Results of the 1998 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

1998 Australian federal election

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All 148 seats in the House of Representatives 75 seats were needed for a majority in the House 40 (of the 76) seats in the Senate
Registered	12,154,050 3.52%
Turnout	11,545,201 (94.99%) (0.78 pp)
First party Second party Third party   IND Leader John Howard Kim Beazley N/A Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Independents Leader since 30 January 1995 (1995-01-30) 19 March 1996 (1996-03-19) N/A Leader's seat Bennelong (NSW) Brand (WA) N/A Last election 94 seats 49 seats 5 seats Seats before 94 49 Seats won 80 67 1 seats Seat change 14 18 4 First preference vote 4,388,809 4,454,306 195,180 Percentage 39.51% 40.10% 1.76% Swing 7.73% 1.34% −0.51 TPP 49.02% 50.98% TPP swing 4.61 4.61
Prime Minister before election John Howard Liberal/National coalition Subsequent Prime Minister John Howard 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
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The following tables show results for the Australian House of Representatives at the 1998 federal election held on 3 October 1998.^[1][2]

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