2016 Australian Federal Election Result

2016 Australian Federal Election Final Result.

The 2016 Australian Federal Election was held on Saturday 2 July 2016. This was an Election for both The Representatives and The Senate.

Malcolm Turnbull was the Leader of the Liberal/National Coalition party
Bill Shorten was the Leader of the Australian Labor Party

As at Mon, 25 Jul 2016 8:54:21 AM AEST only 67 of 150 House of Representatives seats have been officially declared.

However, the Liberal/National Coalition has been declared the winner with more than 50% of the seats.

House of Representatives 2016.

15,676,659 Australians were enrolled to vote.
14,231,012 (90.78%) are recorded as voting
13,514,001 (94.96%) were recorded as valid votes

12,167,031 votes are recorded for the Two Party Preferred Results

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6,112,921 votes for Liberal/National Coalition (50.24%)
6,054,110 votes for Australian Labor Party (49.76%)

Preliminary Results

A 76 seat Party gives the smallest possible overall majority.

Voting Count at 24th July 2016 with xxxx% of votes counted is showing this expected seat count result:

76 or 77 Liberal/National Coalition
68 or 69 Australian Labor Party
1 Cathy McGowan. VIC
1 Andrew Wilkie. TAS
1 Katter’s Australian Party
1 Nick Xenophon Team
1 The Greens

Voting Count at 7th July 2016 with 81.9% of votes counted is showing this expected seat count result:

74 Liberal/National Coalition.
71 Australian Labor Party.
1 The Greens. VIC
1 Bob Katter. QLD
1 Nick Xenophon. SA
1 Cathy McGowan. VIC
1 Andrew Wilkie. TAS

Final Results – House of Representatives 2016.

At 25 July 2016 the Division of Herbert in Queensland is being recounted.

The first count has the following two party voting result:

44,184 Liberal National Party of Queensland (31,357 votes as 1st Preference)

44,183 Australian Labor Party (26,915 votes as 1st Preference)

The third highest party on 1st preference was 11,958 votes for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation

At 26 July 2016, the second count is showing:

44,195 Australian Labor Party (26,904 votes as 1st Preference)

44,156 Liberal National Party of Queensland (31,363 votes as 1st Preference)

There is now talk of another election being called for this division

After the Two Party Preferences were calculated, the Liberal/National party won by 58,811 votes. (subject to final declarations)

The vote breakdown was:

6,112,921 votes for Liberal/National Coalition (50.24%)
6,054,110 votes for Australian Labor Party (49.76%)

Number of Seats won by each Party

77 Liberal/National Coalition
68 Australian Labor Party
1 Andrew WILKIE, (Denison, TAS) Independent 45,176 67.78%
1 Bob KATTER, (Kennedy, QLD) Katter’s Australian Party 52,570 61.12%
1 Adam BANDT, (Melbourne, VIC)The Greens 53,487 57.10%
1 Rebekha SHARKIE, (Mayo, SA) Nick Xenophon Team 51,776 55.01%
1 Cathy McGOWAN, (Indi, VIC) Independent 49,184 54.76%

Voter Turnout Figures.

90.78% National
93.57% Tasmania
91.63% Australian Capital Territory
91.27% New South Wales
91.1% South Australia
91.07% Queensland
90.93% Victoria
88.16% Western Australia
79.08% Northern Territory

The Final coalition of parties/members was:

ALP = TBA

68 – Australian Labor Party
1 – The Greens

Liberal = TBA

45 – Liberal
22 – Liberal National Party of Queensland
10 – The Nationals

Independent

1 Andrew WILKIE, (Denison, TAS) Independent
1 Bob KATTER, (Kennedy, QLD) Katter’s Australian Party
1 Rebekha SHARKIE, (Mayo, SA) Nick Xenophon Team
1 Cathy McGOWAN, (Indi, VIC) Independent 49,184

30 Seats were decided by votes counted on First Preferences

22 of these were for the LNP
8 of these were for the ALP

ALP Seats from First Preferences:

Calwell
Gorton
Lalor
Macarthur
Maribyrnong
Scullin
Shortland
Whitlam

LNP Seats from First Preferences:

Aston
Bennelong
Berowra
Canning
Cook
Curtin
Deakin
Flinders
Gippsland
Goldstein
Groom
Higgins
Hume
Kooyong
Mallee
McPherson
Moncrieff
New England
Parkes
Riverina
Wannon
Warringah
Wentworth

Source of Results