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<a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Senate</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registered</th><td class="infobox-data">10,728,435 <span style="font-size:85%;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3.62%</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">10,225,800 (95.31%)<br />(<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" 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href="/wiki/Liberal/National_coalition" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal/National coalition">Liberal/National coalition</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independents</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1983_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="1983 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">8 February 1983</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1989_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1989 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">9 May 1989</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Wills" title="Division of Wills">Wills</a> (Vic.) </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Kooyong" title="Division of Kooyong">Kooyong</a> (Vic.) </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">86 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">62 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>78 seats</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">69 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 8 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 7 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Instant_run-off_voting#Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Instant run-off voting">First preference</a> vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3,904,138 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>4,302,127</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">257,139 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">39.44% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b> 43.46%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2.60% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6.46% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.44% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.94 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Two-party-preferred_vote" title="Two-party-preferred vote">TPP</a> </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">49.90% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>50.10%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Two-party-preferred_vote" title="Two-party-preferred vote">TPP</a> swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.93 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.93 </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1990_Australian_federal_election.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/1990_Australian_federal_election.svg/350px-1990_Australian_federal_election.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/1990_Australian_federal_election.svg/525px-1990_Australian_federal_election.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/1990_Australian_federal_election.svg/700px-1990_Australian_federal_election.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1198" data-file-height="729" /></a></span><div>Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.</div></td></tr><tr><td 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election</b> was held in Australia on 24 March 1990. All 148 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> and 40 seats in the 76-member <a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Senate</a> were up for election. The incumbent <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Australian Labor Party</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hawke" title="Bob Hawke">Bob Hawke</a>, defeated the opposition <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal Party of Australia</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Peacock" title="Andrew Peacock">Andrew Peacock</a>, with its <a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">coalition</a> partner, the <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">National Party of Australia</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Blunt" title="Charles Blunt">Charles Blunt</a>, despite losing the nationwide popular and <a href="/wiki/Two-party-preferred_vote" title="Two-party-preferred vote">two-party-preferred vote</a>. The result saw the re-election of the Hawke government for a fourth successive term, the first time the ALP had won four consecutive terms. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After <a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard</a> lost the <a href="/wiki/1987_Australian_federal_election" title="1987 Australian federal election">1987 election</a> to Hawke, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Peacock" title="Andrew Peacock">Andrew Peacock</a> was elected Deputy Leader in a show of party unity. In May 1989, Peacock's supporters <a href="/wiki/1989_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1989 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">mounted a successful leadership challenge</a> which returned Peacock to the leadership. Hawke's Treasurer, Keating, ridiculed Peacock by asking: "Can the <a href="/wiki/Souffl%C3%A9" title="Soufflé">soufflé</a> rise twice?" and calling him, in reference to Peacock's name, "all feathers and no meat". </p><p>Hawke's government was in political trouble, with high interest rates and a financial crisis in Victoria. The controversy over the <a href="/wiki/Multifunction_Polis" title="Multifunction Polis">Multifunction Polis</a> boiled over during the federal election campaign. Peacock, declared that a future Coalition Government would abandon the project.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He shared the Asian "enclave" fears of <a href="/wiki/Returned_and_Services_League_of_Australia" title="Returned and Services League of Australia">RSL</a> president <a href="/wiki/Alf_Garland" title="Alf Garland">Alf Garland</a> and others.<sup id="cite_ref-Woomera_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woomera-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following day, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Australian" title="The Australian">The Australian</a></i> newspaper ran a headline "Peacock a 'danger in the Lodge<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 1990, the Liberal Party's deputy Senate leader <a href="/wiki/Austin_Lewis_(politician)" title="Austin Lewis (politician)">Austin Lewis</a> was sacked from shadow cabinet after suggesting Peacock would be removed as leader if the Coalition failed to win the election. Lewis's comments reportedly reignited leadership tensions within the Liberal Party and were influential in Hawke deciding to set an election date in March, two months before the last possible date for the election.