Department of the Parhamentary J Library Federal Elections 1993 • J.1~ 'oj,' :' ~ :: :+ /"" -.dh- :.=... ~.. ~.:: ~.J.r~ .... J~ -'~__ ~.. ~.~_L~~~~~~:L~~ o ~ r ISSN 1037-2938 ~., Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1993 Except to the extent ofthe uses pennitted under the Cop)'rigbt Act 1968, no part ofthis publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means including infonnation storage and retrieval system, without the prior written consent of the Department of the ParliamentaJy Library, other than by Members ofthe Australian Parliament in the course oftheir official duties. Published by the Department of the Parliamentery Library, 1993 / ) "I " Gerard Newman Andrew Kopras Statistics Group 8 October 1993 Parliamentary Research Service Background Paper Number 22 1993 Federal Elections 1993 Telephone: 06 2772480 Facsimile: 06 2772454 c '. c " This paper has been prepared for general distribution to Members ofthe Australian Parliament. 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CONTENTS Introduction 1 House ofRepresentatives ", Table 1 National Summary 3 c' 2 State Summary 4 3 Regional Summary 7 4 Party Status Summary 9 5a Electoral Division Summary: Number 13 5b Electoral Division Summary; Percent 17 6 Electoral Division Details 21 7 Two Party Preferred Vote, State Summary .46 8 Two Party Preferred Vote, Regional Summary .46 9 Two Party Preferred Vote, PartyStatus Summary .46 10 Two Party Preferred Vote, Electoral Division Summary .47 11 Electoral Pendulum 51 12 Electoral Divisions Ranked by Two Party Preferred Swing to ALP 52 Senate 13 National Summary 53 14 State Summary : 54 15 Composition After 1 July 1993 58 16 Candidate Details 59 17 Comparison ofSenate and House ofRepresentatives Votes 70 Appendices 1 Electoral Division Classification 73 2 House ofRepresentatives Elections 1949-1993 77 Federal Elections 1993 1 Introduction This paper contains an analysis of the results of the Senate and House ofRepresentatives elections held on 13 March 1993 and the supplementary election for the Division ofDickson held on 17 April 1993. The paper contains summary tables for both the Senate and the House of Representatives together with details for each House ofRepresentatives Electoral Division. The Regional and Party Status classifications used in the paper are the same as those used by the Australian Electoral Commission. Party Status is determined by the two party preferred vote at the 1990 elections adjusted for the effects ofthe 1991 Redistribution in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory. Electoral Divisions are classified according to the swing required for the party holding the Division to lose: "Safe" requires a swing ofover 10%; "Fairly Safe" requires a swing of 6% to 10%; "Marginal" requires a swing of less than 6%. Thus in Table 4 "Total ALP" shows the seats won and votes received by parties in Divisions classified as being held by the ALP before the 1993 election. Of these Divisions 71 were won by the ALP, 5 by the LP, 2 by the NP and 1 by Others, giving 79 Divisions in this category. In all tables first preference votes obtained by each candidate or party are expressed as a percentage of formal votes, formal and informal votes are expressed as a percentage oftotal votes and total votes are expressed as a percentage ofelectors enrolled. Final count votes and two party preferred votes are expressed as a percentage offormal votes less exhausted votes (exhausted votes are votes that show a clear first preference but do not show a clear subsequent preference, thus cannot be directed to candidates remaining in the count). The "Swing" figures compare votes obtained at the 1993 election with votes obtained at the 1990 election adjusted for the effects of the 1991 Redistribution. For detailed Electoral Division tables swing percentages will not necessarily add to zero because of the different range of candidates at the 1993 election compared with the 1990 election. Symbols nil or rounded to zero * sitting member \ 2 Federal Elections 1993 Abbreviations AFI Australians Against Further Immigration AIP Australia's Indigenous Peoples Party ALP Australian Labor Party ASG Abolish SelfGovernment Coalition ASP Australian Shooters Party CAP Confederate