1990 Australian House of Representatives election

1990 Australian federal election

←  1987 24 March 1990 (1990-03-24) 1993  →
←  outgoing members elected members  →
All 148 seats in the House of Representatives 75 seats were needed for a majority in the House 40 (of the 76) seats in the Senate
Registered	10,728,435 3.62%
Turnout	10,225,800 (95.31%) (1.47 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Bob Hawke Andrew Peacock Party Labor Liberal–National Coalition Leader since 8 February 1983 9 May 1989 Leader's seat Wills (Vic.) Kooyong (Vic.) Last election 86 seats 62 seats Seats won 78 seats 69 seats Seat change 8 7 First preference  vote 3,904,138 4,302,127 Percentage 39.44% 43.46% Swing 6.46% 2.44% TPP 49.90% 50.10% TPP swing 0.93 0.93
Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
Prime Minister before election Bob Hawke Labor Subsequent Prime Minister Bob Hawke Labor

The following tables show results for the Australian House of Representatives at the 1990 federal election held on 24 March 1990. ^[1]

Australia

House of Reps (IRV) — 1990–93 — Turnout 95.32% (CV) — Informal 3.19%

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	3,440,902	34.76	+0.44	55	12
		National	833,557	8.42	–3.10	14	5
		Country Liberal	27,668	0.28	+0.05	0
	Liberal–National Coalition		4,302,127	43.46	–2.44	69	7
	Labor		3,904,138	39.44	–6.46	78	8
	Democrats		1,114,216	11.26	+5.26
	Greens (state-based) [a]		137,351	1.37
	Call to Australia		96,497	0.97
	Grey Power		20,984	0.21
	Democratic Socialist		20,668	0.21	+0.20
	Independent EFF		9,375	0.09
	Rex Connor Labor		8,277	0.08
	New Australia		7,043	0.07
	Nuclear Disarmament		5,578	0.06	–0.05
	Environment Inds		4,866	0.05
	Citizens Electoral Council		3,524	0.04
	Democratic Labor		2,564	0.03	–0.01
	Socialist		2,255	0.02
	Conservative		1,734	0.02
	Pensioner		1,170	0.01	–0.03
	AAFI		835	0.01
	Independents   [b]		257,139	2.60	+0.94	1	1
Total			9,899,674			148
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor		4,930,837	49.90	−0.93	78	8
	Liberal–National Coalition		4,950,072	50.10	+0.93	69	7
Invalid/blank votes			326,126	3.19	–1.75
Turnout			10,225,800	95.32
Registered voters			10,728,131
Source: Federal Elections 1990

States

New South Wales

1990 Australian federal election
(New South Wales)

←  1987 24 March 1990 1993  →
All 51 New South Wales seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Bob Hawke Andrew Peacock Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Last election 28 seats 23 seats Seats won 30 seats 20 seats Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 1,380,780 1,352,770 Percentage 41.16% 40.32% Swing 4.0 4.7 TPP 51.94% 48.61% TPP swing 1.65 1.65

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1990 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Overall results.[ edit ]

Turnout 95.4% (CV) — Informal 3.1% ^[2]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	975,083	32.76	−4.19	12	1
		National	377,687	10.53	−0.52	8	2
	Liberal/National Coalition		1,352,770	40.32	−4.72	20	3
	Labor		1,380,780	41.16	+4.01	30	2
	Democrats		342,540	10.21	+6.34
	Independents   [b]		166,832	4.97	+1.55	1	1
	Green Alliance   [c]		45,819	1.37
	Call to Australia		21,646	0.65
	Independent EFF		9,375	0.28
	Rex Connor Labor		8,277	0.25
	New Australia		6,376	0.19
	Democratic Socialist		5,809	0.17
	Grey Power		5,034	0.15
	Environment Inds		4,866	0.15
	Nuclear Disarmament		3,210	0.10	+0.07
	Socialist		1,337	0.04
Total			3,354,671			51
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor		1,706,398	51.94	+1.65		2
	Liberal/National Coalition		1,578,738	48.06	–1.65		3
Invalid/blank votes			108,134	3.1	–1.5
Turnout			3,462,805	95.4
Registered voters			3,630,841
Source: Federal Elections 1990

Victoria

1990 Australian federal election
(Victoria)

←  1987 24 March 1990 1993  →
All 38 Victorian seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Andrew Peacock Bob Hawke Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Last election 15 24 seats Seats won 24 seats 14 seats Seat change 9 10 Popular vote 1,172,809 951,674 Percentage 45.7% 37.1% Swing 1.4 9.8 TPP 52.5% 47.5% TPP swing 5.1 5.1

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1990 Australian federal election in Victoria § Overall results.[ edit ]

