Results of the 1990 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

1990 Australian federal election
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
Prime Minister before election; Bob Hawke ; Labor	Subsequent Prime Minister; Bob Hawke ; Labor

Last updated April 18, 2023

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)^{[lower-alpha 1]}		137,351	1.37
	Independents ^{[lower-alpha 2]}		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

**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 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}		166,832	4.97	+1.55	1	1
	Green Alliance ^{[lower-alpha 3]}		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

**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
	Against Further Immigration		835	0.03
Total			2,567,139			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

**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 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

**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	4	2
	Labor		316,186	35.34	-12.14	9	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			13	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 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

**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	2.44
TPP	52.1%	47.9%
TPP swing	1.0	1.0

**Turnout 96.5% (CV) — Informal 2.3%**^[2]
Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats
	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 seats	0 seats
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

**Turnout 94.1% (CV) — Informal 2.9%**^[2]
Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats
	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 seats	0 seats
Seats won	1 seats	0 seats
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

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

Notes

↑ There was no federal Australian Greens party at this election. The Greens total includes Greens Western Australia (67,164), NSW Green Alliance ^{[lower-alpha 3]} (45,819), Queensland Greens (10,054), United Tasmania Group (6,367), Greens South Australia (1,878) and ACT Green Democratic Alliance (6,069).
1 2 The independent member was Ted Mack (NSW).
↑ 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.

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References

↑ 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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "1990 House of Representatives". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
↑ "1990 House of Representatives: Northern Territory". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

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[Greens_House-2] There was no federal Australian Greens party at this election. The Greens total includes Greens Western Australia (67,164), NSW Green Alliance ^{[lower-alpha 3]} (45,819), Queensland Greens (10,054), United Tasmania Group (6,367), Greens South Australia (1,878) and ACT Green Democratic Alliance (6,069).

[Independent-3] 1 2 The independent member was Ted Mack (NSW).

[Greens_NSW-5] 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.

[1990_APH-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.

[1990_Psephos-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "1990 House of Representatives". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[1990_Psephos_NT-6] "1990 House of Representatives: Northern Territory". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

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Results of the 1990 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

Contents

Australia

States

New South Wales

Victoria

Queensland

Western Australia

South Australia

Tasmania

Territories

Australian Capital Territory

Northern Territory

See also

Notes

Related Research Articles

References

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