Australian federal election results
1987 Australian Senate elections Senators elected in the 1987 federal election
The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1987 federal election . This election was a Double dissolution , which means that all 12 senators from each state were up for election. Senators total 29 coalition (27 Liberal , one coalition National , one CLP ), 32 Labor , one Jo Vallentine Peace Group , four non-coalition National , seven Democrats , one Nuclear Disarmament and one Independent .[1] Territory Senators served until the next federal election. State Senator terms were nominally three or six years, backdated from 1 July 1987. The Senate used the order-elected method to allocate three- and six-year seats , despite provisions for the AEC to conduct a special recount.
Australia [ edit ] Senate (STV GV ) — 1987–90 – Turnout 93.84% (CV ) — Informal 3.54% Party Votes % Swing Seats won Seats held Change Liberal 1,965,180 20.97 +0.38 23 27 Liberal–National joint ticket 1,289,888 13.76 +1.05 5 N/A N/A National [a] 664,394 7.09 +1.16 6 6 1 Country Liberal 19,970 0.21 −0.10 1 1 Liberal/National Coalition 3,939,432 42.04 +2.50 34 34 1 Labor 4,013,860 42.83 +0.66 32 32 2 Democrats 794,107 8.47 +0.85 7 7 Call to Australia 136,825 1.46 −0.36 Nuclear Disarmament [b] 102,480 1.09 −6.14 1 1 Democratic Labor 50,894 0.54 +0.17 Greens [c] 40,615 0.43 +0.43 Vallentine Peace Group [b] 40,048 0.43 +0.43 1 1 1 Harradine Group 37,037 0.40 +0.14 1 1 Unite Australia 24,704 0.26 +0.26 Pensioner 17,265 0.18 –0.09 Defence and Ex-Services 14,431 0.15 +0.15 One Australia 13,063 0.14 +0.14 Communist 2,456 0.03 +0.03 Independent 144,463 1.54 Total 9,371,681 76 76 Invalid/blank votes 394,891 4.0 –2.8 Turnout 9,766,571 90.5 Registered voters 10,353,213 Source: Federal Election Results 1949-1993
As this was a double-dissolution election, all Senate seats were contested. New South Wales [ edit ] Victoria [ edit ] Queensland [ edit ] Western Australia [ edit ] South Australia [ edit ] Tasmania [ edit ] Australian Capital Territory [ edit ] Northern Territory [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]