Turnout 95.7% (CV) — Informal 3.5% ^[2]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	1,018,740	39.7	+1.7	21	9
		National	154,069	6.0	−0.3	3
	Liberal/National Coalition		1,172,809	45.7	+1.4	24	9
	Labor		951,674	37.1	−9.8	14	10
	Democrats		319,149	12.43	+5.7
	Independents		55,357	2.16	−4.3
	Call to Australia		52,554	2.05
	Democratic Socialist		6,836	0.27
	Citizens Electoral Council		3,524	0.14
	Democratic Labor		2,564	0.10	−0.04
	Socialist		918	0.04
	Pensioner		910	0.04
	AAFI		835	0.03
Total			2,567,130			38	1
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition		1,347,048	52.54	+5.1	24	9
	Labor		1,216,633	47.46	−5.1	14	10
Invalid/blank votes			94,334	3.54	−1.7
Turnout			2,661,464	95.68
Registered voters			2,781,547
Source: Federal Elections 1990

Queensland

1990 Australian federal election
(Queensland)

←  1987 24 March 1990 1993  →
All 24 Queensland seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Bob Hawke Andrew Peacock Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Last election 13 11 seats Seats won 15 seats 9 seats Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 695,291 756,680 Percentage 41.6% 45.3% Swing 3.4 4.6 TPP 50.19% 49.81% TPP swing 0.87 0.87

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1990 Australian federal election in Queensland § Overall results.[ edit ]

Turnout 94.7% (CV) — Informal 2.2% ^[2]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	476,560	28.51	7.49	6	1
		National	280,120	16.76	–12.09	3	3
	Liberal/National Coalition		756,680	45.27	–4.60	9	2
	Labor		695,291	41.59	–3.37	15	2
	Democrats		193,817	11.59	6.71
	Independent		11,499	0.69	0.51
	Greens		10,054	0.60	0.60
	Democratic Socialist		2,728	0.16	0.16
	Conservative		1,528	0.09	0.09
Total			1,671,597			24
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor		837,508	50.19	+0.87	15	2
	Liberal/National Coalition		831,015	49.81	–0.87	9	2
Invalid/blank votes			38,065	2.23	–1.18
Turnout			1,709,662	94.71
Registered voters			1,805,141
Source: Federal Elections 1990

Western Australia

1990 Australian federal election
(Western Australia)

←  1987 24 March 1990 1993  →
All 14 Western Australia seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Andrew Peacock Bob Hawke Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Last election 4 seats 9 seats Seats won 6 seats 8 seats Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 414,551 316,186 Percentage 46.3% 35.3% Swing 2.4 12.2 TPP 52.87% 47.13% TPP swing 3.78 3.78

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1990 Australian federal election in Western Australia § Overall results.[ edit ]

Turnout 94.5% (CV) — informal 3.7% ^[2]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	392,870	43.91	2.12	6	2
		National	21,681	2.42	-4.48
	Liberal/National Coalition		414,551	46.33	-2.36	6	2
	Labor		316,186	35.34	-12.14	8	1
	Democrats		75,197	8.40	+4.97
	Greens		67,164	7.51
	Grey Power		12,043	1.35
	Independents		5,756	0.64	+0.25
	Democratic Socialist		3,336	0.37
	Pensioner		260	0.03
	Conservative		206	0.02
Total			894,699			14	1
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor		420,816	47.13	-3.78	8	1
	Liberal/National Coalition		472,092	52.87	3.78	6	2
Invalid/blank votes			34,418	3.70	-2.86
Turnout			929,117	94.53
Registered voters			982,901
Source: Federal Elections 1990

South Australia

1990 Australian federal election
(South Australia)

←  1987 24 March 1990 1993  →
All 13 South Australian seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Andrew Peacock Bob Hawke Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Last election 5 seats 8 seats Seats won 6 seats 7 seats Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 381,172 339,218 Percentage 42.6% 38.0% Swing 0.1 6.6 TPP 50.5% 49.5% TPP swing 0.7 0.7

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1990 Australian federal election in South Australia § Overall results.[ edit ]

Turnout 96.0% (CV) — Informal 3.7% ^[2]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal		381,172	42.65	+0.14	6	1
	Labor		339,218	37.95	-6.60	7	1
	Democrats		135,546	15.17	+7.38
	Call to Australia		22,297	2.49
	Independents		8,104	0.91	0.02
	Grey Power		3,907	0.44
	Greens		1,878	0.21
	Democratic Socialist		1,632	0.18
Total			893,754			13
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor		441,659	49.5	-0.7	7	1
	Liberal/National Coalition		450.503	50.5	+0.7	6	1
Invalid/blank votes			34,143	3.68	-3.16
Turnout			927,897	96.01
Registered voters			966,431
Source: Federal Elections 1990

