Representatives and 12 to the Senate as well as the introduction of Group Ticket Voting for the Senate. Prior to 1984 the electoral commission did not undertake a full distribution of preferences for statistical purposes. The stored ballot papers for the previous election were put through this process prior to their destruction - therefore the figures from 1983 onwards show the actual result based on full distribution of preferences.
[edit] References
- University of WA election results in Australia since 1890
- AEC 2PP vote
- AustralianPolitics.com election details
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