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opinion_polling">Opinion polling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Opinion polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="toccolours" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; margin-right:.4em; margin-top:.4em; font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Brand </th> <th style="background:#ccc" colspan="4">Primary vote </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th style="background:#f66"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">ALP</a> </th> <th style="background:#00bfff"><a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">L/NP</a> </th> <th style="background:#FFCD00"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Democrats" title="Australian Democrats">DEM</a> </th> <th style="background:gray;">OTH </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#b0e9db;">24 March 1990 election </th> <td colspan="1" style="background:#b0e9db;"> </td> <td style="background:#b0e9db;"><b>39.44%</b> </td> <td style="background:#b0e9db;">43.46 </td> <td style="background:#b0e9db;">11.26% </td> <td style="background:#b0e9db;">5.83% </td></tr> <tr> <th>22 March 1990 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">Newspoll </td> <td><b>41.5%</b> </td> <td>39.5% </td> <td>14% </td> <td>5% </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 March 1990 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">Newspoll </td> <td><b>42%</b> </td> <td>39% </td> <td>13% </td> <td>6% </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 December 1989 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">Newspoll </td> <td><b>44.5%</b> </td> <td>40% </td> <td>9.5% </td> <td>6% </td></tr> <tr> <th>27 March 1988 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">Newspoll </td> <td>38% </td> <td><b>48%</b> </td> <td>9% </td> <td>5% </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 August 1987 </th> <td style="text-align:left;">Newspoll </td> <td><b>49%</b> </td> <td>41% </td> <td>8% </td> <td>2% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#b0e9db;"><a href="/wiki/1987_Australian_federal_election" title="1987 Australian federal election">18 July 1987 election</a> </th> <td colspan="1" style="background:#b0e9db;"> </td> <td style="background:#b0e9db;"><b>45.90%</b> </td> <td style="background:#b0e9db;"><b>45.90%</b> </td> <td style="background:#b0e9db;">6.00% </td> <td style="background:#b0e9db;">2.18% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="House_of_Representatives_results">House of Representatives results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: House of Representatives results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Australian_House_of_Representatives_elected_members,_1990.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Australian_House_of_Representatives_elected_members%2C_1990.svg/250px-Australian_House_of_Representatives_elected_members%2C_1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Australian_House_of_Representatives_elected_members%2C_1990.svg/375px-Australian_House_of_Representatives_elected_members%2C_1990.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Australian_House_of_Representatives_elected_members%2C_1990.svg/500px-Australian_House_of_Representatives_elected_members%2C_1990.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="162" /></a><figcaption><b><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Hawke_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Fourth Hawke Ministry">Government</a> (78)</b><br /> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:green; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">National</a> (14)<br /> <br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Crossbencher" title="Crossbencher">Crossbench</a> (1)</b><br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#888888; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ted_Mack_(politician)" title="Ted Mack (politician)">1</a>) </figcaption></figure> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_1990_Australian_federal_election_(House_of_Representatives)#Australia" title="Results of the 1990 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)">Results of the 1990 Australian federal election (House of Representatives) § Australia</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Results_of_the_1990_Australian_federal_election_(House_of_Representatives)&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>House of Reps (<a href="/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting" title="Instant-runoff voting">IRV</a>) — 1990–93 — Turnout 95.32% (<a href="/wiki/Compulsory_voting" title="Compulsory voting">CV</a>) — Informal 3.19%<figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1990_Australian_House.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/1990_Australian_House.svg/300px-1990_Australian_House.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/1990_Australian_House.svg/450px-1990_Australian_House.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>+0.44</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>55</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <i>12</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:green;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">National</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>833,557</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>8.42</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>–3.10</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>14</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <i>5</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FF7F00;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_Liberal_Party" title="Country Liberal Party">Country Liberal</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>27,668</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>0.28</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>+0.05</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>0</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Liberal–National coalition</a></b> </td> <td align="right"><b>4,302,127</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>43.46</b> </td> <td align="right"><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>–2.44</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>69</b> </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <b>7</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:5px">  </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,904,138 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">39.44 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>–6.46 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">78 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFCD00;">  </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Democrats" title="Australian Democrats">Democrats</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,114,216 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">11.26 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>+5.26 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#10C25B;">  </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens" title="Australian Greens">Greens</a> (state-based)<sup id="cite_ref-Greens_House_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greens_House-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">137,351 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.37 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independents</a> <sup id="cite_ref-Independent_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">257,139 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.60 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>+0.94 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td colspan="2">Others </td> <td style="text-align:right;">184,703 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.86 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>+1.67 