Election held on 7 September 2013
Criteria for the inclusion of parties in this table are set out in the Glossary under 'listed party'
Party Name | First preference vote n | First preference vote share % | Change from previous election % | Seats won n | Uncontested seats held n | Seat share % |
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Country Liberal Party | 41,468 | 41.70 | +0.87 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
Australian Labor Party | 37,221 | 37.43 | -0.48 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
Australian Greens | 7,841 | 7.89 | -5.08 | 0 | ||
Palmer United Party | 4,609 | 4.63 | * | 0 | ||
Citizens Electoral Council | 1,856 | 1.87 | -0.62 | 0 | ||
Australian Sex Party | 1,847 | 1.86 | * | 0 | ||
Australia's First Nations Political Party | 1,810 | 1.82 | * | 0 | ||
Rise Up Australia Party | 1,444 | 1.45 | * | 0 | ||
Independents | 748 | 0.75 | -3.45 | 0 | ||
Voluntary Euthanasia Party | 597 | 0.60 | * | 0 | ||
Votes for other than listed parties | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
Totals | 99,441 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 |
* Party did not contest previous election or did not meet criteria for listing, or contested previous election under a different party name.
Palmer United Party: The Palmer United Party was formed in 2013 by mining businessman Clive Palmer, who had been previously associated with the Queensland National Party and its successor, the Liberal National Party. The Palmer United Party endorsed candidates in every House of Representatives electoral district in Australia, and in Senate elections for all states and territories. The Party's policies argued for limiting paid lobbyists, changes to refugee policies, abolition of a carbon tax, more mineral processing in Australia, and greater expenditure in regional Australia. In the House of Representatives, the Party only won the Queensland seat of Fairfax which was contested by Palmer himself.
Australian Sex Party: The Australian Sex Party was committed to respecting the rights of all individuals to live their lives in the way they chose without infringing on the rights of or causing harm to others. This included the decriminalization of personal drug use, legalizing voluntary euthanasia, and national policies on censorship and anti-discrimination. The party had contested federal elections since 2010 but had not always met the criteria for being a listed party in state and federal voting summaries in this database.
Australia's First Nations Political Party: This party contested the Northern Territory Assembly elections in 2012; it was concerned with Aboriginal sovereignty and Northern Territory statehood.
Rise up Australia Party: This party was founded in 2011 by Daniel Nalliah, who was opposed to multiculturalism. Its general orientation was nationalist and conservative.
Voting figures are taken from the Australian Electoral Commission 'Election 2013' web page 'First Preferences by Party', online at:
https://bit.ly/2sq1h9S [accessed 12 December 2013]