Results of the 1998 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

1998 Australian federal election
(Victoria)
All 37 Victorian seats in the Australian House of Representatives ; and 6 seats in the Australian Senate
	Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.

1998 Australian federal election
← 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	12,154,050 3.52%
Turnout	11,545,201 (94.99%); (0.78 pp)
Prime Minister before election; John Howard ; Liberal/National coalition	Subsequent Prime Minister; John Howard ; Liberal/National coalition

Last updated May 28, 2024

The following tables show results for the Australian House of Representatives at the 1998 federal election held on 3 October 1998.^[1]^[2]

Australia

House of Reps (IRV) – 1998–2001 – Turnout 94.99% (CV) — Informal 3.78%^[2]
	Liberal/National Coalition		4,388,809	39.51	-7.74	80	14
Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		4,454,306	40.10	+1.34	67	18
		Liberal	3,764,707	33.89	−4.80	64	11
		National	588,088	5.29	−2.91	16	3
		Country Liberal	36,014	0.32	−0.03	0	1
	One Nation		936,621	8.43	*
	Democrats		569,875	5.13	−1.63
	Greens ^{[lower-alpha 2]}		290,709	2.62	−0.30
	Independents ^{[lower-alpha 3]}		195,180	1.76	−0.51	1	4
Total			11,109,063			148
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National coalition		5,413,431	49.02	−4.61	80	14
	Labor		5,630,409	50.98	+4.61	67	18

Invalid/blank votes			436,138	3.78
Turnout			11,545,201	95.0
Registered voters			12,154,050
Source: Federal Elections 1998

States

New South Wales

**Turnout 96.4% (CV) — Informal 3.6%**^[2]
Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	1,131,545	30.49	−2.97	18	1
		National	293,126	7.90	−4.17	9	1
	Liberal/National Coalition		1,424,671	38.39	−7.14	27	2
	Labor		1,489,021	40.12	+0.56	22	2
	One Nation		332,510	8.96	+8.96
	Democrats		154,496	4.16	−2.38
	Greens		98,647	2.66	+0.14
	Independents		96,719	2.61	+0.20	1
	Unity		57,666	1.55	+1.55
	Christian Democrats		38,023	1.02	+0.10
	No Aircraft Noise		5,298	0.14		1
	Democratic Socialist		3,296	0.09	1.37
	Natural Law		3,065	0.08	0.31
	Citizens Electoral Council		2,332	0.06
	Progressive Labour		1,131	0.03
	Australia First		1,024	0.03
	Abolish Child Support		544	0.01
	Socialist Equality		531	0.01
	No GST		240	0.01
	Republican		227	0.01
Total			3,711,144			50
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition		1,766,640	48.46	−4.11	27	2
	Labor		1,879,281	51.54	+4.11	22	2

Invalid/blank votes			217,024	5.4
Turnout			3,866,083	94.8
Registered voters			4,076,081
Source: Federal Elections 1998

Victoria

**Turnout 95.6% (CV) — Informal 3.5%**^[2]
Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	1,053,990	37.08	-2.82	16	3
		National	77,385	2.72	-1.90	2
	Liberal/National Coalition		1,131,375	39.80	-4.72	18	3
	Labor		1,261,289	44.37	1.45	19	3
	Democrats		171,091	6.02	-1.33
	One Nation		105,798	3.72	3.72
	Greens		59,383	2.09	0.19
	Independent		38,232	1.34	-0.29
	Unity		29,265	1.03	1.03
	Shooters		12,675	0.45	0.45
	Natural Law		9,654	0.34	0.00
	Australia First		6,455	0.23	0.00
	Progressive Labour		4,991	0.18	0.00
	Reform		4,220	0.15	0.00
	Christian Democrats		3,793	0.13	0.00
	Citizens Electoral Council		2,914	0.10	0.00
	Abolish Child Support		945	0.03	0.00
	Democratic Socialist		425	0.01	0.00
	Republican		176	0.01	0.00
Total			2,842,681			37
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor		1,521,560	53.53	3.22	19	3
	Liberal/National Coalition		1,321,121	46.47	-3.22	18	3

Invalid/blank votes			103,524	3.5
Turnout			2,946,205	95.6
Registered voters			3,081,632
Source: Federal Elections 1998

Queensland

1998 Australian federal election
(Queensland)

← 1996

3 October 1998

2001 →

All 27 Queensland seats in the Australian House of Representatives
and 6 seats in the Australian Senate

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	John Howard	Kim Beazley	Pauline Hanson
Party	Liberal/National coalition	Labor	One Nation
Last election	23 seats	2 seats	—
Seats before	23	2	1
Seats won	19	8	0
Seat change	4	6	1
Popular vote	814,338	719,743	285,983
Percentage	40.9%	36.1%	14.35%
Swing	14.1	2.9	14.35
TPP	53.05%	46.95%
TPP swing	7.17	7.17

