1998 Australian Senate election

1998 Australian Senate elections

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40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate 39 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Robert Hill John Faulkner Meg Lees Party Liberal/National Coalition Labor Democrats Leader since 3 April 1990 19 March 1996 15 October 1997 Leader's seat South Australia New South Wales South Australia Seats before 37 29 7 Seats after 34 29 9 Seat change 3 0 2 Popular vote 4,189,673 4,182,963 947,940 Percentage 37.36% 37.31% 8.45% Swing 6.24% 1.16% 2.37%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Heather Hill None Party One Nation Greens Leader's seat Queensland None Seats before 0 2 Seats won 1 1 Seats after 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,007,439 305,058 Percentage 8.99% 2.72% Swing 8.99% 0.45%
Senators elected in the 1998 federal election
Leader of the Senate before election Robert Hill Liberal/National coalition Elected Leader of the Senate Robert Hill Liberal/National coalition

1998 Australian federal election
Candidates
National results
House of Representatives Senate Post-election pendulum
State and territory results
New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Northern Territory
Elected House of Representative members Elected Senate members
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The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1998 federal election. Senators total 34 coalition (31 Liberal, two coalition National, one CLP), 29 Labor, one Green, one non-coalition National, nine Democrats, one Independent and one One Nation.^[1][2][3] Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 1999, except the territories who took their seats immediately.