Results of the 1993 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

1993 Australian federal election
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
Prime Minister before election; Paul Keating ; Labor	Subsequent Prime Minister; Paul Keating ; Labor

Last updated June 24, 2022

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 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}		329,235	3.11	+0.35	2	1
	Greens ^{[lower-alpha 3]}		196,702	1.85	+0.48
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

**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 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}		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
	Against Further Immigration		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

**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
	Against Further Immigration		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	Paul Keating	John Hewson
Party	Labor	Liberal/National coalition
Last election	15	9 seats
Seats won	13 seats	12 seats
Seat change	2	3
Popular vote	739,862	840,378
Percentage	40.5	46.0
Swing	1.1	0.7
TPP	48.43%	51.57%
TPP swing	0.89	0.89

**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	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

**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 25 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	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

**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			13
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	4 seats
Seats won	4 seats	1 seats
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

**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 seats	0 seats
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

**Turnout 96.7% (CV) — Informal 3.4%**^[2]
Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats
	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 seats	0 seats
Seats won	1 seats	0 seats
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

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

Notes

↑ The elected independents were Ted Mack (NSW) and Phil Cleary (Victoria).
1 2 The Greens total in New South Wales includes the local groups for Lowe, Page, Reid, Robertson and Wentworth.
↑ 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 ^{[lower-alpha 2]} (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).

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References

↑ 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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "1993 House of Representatives". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
↑ "1993 House of Representatives: Northern Territory". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

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[independents-2] The elected independents were Ted Mack (NSW) and Phil Cleary (Victoria).

[Greens_NSW-3] 1 2 The Greens total in New South Wales includes the local groups for Lowe, Page, Reid, Robertson and Wentworth.

[Greens-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 ^{[lower-alpha 2]} (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).

[1993_APH-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.

[1993_Psephos-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "1993 House of Representatives". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[1993_Psephos_NT-6] "1993 House of Representatives: Northern Territory". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

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Results of the 1993 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

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References

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