1993 Australian House of Representatives election

1993 Australian federal election

←  1990 13 March 1993 (1993-03-13) [a] 1996  →
←  outgoing members elected members  →
All 147 seats in the House of Representatives 74 seats were needed for a majority in the House 40 (of the 76) seats in the Senate
Registered	11,384,638 6.12%
Turnout	10,900,861 (95.75%) (0.44 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Paul Keating John Hewson Party Labor Liberal–National Coalition Leader since 19 December 1991 (1991-12-19) 3 April 1990 (1990-04-03) Leader's seat Blaxland (NSW) Wentworth (NSW) Last election 78 seats 69 seats Seats won 80 seats 65 seats Seat change 2 4 First preference  vote 4,751,390 4,681,822 Percentage 44.92% 44.27% Swing 5.49% 0.81% TPP 51.44% 48.56% TPP swing 1.54% 1.54%
Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
Prime Minister before election Paul Keating Labor Subsequent Prime Minister Paul Keating Labor

The following tables show results for the Australian House of Representatives at the 1993 federal election held on 13 March 1993. ^[1]

Australia

House of Reps (IRV) – 1993–36 – Turnout 95.75% (CV) — Informal 2.97%

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		4,751,390	44.92	+5.49	80	2
		Liberal	3,888,579	36.77	+2.01	49	6
		National	758,036	7.17	–1.25	16	2
		Country Liberal	35,207	0.33	+0.05	0
	Liberal–National Coalition		4,681,822	44.27	+0.81	65	4
	Democrats		397,060	3.75	–7.51
	Independents   [b]		329,235	3.11	+0.35	2	1
	Greens   [d]		196,702	1.85	+0.48
	Natural Law		78,577	0.74	+0.74
	Confederate Action		60,213	0.57	+0.57
	Call to Australia		49,467	0.47	–0.50
	Independent EFF		9,954	0.09	+0.09
	Rex Connor Labor		7,083	0.07	–0.01
	Citizens Electoral Council		4,198	0.04	+0.04
	Indigenous Peoples		4,069	0.04	+0.04
	Against Further Immigration		3,587	0.03	+0.03
	Grey Power		1,759	0.02	–0.19
	Abolish Self Government		1,663	0.02	+0.02
Total			10,576,779			147	1
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor		5,436,421	51.44	+1.54	80	2
	Liberal–National Coalition		5,133,033	48.56	–1.54	65	4
Invalid/blank votes			324,082	2.97
Turnout			10,900,861	95.75
Registered voters			11,384,638
Source: Federal Elections 1993

States

New South Wales

1993 Australian federal election
(New South Wales)

←  1990 13 March 1993 1996  →
All 50 New South Wales seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Paul Keating John Hewson Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Last election 30 seats 20 seats Seats won 33 seats 16 seats Seat change 3 4 Popular vote 1,714,512 1,473,482 Percentage 48.3% 41.6% Swing 7.1 1.2 TPP 54.68% 45.32% TPP swing 2.74 2.74

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1993 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Overall results.[ edit ]

Turnout 96.0% (CV) — Informal 3.1% ^[2]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	1,127,291	31.80	-0.96	8	4
		National	346,191	9.76	-0.77	8
	Liberal/National Coalition		1,473,482	41.56	-1.73	16	4
	Labor		1,714,502	48.36	+7.20	33	3
	Independents		134,344	3.79	-1.40	1
	Democrats		100,539	2.84	-7.37
	Greens   [c]		50,052	1.41	+0.04
	Natural Law		23,385	0.66
	Call to Australia		21,764	0.61	-0.04
	Independent EFF		9,402	0.27
	Confederate Action		8,524	0.24
	Rex Connor Labor		7,083	0.20	-0.05
	AAFI		1,732	0.05
	Citizens Electoral Council		0,439	0.01
Total			3,354,671			50	1
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor		1,898,256	54.68	+2.74		3
	Liberal/National Coalition		1,573,030	45.32	–2.74		4
Invalid/blank votes			113,664	3.1
Turnout			3,662,142	96.0
Registered voters			3,814,932
Source: Federal Elections 1993

Victoria

1993 Australian federal election
(Victoria)

←  1990 13 March 1993 1996  →
All 38 Victorian seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Paul Keating John Hewson Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Last election 14 seats 24 Seats won 17 seats 20 seats Seat change 3 4 Popular vote 1,273,974 1,240,435 Percentage 45.2% 45.2% Swing 9.4 0.5 TPP 51.80% 48.20% TPP swing 4.34 4.34

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1993 Australian federal election in Victoria § Overall results.[ edit ]

