2001 Australian Senate election

2001 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   Leader Robert Hill John Faulkner Party Liberal/National Coalition Labor Leader since 3 April 1990 19 March 1996 Leader's seat South Australia New South Wales Seats before 35 28 Seats after 35 28 Seat change Popular vote 4,641,477 3,990,997 Percentage 39.92% 34.42% Swing 4.10% 2.99%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Natasha Stott Despoja None Party Democrats Greens Leader since 6 April 2001 Leader's seat South Australia None Seats before 9 1 Seats won 4 2 Seats after 8 2 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 843,130 574,543 Percentage 7.25% 4.94% Swing 1.20% 2.22%
Senators elected in the 2001 federal election
Leader of the Senate before election Robert Hill Liberal/National coalition Elected Leader of the Senate Robert Hill Liberal/National coalition

2001 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 2001 federal election. Senators total 35 coalition (31 Liberal, three National, one CLP), 28 Labor, two Green, eight Democrats, two Independents ^[a] and one One Nation.^[1][2] Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 2002, except the territories who took their seats immediately.

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