Commonwealth Parliament, House of Representatives election
Election of 10 November 2001
House of Representatives votes and seats won, national summary
Election held on 10 November 2001
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 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 4,341,420 | 37.84 | -2.26 | 65 | 0 | 43.33 |
| Liberal Party | 4,254,071 | 37.08 | +3.19 | 68 | 0 | 45.33 |
| National Party | 643,926 | 5.61 | +0.32 | 13 | 0 | 8.67 |
| Australian Democrats | 620,225 | 5.41 | +0.28 | 0 | ||
| Australian Greens | 569,074 | 4.96 | +2.82 | 0 | ||
| Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party | 498,032 | 4.34 | -4.09 | 0 | ||
| Independents | 332,669 | 2.90 | +0.99 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Country Liberal Party (NT) | 36,961 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0.67 |
| Votes for other than listed parties | 177,696 | 1.55 | -1.23 | |||
| Totals | 11,474,074 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 | 100.00 |
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Notes
In the national summary for the House of Representatives for this election, the vote for the Australian Greens includes the votes cast in Western Australia for the Greens WA.
The vote shown for Independents at this election is the sum of votes cast for all candidates registered as Independents (113) and those candidates who ran for office without any registered party name (30). There were 143 such candidates.
Sources
Australian Electoral Commission, Election 2001: Election Results, CD-ROM, Canberra, 2002 (ISBN 0642501815); Scott Bennett, Gerard Newman and Andrew Kopras, Commonwealth Election 2001, Canberra: Commonwealth Parliament, Department of the Parliamentary Library, Information Research Services, Research Paper No. 11 2001–02, 2002 (ISSN 13287478).
For a general review of this election, see John Warhurst and Marian Simms (editors), 2001: The Centenary Election, St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 2002 (ISBN 070223303X); David Solomon (editor), Howard's Race: Winning the Unwinnable Election, Pymble, NSW: HarperCollins, 2002 (ISBN 073227373 0).