Turnout 96.3% (CV) — Informal 2.8% ^[2]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	1,102,965	40.21	+0.53	17	4
		National	137,470	5.01	−0.99	3
	Liberal/National Coalition		1,240,435	45.22	−0.46	20	4
	Labor		1,273,974	46.45	+9.38	17	3
	Democrats		101,185	3.69	−8.74
	Independents		75,652	2.76		1
	Natural Law		31,529	1.15
	Call to Australia		13,289	0.48
	Greens		3,317	0.12
	AAFI		1,855	0.07
	Citizens Electoral Council		1,027	0.04
	Independent EFF		552	0.02
Total			2,742,815			38
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor		1,419,835	51.80	+4.34		3
	Liberal/National Coalition		1,320,898	48.20	−4.34		4
Invalid/blank votes			79,811	2.8
Turnout			2,822,626	96.3
Registered voters			2,932,640
Source: Federal Elections 1993

Queensland

1993 Australian federal election
(Queensland)

←  1990 13 March 1993 1996  →
All 25 Queensland seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader John Hewson Paul Keating Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Last election 9 seats 15 Seats won 12 seats 13 seats Seat change 3 2 Popular vote 840,378 739,862 Percentage 46.0% 40.5% Swing 0.7 1.1 TPP 51.57% 48.43% TPP swing 0.89 0.89

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1993 Australian federal election in Queensland § Overall results.[ edit ]

Turnout 96.3% (CV) — Informal 2.8% ^[2]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	571,226	31.26	2.75	7	1
		National	269,152	14.73	-2.03	5	2
	Liberal/National Coalition		840,378	45.99	0.72	12	3
	Labor		739,862	40.49	-1.10	13	2
	Democrats		74,278	4.06	-7.53
	Greens		58,502	3.20	2.60
	Independent		52,391	2.87	2.18
	Confederate Action		51,565	2.82	0.00
	Indigenous Peoples		4,069	0.22	0.00
	Natural Law		3,547	0.19	0.00
	Citizens Electoral Council		2,732	0.15	0.00
Total			1,827,324			25	1
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor		884,426	48.43	-0.89	13	2
	Liberal/National Coalition		941,709	51.57	0.89	12	3
Invalid/blank votes			49,135	2.62	0.39
Turnout			1,876,459	95.17
Registered voters			1,971,729
Source: Federal Elections 1993

Western Australia

1993 Australian federal election
(Western Australia)

←  1990 13 March 1993 1996  →
All 14 Western Australia seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader John Hewson Paul Keating Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Last election 6 seats 8 seats Seats won 8 seats 6 seats Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 477,088 381,143 Percentage 49.3% 39.4% Swing 2.93 4.0 TPP 53.98% 46.02% TPP swing 1.11 1.11

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1993 Australian federal election in Western Australia § Overall results.[ edit ]

Turnout 96.3% (CV) — Informal 2.8% ^[2]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	474,743	49.01	5.10	8	2
		National	2,345	0.24	-2.18
	Liberal/National Coalition		477,088	49.26	2.93	8	2
	Labor		381,143	39.35	4.01	6	2
	Greens		55,907	5.77	-1.74
	Democrats		31,791	3.28	-5.12
	Independents		12,160	1.26	0.62
	Call to Australia		5,409	0.56	0.56
	Natural Law		5,095	0.53	0.43
Total			968,593			14
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition		522,580	53.98	1.11	8	2
	Labor		445,462	46.02	-1.11	6	2
Invalid/blank votes			24,992	2.52	-1.19
Turnout			993,585	95.63
Registered voters			1,038,968
Source: Federal Elections 1993

South Australia

1993 Australian federal election
(South Australia)

←  1990 13 March 1993 1996  →
All 12 South Australia seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader John Hewson Paul Keating Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Last election 6 seats 7 seats Seats won 8 seats 4 seats Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 424,565 358,707 Percentage 46.0% 38.8% Swing 3.3 0.9 TPP 52.67% 47.33% TPP swing 1.27 1.27

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1993 Australian federal election in South Australia § Overall results.[ edit ]

Turnout 94.9% (CV) — Informal 4.1% ^[2]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	421,687	45.65	3.00	8	2
		National	2,878	0.31	0.31
	Liberal/National Coalition		424,565	45.96	3.31	8	2
	Labor		358,707	38.84	0.89	4	3
	Democrats		71,981	7.79	-7.37
	Independents		43,317	4.69	3.39
	Natural Law		13,592	1.47
	Call to Australia		8,134	0.88
	Grey Power		1,759	0.19
	Greens		1,496	0.16	-0.05
	Confederate Action		124	0.01
Total			923,645			12
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition		485,892	52.67	1.27	8	2
	Labor		436,650	47.33	-1.27	4	3
Invalid/blank votes			39,088	4.06	+0.38
Turnout			962,763	94.91
Registered voters			1,014,400
Source: Federal Elections 1993

