Australian federal election, 1980

Federal election major party leaders
< 1977 1980 1983 >
Liberal Malcolm Fraser Prime Minister Parliament: 25 years Leader since: 1975 Division: Wannon WIN
Labor Bill Hayden Opposition leader Parliament: 19 years Leader since: 1977 Division: Oxley

Federal elections were held in Australia on 18 October 1980. All 125 seats in the House of Representatives, and 34 of the 64 seats in the Senate, were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Malcolm Fraser with coalition partner the National Country Party led by Doug Anthony defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Bill Hayden.

Contents 1 Results 2 Issues and significance 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References

Results

House of Reps (IRV) — 1980-83 — Turnout 94.35% (CV) — Informal 2.45%

	Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party	3,749,565	45.15	+5.50	51	+13
	Liberal Party of Australia	3,108,512	37.43	-0.66	54	-13
	National Country Party	745,037	8.97	-1.04	20	+1
	Australian Democrats	546,032	6.57	-2.81	0	0
	Other	156,411	1.88	-0.98	0	0
	Total	8,305,557			125	+1
	Liberal/National coalition	WIN	50.40	-4.20	74	-12
	Australian Labor Party		49.60	+4.20	51	+13

Senate (STV) — 1980-83 — Turnout 94.35% (CV) — Informal 9.65%

	Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats Won	Seats Held
	Australian Labor Party	3,250,187	42.25	+5.49	15	27
	Liberal/National (Joint Ticket)	1,971,528	25.63	-8.63	4
	Liberal Party of Australia	1,011,289	13.15	+2.55	9	28
	Australian Democrats	711,805	9.25	-1.88	3	5
	National Country Party	341,978	4.45	+3.95	1	3
	Country Liberal Party	19,129	0.25	+0.04	1	1
	Independents	86,770	1.13	-0.60	1	1
	Other	299,678	3.90	-0.92	0	0
	Total	7,692,364			34	64

Independent: Brian Harradine

Issues and significance

The Fraser Government had lost a degree of popularity within the electorate by 1980. The economy had been performing poorly since the 1973 oil shock; unemployment and inflation remained high; and Fraser was seen by many people^[who?] as being cold and aloof.^{[citation needed]} Although, Labor Opposition Leader, Bill Hayden, was not seen as having great electoral prospects.^[1] Perhaps as evidence of this, then ACTU President Bob Hawke (elected to Parliament in the election as the Member for Wills) & then Premier of New South Wales Neville Wran featured heavily in the campaign, almost as heavily as Hayden. The Coalition retained a House of Representatives majority of 23 seats, down from the previous election’s 48-seat majority.

In the subsequent term, the government delivered budgets significantly in deficit, and Fraser was challenged for the Liberal leadership by Andrew Peacock. The Australian Democrats made further gains, winning the balance of power in the Senate. From July 1981 (when those senators elected at the 1980 election took up their positions) no Federal Government in Australia had a Senate majority until the Howard Government won such a majority in 2004.

See also

• Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1980
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1980-1983
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1981-1983

Notes

References

• AustralianPolitics.com election details
• University of WA election results in Australia since 1890
• AEC 2PP vote
• Prior to 1984 the AEC did not undertake a full distribution of preferences for statistical purposes. The stored ballot papers for the 1983 election were put through this process prior to their destruction. Therefore the figures from 1983 onwards show the actual result based on full distribution of preferences.

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