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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Liberal Party | 133,173 | 51.13 | -3.78 | 5 | 0 | 100.00 |
Australian Labor Party | 113,094 | 43.42 | +3.14 | 0 | ||
Australian Democrats | 10,432 | 4.01 | +0.43 | 0 | ||
Votes for other than listed parties | 3,747 | 1.44 | +0.20 | |||
Totals | 260,446 | 100.00 | 5 | 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).