ID 0229

Commonwealth Parliament, House of Representatives election in Australian Capital Territory

(for more information on this election see national summary for the House of Representatives)

Election of 24 March 1990

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House of Representatives enrolment and voting in Australian Capital Territory

Total number of voters on the roll
172,200
Number of House of Representatives seats in this state/territory
2
Number of uncontested seats
0
If uncontested seats, number of voters on the roll in uncontested seats
Number of voters on the roll in contested seats
172,200
Total ballots cast (may differ from number of votes in multiple voting systems)
164,933
Turnout (rate of voting in contested seats)
95.78%
Total valid votes
160,062
Rate of informal (invalid) voting
2.95%
Informal (invalid) ballots in multiple voting system
Not applicable
Electoral system
Adult franchise at 18 years (from 1974); single member districts, preferential voting (AV); compulsory preferences; compulsory voting

House of Representatives votes and seats won in Australian Capital Territory

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Election held on 24 March 1990
Criteria for the inclusion of parties in this table are set out in the Glossary under 'listed party'

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Party Name First preference vote n First preference vote share % Change from previous election % Seats won n Uncontested seats held n Seat share %
Australian Labor Party  71,830  44.88  -9.04  2  0  100.00 
Liberal Party  55,755  34.83  +4.56  0     
Australian Democrats  23,091  14.43  +7.59  0     
Greens  5,288  3.30  *  0     
Nuclear Disarmament Party  2,117  1.32  -3.35  0     
Independents  1,179  0.74  *  0     
Votes for other than listed parties 802 0.50 -3.79       
Totals 160,062  100.00    2  0  100.00 

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* Party did not contest previous election or did not meet criteria for listing, or contested previous election under a different party name.

Notes

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.

Sources

Australian Electoral Commission, Statistics, Result of Count: Senate, House of Representatives Election 1990, Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1990 (ISBN 0644130563); Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1985-1999, Sydney: Federation Press, 2002 (ISBN 1862874344); 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).

For a general review of this election, see Clive Bean, Ian McAllister and John Warhurst (editors), The Greening of Australian Politics: The 1990 Federal Election, Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, 1990 (ISBN 0582870313).