Search for Australian Political Parties in the Australian Government and Politics Database

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Search for Australian Political Parties in the Australian Government and Politics Database

Australian political parties play a critical role in maintaining parliamentary support for Australian governments and in providing choices for voters at elections. This database contains details of the votes won and seats gained by Australian political parties which have contested commonwealth, state and territory elections since 1890. (See notes below)

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Please note

Only parties with 2 percent or more of the vote are listed (see Glossary entry 'listed party' for full details).
Party names (and name changes) may present problems in listing parties (see Glossary entry 'party name').
Independent candidates and those from pre-party groupings require special treatment (see Glossary entry 'party type').
The 2 percent threshold for listed parties contesting House of Representatives and Senate elections is applied separately for national and state/territory results (that is, a party may be listed at a Senate election in the results for one or more states but not in the national results for that Senate election).