Tasmania

1990 Australian federal election
(Tasmania)

←  1987 24 March 1990 1993  →
All 5 Tasmanian seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Andrew Peacock Bob Hawke Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Last election 4 seats 1 seat Seats won 4 seats 1 seat Seat change Popular vote 140,722 115,053 Percentage 48.61% 39.74% Swing 2.44 3.25 TPP 52.1% 47.9% TPP swing 1.0 1.0

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1990 Australian federal election in Tasmania § Overall results.[ edit ]

Turnout 96.5% (CV) — Informal 2.3% ^[2]

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal	140,722	48.61	−2.44	4
	Labor	115,053	39.74	−3.25	1
	Democrats	24,876	8.59	+2.63
	United Tasmania	6,367	2.20
	Independent	2,159	0.75
	Democratic Socialist	327	0.11
Total		289,504			5
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal	138,556	52.10	−1.00	4
	Labor	150,709	47.90	+1.00	1
Invalid/blank votes		9,774	3.27	−1.68
Turnout		299,278	96.5
Registered voters		300,763
Source: Federal Elections 1990

Territories

Australian Capital Territory

1990 Australian federal election
(Australian Capital Territory)

←  1987 1 December 1990 1993  →
Both Australian Capital Territory seats in the Australian House of Representatives and both seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Bob Hawke Andrew Peacock Party Labor Coalition Last election 2 seats 0 seats Seats won 2 0 Seat change Popular vote 71,830 55,755 Percentage 44.88% 34.83% Swing 9.04 4.55 TPP 58.54% 41.46% TPP swing 4.71 4.71

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1990 Australian federal election in territories § Australian Capital Territory.[ edit ]

Turnout 94.1% (CV) — Informal 2.9% ^[2]

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	71,830	44.88	-9.04	2
	Liberal	55,755	34.83	4.55
	Democrats	23,091	14.43	7.59
	Green Democratic	6,069	3.79	0.00
	Nuclear Disarmament	2,368	1.48	-3.19
	Independent	949	0.59	-0.96
Total		160,062			2
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor	93,498	58.54	-4.71	2
	Liberal	66,206	41.46	4.71	0
Invalid/blank votes		4,871	2.95	-0.53
Turnout		164,933	95.78
Registered voters		172,200
Source: Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive 1990

Northern Territory

1990 Australian federal election
(Northern Territory)

←  1987 1 December 1990 1993  →
The one Northern Territory seat in the Australian House of Representatives and both seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Bob Hawke Andrew Peacock Party Labor Coalition Last election 1 seat 0 seats Seats won 1 0 Seat change Popular vote 34,106 27,668 Percentage 50.0% 40.5% Swing 3.1 4.5 TPP 55.0% 45.0% TPP swing 2.8 2.8

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Northern Territory § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Northern Territory   ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Warren Snowdon	34,106	50.0	+3.1
	Country Liberal	Helen Galton	27,668	40.5	+4.5
	Independent	Don Beaton	1,900	2.8	+2.8
	Independent	Bob Liddle	1,427	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	Tig Donnellan	1,380	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	Strider	975	1.4	+1.4
	Independent	Ron Sterry	801	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			68,257	96.6
Informal votes			2,387	3.4
Turnout			70,644	89.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Warren Snowdon	37,498	55.0	+2.8
	Country Liberal	Helen Galton	30,650	45.0	−2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.8

See also

• Post-election pendulum for the 1990 Australian federal election
• Results of the 1990 Australian federal election (Senate)
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1990–1993

Notes

1. There was no federal Australian Greens party at this election. The Greens total includes Greens Western Australia (67,164), NSW Green Alliance   ^[c] (45,819), Queensland Greens (10,054), United Tasmania Group (6,367), Greens South Australia (1,878) and ACT Green Democratic Alliance (6,069).
2. The independent member was Ted Mack (NSW). He was the first Independent since 1966 Sam Benson
3. At this election the Greens in New South Wales were a loose alliance largely organised by local groups, with 18 candidates running under a variety of names: Australian Gruen Party (Fowler, Macarthur, Mackellar, Macquarie, Prospect, St George, Throsby and Werriwa), the Greens (Phillip and Wentworth), Illawarra Greens (Cunningham and Hughes), Sydney Greens, South Sydney Greens (Kingsford Smith), Central Coast Green Party (Dobell and Robertson), Greens in Lowe and Cowper Greens.

References

1. Newman, G; Kopras, A (20 July 1990). "Federal Elections 1990" (PDF). Background Paper 18 1990. Parliamentary Research Service. ISSN   1034-8107 . Retrieved 20 June 2022.
2. "1990 House of Representatives". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
3. "1990 House of Representatives: Northern Territory". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2022.