Tasmania

1993 Australian federal election
(Tasmania)

←  1990 13 March 1993 1996  →
All 5 Tasmanian seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Paul Keating John Hewson Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Last election 1 seat 4 seats Seats won 4 seats 1 seat Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 143,621 129,132 Percentage 46.8% 42.0% Swing 7.0 6.6 TPP 54.65% 45.35% TPP swing 6.75 6.75

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1993 Australian federal election in Tasmania § Overall results.[ edit ]

Turnout 96.3% (CV) — Informal 2.7% ^[2]

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	143,621	46.76	+7.02	4	3
	Liberal	129,132	42.04	−6.58	1	3
	Greens	24,319	7.92	+5.72
	Democrats	7,653	2.49	−6.10
	Independents	1,544	0.50	−0.25
	Call to Australia	871	0.28
Total		307,140			5
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor	167,780	54.65	+6.75	4	3
	Liberal	139,239	45.35	−6.75	1	3
Invalid/blank votes		8,634	2.73	−0.53
Turnout		315,774	96.30
Registered voters		327,919
Source: Federal Elections 1993

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Territories

Australian Capital Territory

1993 Australian federal election
(Australian Capital Territory)

←  1990 13 March 1993 1996  →
Both Australian Capital Territory seats in the Australian House of Representatives and both seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Paul Keating John Hewson Party Labor Coalition Last election 2 seats 0 seats Seats won 2 0 Seat change Popular vote 99,993 61,535 Percentage 53.34% 34.19% Swing 8.46 0.64 TPP 61.2% 38.8% TPP swing 2.6 2.6

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1993 Australian federal election in territories § Australian Capital Territory.[ edit ]

Turnout 96.7% (CV) — Informal 3.4% ^[2]

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	95,993	53.34	+8.46	2
	Liberal	61,535	34.19	–0.64
	Democrats	10,355	5.75	–8.67
	Green Democratic	3,109	1.73	–2.06
	Abolish Self Govt	1,663	0.92
	Natural Law	1,429	0.79
	Independent	5,885	3.27	+2.68
Total		179,969			2
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor	110,055	61.2	+2.6	2
	Liberal	69,796	38.8	–2.6	0
Invalid/blank votes		6,240	3.35	+0.40
Turnout		186,209	96.74
Registered voters		192,487
Source: Federal Elections 1993

Northern Territory

1993 Australian federal election
(Northern Territory)

←  1990 13 March 1993 1996  →
The one Northern Territory seat in the Australian House of Representatives and both seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Paul Keating John Hewson Party Labor Coalition Last election 1 seat 0 seats Seats won 1 0 Seat change Popular vote 43,578 35,207 Percentage 55.31% 44.69% Swing 5.35 9.5 TPP 55.3% 44.7% TPP swing 0.3 0.3

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Northern Territory § 1993.[ edit ]

1993 Australian federal election: Northern Territory   ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Warren Snowdon	43,578	55.31	+5.35
	Country Liberal	Arthur Palmer	35,207	44.69	+4.15
Total formal votes			78,785	96.90	+0.28
Informal votes			2,518	3.10	−0.28
Turnout			81,303	88.79
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.29

See also

• Results of the 1993 Australian federal election (Senate)
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1993–1996

Notes

1. The election in the seat of Dickson was deferred to 17 April 1993.
2. The elected independents were Ted Mack (NSW) and Phil Cleary (Victoria).
3. The Greens total in New South Wales includes the local groups for Lowe, Page, Reid, Robertson and Wentworth.
4. The Australian Greens were founded in 1992, but not all state and territory organisations immediately affiliated to the new federal party. The Greens total includes unaffiliated local groups in New South Wales ^[c] (11,685), Queensland Greens (58,502), Greens Western Australia (55,907), Greens South Australia (1,496), Tasmanian Greens (24,319), and ACT Green Democratic Alliance (3,109).

References

1. Newman, G; Kopras, A (8 October 1993). "Federal Elections 1993" (PDF). Background Paper 22 1993. Parliamentary Research Service. ISSN   1037-2938 . Retrieved 20 June 2022.
2. "1993 House of Representatives". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
3. "1993 House of Representatives: Northern Territory". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2022.