**Turnout 94.2% (CV) — Informal 3.2%**^[2]
Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	615,153	30.86	-8.44	14	3
		National	199,185	9.99	-5.91	5	1
	Liberal/National Coalition		814,338	40.85	-14.35	19	4
	Labor		719,743	36.11	2.91	8	6
	One Nation		285,983	14.35	14.35
	Democrats		80,003	4.01	-2.69
	Greens		47,440	2.38	-2.42
	Independents ^{[lower-alpha 3]}		29,388	1.47	1.47		1
	Christian Democrats		11,243	0.56	0.56
	Citizens Electoral Council		1,506	0.08	0.08
	Women's Party		1,426	0.07	0.00
	Family Law Reform		1,199	0.06	0.00
	Democratic Socialist		778	0.04	0.00
	Abolish Child Support		170	0.01	0.00
	Australia First		158	0.01	0.00
Total			1,993,375			27	1
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor		935,867	46.95	7.17	8	6
	Liberal/National Coalition		1,057,508	53.05	-7.17	19	4

Invalid/blank votes			68,659	3.2
Turnout			2,062,034	94.2
Registered voters			2,188,024
Source: Federal Elections 1998

Western Australia

1998 Australian federal election
(Western Australia)

← 1996

3 October 1998

2001 →

All 14 Western Australian seats in the Australian House of Representatives
and 6 seats in the Australian Senate

	First party	Second party

Leader	John Howard	Kim Beazley
Party	Liberal/National coalition	Labor
Last election	8 seats	3 seats
Seats won	7	7
Seat change	1	4
Popular vote	411,432	377,545
Percentage	39.5%	36.2%
Swing	5.9	1.5
TPP	50.54%	49.46%
TPP swing	5.46	5.46

**Turnout 94.7% (CV) — Informal 4.2%**^[2]
Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	397,836	38.15	-5.87	7	1
		National	13,596	1.30	-0.03
	Liberal/National Coalition		411,432	39.46	-5.90	7	1
	Labor		377,545	36.21	1.48	7	4
	One Nation		96,708	9.27	9.27
	Greens		52,674	5.05	-0.26
	Democrats		41,364	3.97	-1.61
	Independents		31,980	3.07	-5.71		3
	Australia First		18,828	1.81	1.81
	Christian Democrats		8,336	0.80	0.80
	Citizens Electoral Council		1,541	0.15	0.15
	Natural Law		951	0.09	-0.16
	Democratic Socialist		682	0.07	0.07
	Abolish Child Support		413	0.04	0.04
	Unity		321	0.03	0.03
Total			1,042,775			14
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition		527,042	50.54	-5.46	7	1
	Labor		515,733	49.46	5.46	7	4

Invalid/blank votes			45,509	4.18	+1.02
Turnout			1,088,284	94.66
Registered voters			1,149,619
Source: Federal Elections 1998

South Australia

1998 Australian federal election
(South Australia)

← 1996

3 October 1998

2001 →

All 12 South Australian seats in the Australian House of Representatives
and 6 seats in the Australian Senate

	First party	Second party

Leader	John Howard	Kim Beazley
Party	Liberal/National coalition	Labor
Last election	10 seats	2 seats
Seats won	9 seats	3 seats
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	394,178	319,267
Percentage	42.6%	34.5%
Swing	7.4	0.4
TPP	53.11%	46.89%
TPP swing	4.15	4.15

**Turnout 95.6% (CV) — Informal 3.5%**^[2]
Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	389,382	42.05	-7.94	9	1
		National	4,796	0.52	0.52
	Liberal/National Coalition		394,178	42.57	-7.42	9	1
	Labor		319,267	34.48	-0.35	3	1
	Democrats		93,905	10.14	-0.06
	One Nation		90,773	9.80	0.00
	Independent		13,327	1.44	0.39
	Greens		4,576	0.49	-2.46
	Natural Law		3,526	0.38	-0.11
	Christian Democrats		3,521	0.38	0.00
	Australia First		1,604	0.17	0.00
	Communist		801	0.09	0.00
	Independent EFF		513	0.06	0.00
Total			925,991			12
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition		491,802	53.11	-4.15	9	1
	Labor		434,189	46.89	4.15	3	1

Invalid/blank votes			44,074	4.54	0.46
Turnout			970,065	96.91
Registered voters			1,001,006
Source: Federal Elections 1998

Tasmania

1998 Australian federal election
(Tasmania)

← 1996

3 October 1998

2001 →

All 5 Tasmanian seats in the Australian House of Representatives
and 6 seats in the Australian Senate

	First party	Second party

Leader	Kim Beazley	John Howard
Party	Labor	Liberal/National coalition
Last election	3 seats	2 seats
Seats won	5 seats	0 seats
Seat change	2	2
Popular vote	150,384	117,377
Percentage	48.9%	38.2%
Swing	4.6	6.3
TPP	57.32%	42.68%
TPP swing	5.74	5.74

