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 | 71,637 | 53.34 | -10.69 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 |
Liberal Party | 43,225 | 32.19 | +0.08 | 0 | ||
Australian Democrats | 10,225 | 7.61 | * | 0 | ||
Nuclear Disarmament Party | 4,945 | 3.68 | * | 0 | ||
Deadly Serious Party | 2,826 | 2.10 | * | 0 | ||
Independents | 1,435 | 1.07 | -3.01 | 0 | ||
Votes for other than listed parties | 0 | 0.00 | +0.21 | |||
Totals | 134,293 | 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.
The vote shown for Independents at this House of Representatives election in the Australian Capital Territory is the sum of votes cast for 2 candidates registered as Independents.
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).