2010 Australian Senate election

2010 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 Eric Abetz Chris Evans
Party Liberal/National Coalition Labor
Leader since 3 May 2010 22 October 2004
Leader's seat Tasmania Western Australia
Seats before 37 32
Seats won 18 15
Seats after 34 31
Seat change Decrease 3 Decrease 1
Popular vote 4,871,871 4,469,734
Percentage 38.30% 35.13%
Swing Decrease 1.47% Decrease 5.17%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Bob Brown John Madigan
Party Greens DLP
Leader since 28 November 2005
Leader's seat Tasmania Victoria
(won seat)
Seats before 5 0
Seats won 6 1
Seats after 9 1
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 1
Popular vote 1,667,315 134,987
Percentage 13.11% 1.06%
Swing Increase 4.07% Increase 0.14%
Senators elected in the 2010 federal election
Leader of the Senate before election

Chris Evans
Labor

Elected Leader of the Senate

Chris Evans
Labor

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 2010 federal election. Senators total 34 Coalition, 31 Labor, nine Green, one Democratic Labor Party, and one independent, Nick Xenophon.[1][2] New Senators took their places from 1 July 2011.

  1. ^ 2010 election Senate results by vote: AEC Archived 2010-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "2010 election Senate results by seat". ABC. 29 July 2010. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.