**Turnout 95.6% (CV) — Informal 3.5%**^[2]
Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	150,384	48.91	4.60	5	2
	Liberal	117,377	38.17	-6.29		2
	Greens	17,091	5.56	-0.78
	Democrats	10,024	3.26	-0.83
	One Nation	7,553	2.46	0.00
	Tasmania First	4,551	1.48	0.00
Total		307,477			5
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor	176,241	57.32	5.74	5	2
	Liberal	131,236	42.68	-5.74	0	2

Invalid/blank votes		9,819	3.09	0.74
Turnout		317,296	96.12
Registered voters		330,121
Source: Federal Elections 1998

Territories

Australian Capital Territory

1998 Australian federal election
(Australian Capital Territory)

← 1996

3 October 1998

2001 →

Both Australian Capital Territory seats in the Australian House of Representatives
and both seats in the Australian Senate

	First party	Second party

Leader	Kim Beazley	John Howard
Party	Labor	Coalition
Last election	3 seats	0 seats
Seats won	2 seats	0 seats
Seat change	1
Popular vote	98,588	59,424
Percentage	50.64%	30.52%
Swing	2.73	10.40
TPP	62.4%	37.6%
TPP swing	7.0	7.0

**Turnout 95.7% (CV) — Informal 2.9%**^[2]
Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	98,588	50.64	+2.73	2	1
	Liberal	59,424	30.52	–10.40
	Democrats	14,394	7.39
	One Nation	9,895	5.08
	Greens	8,145	4.18	–4.52
	Democratic Socialist	2,641	1.36
	Natural Law	539	0.28	–0.13
	Independents	1,057	0.54	–1.52
Total		194,683			2	1
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor	121,552	62.4	+7.0	2	1
	Liberal	73,131	37.6	–7.0	0

Invalid/blank votes		5,743	2.87	+0.05
Turnout		200,426	95.65
Registered voters		209,536
Source: Federal Elections 1998

Northern Territory

1998 Australian federal election
(Northern Territory)

← 1996

3 October 1998

2001 →

The one Northern Territory seat in the Australian House of Representatives
and both seats in the Australian Senate

	First party	Second party

Leader	Kim Beazley	John Howard
Party	Labor	Coalition
Last election	0 seats	1 seat
Seats won	1	0
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	38,469	36,014
Percentage	42.30%	39.60%
Swing	1.20	5.44
TPP	50.6%	49.4%
TPP swing	0.90	0.90

1998 Australian federal election: Northern Territory ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Warren Snowdon	38,469	42.30	-1.20
	Country Liberal	Nick Dondas	36,014	39.60	-5.44
	One Nation	Peter Schirmer	7,401	8.14	+8.14
	Democrats	Craig Seiler	4,658	5.12	+5.12
	Greens	Ilana Eldridge	2,753	3.03	-3.23
	Independent	Barry Nattrass	1,018	1.12	+1.12
	Democratic Socialist	Natalie Zirngast	624	0.69	+0.69
Total formal votes			90,937	95.84	-0.77
Informal votes			3,951	4.16	+0.77
Turnout			94,888	90.33	+1.23
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Warren Snowdon	45,986	50.57	+0.94
	Country Liberal	Nick Dondas	44,951	49.43	-0.94
	Labor gain from Country Liberal		Swing	+0.94

Notes

↑ The election in the seat of Newcastle was deferred to 21 November 1998.
↑ Australian Greens includes Greens Western Australia.
1 2 Pauline Hanson has been counted as an independent for the 1996 election. She had been disendorsed as the Liberal candidate and ran as an independent, but she remained a Liberal on the ballot paper.
Christian Democrats includes CTA Child Protection Party.

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References

↑ Bennett, S; Newman, G; Kopras, A (16 February 1999). "Federal Elections 1998" (PDF). Research Paper 9 1998-99. Parliamentary Research Service. ISSN 1328-7478 . Retrieved 20 June 2022.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "1998 House of Representatives". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
↑ "1998 House of Representatives: Northern Territory". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

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[1] The election in the seat of Newcastle was deferred to 21 November 1998.

[Greens_WA-4] Australian Greens includes Greens Western Australia.

[Hanson-5] 1 2 Pauline Hanson has been counted as an independent for the 1996 election. She had been disendorsed as the Liberal candidate and ran as an independent, but she remained a Liberal on the ballot paper.

[6] Christian Democrats includes CTA Child Protection Party.

[1998_APH-2] Bennett, S; Newman, G; Kopras, A (16 February 1999). "Federal Elections 1998" (PDF). Research Paper 9 1998-99. Parliamentary Research Service. ISSN 1328-7478 . Retrieved 20 June 2022.

[1998_Psephos-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "1998 House of Representatives". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[1998_Psephos_NT-7] "1998 House of Representatives: Northern Territory". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

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Results of the 1998 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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Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

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