Election held on 1 December 1984
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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Australian Labor Party | 1,117,874 | 48.93 | -1.57 | 25 | 0 | 64.10 |
Liberal Party | 842,423 | 36.88 | -0.27 | 11 | 0 | 28.21 |
National Party | 145,435 | 6.37 | +1.49 | 3 | 0 | 7.69 |
Australian Democrats | 115,172 | 5.04 | -0.65 | 0 | ||
Democratic Labor Party | 49,121 | 2.15 | +1.41 | 0 | ||
Votes for other than listed parties | 14,508 | 0.64 | -0.42 | |||
Totals | 2,284,533 | 100.00 | 39 | 0 | 100.00 |
Australian Electoral Commission, Election Statistics 1984 House of Representatives Full Distribution of Preferences, Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1985, ISBN (0644041455): Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1975-1984, Rushcutters Bay, NSW: Australian National University Press, 1986 (ISBN 008033038X); Gerard Newman, Federal Election Results 1949-2001, Canberra: Commonwealth Parliament, Department of the Parliamentary Library, Information and Research Services, Research Paper 9 2001-02, 2002 (ISSN 13287478).