Australian federal election, 2001

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Australian federal election, 2001 All 150 seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 40 (of the 76) seats in the Australian Senate
10 November 2001 (2001-11-10)
		First Party	Second Party
Leader		John Howard	Kim Beazley
Party		Liberal/National coalition	Labor
Leader since		30 January 1995 (1995-01-30)	19 March 1996 (1996-03-19)
Leader's seat		Bennelong	Brand
Last election		80 seats	67 seats
Seats won		82	65
Seat change		+2	-2
Popular vote		5,655,791	5,427,569
Percentage		51.03%	48.97%
Swing		+2.01%	-2.01%
Incumbent Prime Minister John Howard Liberal/National coalition Prime Minister-Elect John Howard Liberal/National coalition

Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 November 2001. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and coalition partner the National Party of Australia led by John Anderson defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Kim Beazley.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 House of Representatives preference flows 1.2 Seats changing hands 2 Background and major issues 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Results

House of Reps (IRV) — 2001-04 — Turnout 94.85% (CV) — Informal 4.82%

	Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party	4,341,420	37.84	-2.26	65	-2
	Liberal Party of Australia	4,291,032	37.40	+3.18	69	+5
	National Party of Australia	643,926	5.61	+0.32	13	-3
	Australian Democrats	620,225	5.41	+0.28	0	0
	Australian Greens	569,074	4.96	+2.82	0	0
	One Nation Party	498,032	4.34	-4.09	0	0
	Independents	332,669	2.90	+0.99	3	+2
	Other	177,696	1.55	-1.23	0	0
	Total	11,474,074			150	+2
	Liberal/National coalition	WIN	51.03	+2.01	82	+2
	Australian Labor Party		48.97	-2.01	65	-2

Independents: Peter Andren, Tony Windsor, Bob Katter

Senate (STV GV) — 2002-05 — Turnout 95.20% (CV) — Informal 3.89%

	Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats Won	Seats Held
	Australian Labor Party	3,990,903	34.32	-2.99	14	28
	Liberal/National (Joint Ticket)	2,776,089	23.88	+2.00	6
	Liberal Party of Australia	1,824,639	15.69	+2.06	12	31
	Australian Democrats	842,984	7.25	-1.20	4	8
	One Nation Party	644,346	5.54	-3.44	0	1
	Australian Greens	574,550	4.94	+2.22	2	2
	National Party of Australia	222,860	1.92	+0.06	1	3
	Country Liberal Party	40,680	0.35	+0.03	1	1
	Other	710,478	6.11	+1.49	0	0
	Harradine Group	*	*	*	0	1
	Shayne Murphy	*	*	*	0	1
	Total	11,627,529			40	76

House of Representatives preference flows

• The Nationals had candidates in 14 seats where three-cornered-contests existed, with 87.34% of preferences favouring the Liberal Party.
• The Democrats contested 145 electorates with preferences favouring Labor (64.13%)
• The Greens contested 145 electorates with preferences strongly favouring Labor (74.83%)
• One Nation contested 120 electorates with preferences slightly favouring the Liberal/National Coalition (55.87%)

Seats changing hands

The following table indicates seats that changed hands from one party to another at this election. It compares the election results with the previous margins, taking into account redistributions in New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and both territories. As a result, it includes the seats of Macarthur and Parramatta, which were held by Liberal members but had notional Labor margins. The table does not include the new seat of Hasluck (retained by Labor); the abolished Northern Territory, which was divided into Lingiari (retained by Labor) and Solomon (retained by the CLP); or Paterson, a Labor seat made Liberal by the redistribution

Seat	Party, pre-2001		Member, pre-2001	Margin, pre-2001 %[1]	Swing %	Margin, post-2001 %	Member, post-2001	Party, post-2001
Ballarat, Vic		Liberal Party of Australia	vacant	2.77	5.50	2.73	Catherine King	Australian Labor Party
Canning, WA		Australian Labor Party	Jane Gerick	0.04	0.42	0.38	Don Randall	Liberal Party of Australia
Dickson, Qld		Australian Labor Party	Cheryl Kernot	0.12	6.09	5.97	Peter Dutton	Liberal Party of Australia
Dobell, NSW		Australian Labor Party	Hon Michael Lee	1.53	1.91	0.38	Ken Ticehurst	Liberal Party of Australia
Farrer, NSW		National Party of Australia	vacant	14.18	N/A	16.37	Sussan Ley	Liberal Party of Australia
Kennedy, Qld		National Party of Australia	Bob Katter	11.19	N/A	19.69	Bob Katter	Independent
Macarthur, NSW		Australian Labor Party	notional - vacant	1.69	8.65	6.96	Pat Farmer	Liberal Party of Australia
New England, NSW		National Party of Australia	Stuart St. Clair	13.66	N/A	8.30	Tony Windsor	Independent
Parramatta, NSW		Australian Labor Party	notional - Ross Cameron	2.49	3.64	1.15	Ross Cameron	Liberal Party of Australia
Ryan, Qld		Australian Labor Party	Leonie Short*	0.17	8.79	8.62	Michael Johnson	Liberal Party of Australia

• *Leonie Short was elected to Ryan in a by-election earlier in 2001.

Background and major issues

Throughout much of 2001, the Coalition had been trailing Labor in opinion polls, thanks to dissatisfaction with the government's economic reform programme and high petrol prices. The opposition Australian Labor Party had won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote at the previous election and had won a series of state and territory elections. Labor also recorded positive swings in two by-elections, taking the Queensland seat of Ryan and coming close in Aston.

The 11 September attacks and the so-called "Tampa" controversy were strong influences in the minds of voters at this election, focusing debate around the issues of border protection and national security. The ALP recorded its lowest primary vote since 1934.^[2]

See also

• Candidates of the Australian federal election, 2001
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2001-2004
• Members of the Australian Senate, 2002-2005

References

External links

• Australian Electoral Commission Results
• University of WA election results in Australia since 1890
• AEC 2PP vote
• AustralianPolitics.com election details
• Preference flows - ABC

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