2022 Australian Senate election

2022 Australian federal election (Senate)

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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 Simon Birmingham Penny Wong Larissa Waters Party Liberal/National Coalition Labor Greens Leader since 30 October 2020 26 June 2013 4 February 2022 Leader's seat South Australia South Australia Queensland Seats before 36 26 9 Seats won 15 15 6 Seats after 32 26 12 Seat change 4 3 Popular vote 5,148,028 4,525,598 1,903,403 Percentage 34.24% 30.09% 12.66% Swing 3.75 1.30 2.47   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Pauline Hanson Clive Palmer Campbell Newman Party One Nation United Australia Liberal Democrats Leader since 29 November 2014 25 April 2013 8 August 2021 Leader's seat Queensland None (contested Queensland) None (contested Queensland) Seats before 2 0 1 Seats won 1 1 0 Seats after 2 1 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 644,744 520,520 340,132 Percentage 4.29% 3.46% 2.26% Swing 1.11 1.10 1.10   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader David Pocock Jacqui Lambie Rex Patrick Party David Pocock Lambie Network Rex Patrick Team Leader since 2021 14 May 2015 26 October 2020 Leader's seat Australian Capital Territory (won seat) Tasmania (not up for election) South Australia (lost seat) Seats before 0 1 1 Seats won 1 1 0 Seats after 1 2 0 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 60,406 31,023 23,425 Percentage 0.40% 0.21% 0.16% Swing 0.40 0.16
Results by state or territory Results by House of Representatives division[1]
Senate Leader before election Simon Birmingham Coalition Subsequent Senate Leader Penny Wong Labor

2022 Australian federal election
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National results
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State and territory results
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The 2022 Australian Senate election was held on 21 May 2022 to elect 40 of the 76 senators in the Australian Senate as part of the 2022 federal election. Senators elected at this election took office on 1 July 2022, with the exception of the Senators elected from two territories whose terms commenced from election day. The elected senators sit alongside continuing senators elected in 2019 as part of the 47th Parliament of Australia.

The Coalition remained the largest parliamentary grouping in the Senate, despite their defeat in the House of Representatives. The Greens won three additional seats in the Senate, thereby gaining the balance of power in the upper house; two senators from every state were Greens as a result of this election. Meanwhile, the incoming Labor government's numbers in the Senate remained unchanged. The six other crossbench seats were 2 One Nation, 2 Jacqui Lambie Network, 1 United Australia Party, and 1 independent (David Pocock).