Action Party ofAustralia CCG Central Coast Greens (a) ,. CEG Citizens Electoral Councils ofAustralia cm Pensioner and Citizens Initiated Referendum Alliance· CLP Country Liberal Party CTA . Call to Australia DEM Australian Democrats DLP Democratic Labor Party EFF Independent EFF ESG Eastern Suburbs Greens (a) GA Green Alliance (a) GDA ACT Green Democratic Alliance (a) GLO Greens in Lowe (a) GRN The Greens (a) GRY Grey Power GSA Green Party South Australia (a) GWA The Greens (WA) (a) HAR Tasmanian Independent Senator Brian Harradine IND Independent JPI Janet Powell Independents' Network LAW Natural Law Party LP Liberal Party NP National Party QG Queensland Greens (a) RCG Richmond/Clarence Greens (a) RCL Rex Connor (Snr) Labor Party RPA Republician Party ofAustralia TG Tasmanian Greens (a) TST Tasmanian Senate Team VGA Victorian Green Alliance (a) WSG Western Suburbs Greens (a) (a) Defined as being "Greens" in summary tables. I Federal Elections 1993 3 TABLE 1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: NATIONAL SUMMARY Australia Enrolled 11 384 638 Candidates Seats Won Votes Percent Swing Australian Labor Party 147 80 4751390 44.92 +5.49 Liberal Party 139 49 3888579 36.77 +2.01 National Party 46 16 758036 7.17 -1.25 Country Liberal Party 1 ·. 35207 0.33 +0.05 Australian Democrats 132 ·. 397060 3.75 -7.50 Natural Law Party 107 ·. 78577 0.74 +0.74 Confederate Action Party 33 ·. 60213 0.57 +0.57 Queensland Greens 25 ·. 58502 0.55 +0.55 The Greens fWA) 14 ·. 55907 0.53 -0.15 Call to Australia 39 · . 49467 0.47 -0.51 The Greens 12 ·. 41684 0.39 +0.15 Tasmanian Greens 5 ·. 24319 0.23 +0.17 Independent EFF 4 ·. 9954 0.09 Rex Connor (Snr) Labor Party 1 ·. 7083 0.07 -0.02 Eastern Suburbs Greens 1 ·. 4350 0.04 +0.04 Citizens Electoral Council 3 ·. 4198 0.04 Australia's Indigenous Peoples Party 10 ·. 4069 0.04 +0.04 Australians Against Further Immigration 4 ·. 3587 0.03 +0.03 ACT Green Democratic Alliance 1 ·. 3109 0.03 +0.03 Central Coast Green Party 1 ·. 2218 0.02 -0.02 Greens in Lowe 1 ·. 1827 0.02 -0.01 Richmond/Clarence Greens 1 ·. 1766 0.02 +0.02 Grey Power 2 ·. 1759 0.02 -0.20 Abolish SelfGovernment Coalition 1 ·. 1663 0.02 +0.02 Western Suburbs Greens 1 ·. 1524 0.01 +0.01 Green Party ofSouth Australia 1 ·. 1496 0.01 +0.01 Others 210 2 329235 3.11 -0.27 Formal 10576779 97.03 +0.22 Informal 324082 2.97 +0.22 Total 942 147 10900861 95.75 +0.43 \ 4 Federal Elections 1993 TABLE 2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: STATE SUMMARY New South Wales Enrolled 3 814 932 Candidates Seats Won Votes Percent Swing ALP 50 33 1714512 48.32 +7.16 LP 45 8 1127291 31.77 +2.70 NP 15 8 346191 9.76 -1.50 DEM 37 ·. 99817 2.81 -7.40 GRN 11 ·. 38367 1.08 +0.84 LAW 37 ·. 23385 0.66 +0.66 CTA 16 ·. 21764 0.61 -0.03 EFF 3 ·. 9402 0.26 -0.01 . CAP 8 ·. 8524 0.24 +0.24 RCL 1 ·. 7083 0.20 -0.05 ESG 1 ·. 4350 0.12 +0.12 CCG 1 ·. 2218 0.06 -0.05 GLO 1 ·. 1827 0.05 -0.04 RCG 1 ·. 1766 0.05 +0.05 AFI 2 ·. 1732 0.05 +0.05 WSG 1 ·. 1524 0.04 +0.04 CEG 1 · . 439 0.01 +0.01 Others 78 1 138286 3.90 -2.81 Formal 3548478 96.90 +0.02 Informal 113664 3.10 -0.02 Total 309 50 3662142 95.99 +0.62 Victoria Enrolled 2 932 640 Candidates Seats Won Votes Percent Swin ALP 38 17 1273974 46.45 +9.38 LP 36 17 1102965 40.21 +0.53 NP 4 3 137470 5.01 -0.99 DEM 37 ·. 101185 3.69 -8.74 LAW 38 ·. 31529 1.15 +1.15 CTA 11 ·. 13289 0.48 -1.56 GRN 1 ·. 3317 0.12 +0.12 AFI 2 ·. 1855 0.07 +0.04 CEG 1 ·. 1027 0.04 -0.10 EFF 1 ·. 552 0.02 +0.02 Others 44 1 75652 2.76 +0.17 Formal 2742815 97.17 +0.72 Informal 79811 2.83 -0.72 Total 213 38 2822626 96.25 +0.57 I Federal Elections 1993 5 TABLE 2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: STATE SUMMARY Queensland Enrolled 1 971 729 Candidates Seats Won Votes Percent Swiog ALP 25 13 739862 40.49 -1.11 LP 25 7 571226 31.26 +2.75 NP 25 5 269152 14.73 -2.03 DEM 25 ·. 74278 4.06 -7.53 QG 25 ·. 58502 3.20 +3.20 CAP 24 ·. 51565 2.82 +2.82 AlP 10 ·. 4069 0.22 +0.22 LAW 7 ·. 3547 0.19 +0.19 CEG 1 ·. 2732 0.15 +0.15 Others 38 ·. 52391 2.87 +1.33 Formal 1827324 97.38 -0.39 Informal 49135 2.62 +0.39 Total 205 25 1876459 95.17 +0.46 South Australia Enrolled 1 014 400 Candidates Seats Won Votes Percent Swing ALP 12 4 358707 38.83 +0.88 LP 12 8 421687 45.65 +3.00 NP 1 ·. 2878 0.31 +0.31 DEM 12 ·.