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 | 359,810 | 48.19 | -3.76 | 9 | 0 | 69.23 |
Liberal Party | 341,500 | 45.74 | +3.92 | 4 | 0 | 30.77 |
Australian Democrats | 27,598 | 3.70 | -0.32 | 0 | ||
National Party | 9,817 | 1.31 | +0.49 | 0 | ||
Votes for other than listed parties | 7,949 | 1.06 | -0.33 | |||
Totals | 746,674 | 100.00 | 13 | 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).