Election held on 3 October 1998
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 | 98,588 | 50.64 | +2.73 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 |
Liberal Party | 59,424 | 30.52 | -10.40 | 0 | ||
Australian Democrats | 14,394 | 7.39 | * | 0 | ||
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party | 9,895 | 5.08 | * | 0 | ||
Australian Greens | 8,145 | 4.18 | * | 0 | ||
Independents | 1,057 | 0.54 | -1.52 | 0 | ||
Votes for other than listed parties | 3,180 | 1.63 | +1.23 | |||
Totals | 194,683 | 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 votes shown for Independents at this election in the Australian Capital Territory are the votes cast for a single candidate registered as an Independent.
Australian Electoral Commission, Election 98, Volume 1, National Results, Canberra 1998; Australian Electoral Commission, Electoral Statistics 1993, 1996, 1998, CD-ROM, Canberra,1999; 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: Marian Simms and John Warhurst (editors), Howard's Agenda: The 1998 Australian Election, St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 2000 (ISBN 0 7022 3163 0).