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><b>Total</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>9,899,674</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>148</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="10" style="text-align:center; background:#eee;"><b><a href="/wiki/Two-party-preferred_vote" title="Two-party-preferred vote">Two-party-preferred vote</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">4,930,837 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">49.90 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−0.93 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>78</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Liberal–National coalition</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>4,950,072</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>50.10</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.93 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">69 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 7 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;">Invalid/blank votes </td> <td align="right">326,126 </td> <td align="right">3.19 </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>–1.75 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;">Turnout </td> <td align="right">10,225,800 </td> <td align="right">95.32 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;">Registered voters </td> <td align="right">10,728,131 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8" align="left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aph.gov.au/binaries/library/pubs/bp/1990/90bp18.pdf">Federal Elections 1990</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,white); color: var(--color-base,black)"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Popular vote</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:410px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Labor</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#F00011; width:39.44%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">39.44%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Liberal</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#080CAB; width:35.04%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">35.04%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Democrats</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#F4940D; width:11.26%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">11.26%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">National</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#008000; width:8.42%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">8.42%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Independents</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#DCDCDC; width:2.55%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.55%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#777777; width:3.30%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">3.30%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,white); color: var(--color-base,black)"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Two-party-preferred vote</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:410px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Coalition</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#00557C; width:50.10%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">50.10%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>Labor</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#F00011; width:49.90%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">49.90%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,white); color: var(--color-base,black)"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Parliament seats</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:410px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>Labor</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#F00011; width:52.70%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">52.70%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Coalition</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#00557C; width:46.62%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">46.62%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Independents</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#DCDCDC; width:0.68%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.68%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senate_results">Senate results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Senate results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Australian_Senate_elected_members,_1990.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Australian_Senate_elected_members%2C_1990.svg/250px-Australian_Senate_elected_members%2C_1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Australian_Senate_elected_members%2C_1990.svg/375px-Australian_Senate_elected_members%2C_1990.svg.png 1.5x, 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color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a> (29)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:green; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">National</a> (4)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#f8981d; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Country_Liberal_Party" title="Country Liberal Party">CLP</a> (1)<br /> <br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Crossbencher" title="Crossbencher">Crossbench</a> (10)</b><br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFCD00; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Australian_Democrats" title="Australian Democrats">Democrats</a> (8)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#10C25B; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Greens_Western_Australia" title="Greens Western Australia">WA Greens</a> (1)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#888888; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> (1)<br /> </figcaption></figure> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/1990_Australian_Senate_election#Australia" title="1990 Australian Senate election">1990 Australian Senate election § Australia</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1990_Australian_Senate_election&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Senate (<a href="/wiki/Single_Transferable_Vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Single Transferable Vote">STV</a> <a href="/wiki/Group_voting_ticket" title="Group voting ticket">GV</a>) — 1990–93 — Turnout 95.81% (<a href="/wiki/Compulsory_voting" title="Compulsory voting">CV</a>) — Informal 3.40%<figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1990_Australian_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/1990_Australian_Senate.svg/300px-1990_Australian_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/1990_Australian_Senate.svg/450px-1990_Australian_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/1990_Australian_Senate.svg/600px-1990_Australian_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:200px" colspan="3">Party </th> <th style="width:70px; text-align:center;">Votes </th> <th style="width:40px; text-align:center;">% </th> <th style="width:40px; text-align:center;">Swing </th> <th style="width:40px; text-align:center;">Seats won </th> <th style="width:40px; text-align:center;">Seats held </th> <th style="width:40px; text-align:center;">Change </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5">  </td> <td>  </td> <td>Liberal–National joint ticket </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>2,429,552</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>24.47</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>+10.71</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>5</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>1,445,872</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>14.56</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>–6.41</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>12</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>29</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <i>2</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:green;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">National</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>258,164</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>2.60</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>−4.49</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>1</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>4</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <i>2</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FF7F00;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_Liberal_Party" title="Country Liberal Party">Country Liberal</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>29,045</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>0.29</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>+0.08</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>1</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>1</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Liberal–National coalition</a></b> </td> <td align="right"><b>4,162,633</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>41.92</b> </td> <td align="right"><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>–0.12</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>19</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>34</b> </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,813,547 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">38.41 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>−4.42 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">15 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">32 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFCD00;">  </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Democrats" title="Australian Democrats">Democrats</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,253,807 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12.63 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>+4.15 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#10C25B;">  </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens" title="Australian Greens">Greens</a> <sup id="cite_ref-Greens_Senate_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greens_Senate-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">208,157 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.10 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>+1.66 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FDC500;">  </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Disarmament_Party" title="Nuclear Disarmament Party">Nuclear Disarmament</a> <sup id="cite_ref-Nuclear_Disarmament_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nuclear_Disarmament-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">38,079 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.38 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>–0.71 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independents</a> <sup id="cite_ref-Independent_senate_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent_senate-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">29,974 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.30 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>–1.59 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td colspan="2">Others </td> <td style="text-align:right;">423,568 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.25 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>+2.07 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><b>Total</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>9,929,765</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">  </td> <td style="text-align:right;">  </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>40</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>76</b> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;">Invalid/blank votes </td> <td align="right">349,065 </td> <td align="right">3.40 </td> <td align="right">–0.64 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;">Turnout </td> <td align="right">10,728,830 </td> <td align="right">95.81 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;">Registered voters </td> <td align="right">10,728,131 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" align="left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aph.gov.au/binaries/library/pubs/bp/1990/90bp18.pdf">Federal Elections 1990</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Seats_changing_hands">Seats changing hands</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Seats changing hands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election. Where redistributions occurred, the pre-1990 margin represents the redistributed margin. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Seat </th> <th colspan="4">Pre-1990 </th> <th rowspan="2">Swing </th> <th colspan="4">Post-1990 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Member </th> <th>Margin </th> <th>Margin </th> <th>Member </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Adelaide" title="Division of Adelaide">Adelaide, SA</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Pratt_(politician)" title="Mike Pratt (politician)">Mike Pratt</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.5* </td> <td style="text-align:right;">N/A </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Catley_(politician)" title="Bob Catley (politician)">Bob Catley</a> </td> <td>Labor </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Aston" title="Division of Aston">Aston, Vic</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Saunderson" title="John Saunderson">John Saunderson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.57 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.20 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.63 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Nugent" title="Peter Nugent">Peter Nugent</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Ballarat" title="Division of Ballarat">Ballarat, Vic</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Mildren" title="John Mildren">John Mildren</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.12 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.00 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.88 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ronaldson" title="Michael Ronaldson">Michael Ronaldson</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Bendigo" title="Division of Bendigo">Bendigo, Vic</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Brumby" title="John Brumby">John Brumby</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.96 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.10 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Reid_(politician)" title="Bruce Reid (politician)">Bruce Reid</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Corinella_(1990%E2%80%9396)" class="mw-redirect" title="Division of Corinella (1990–96)">Corinella, Vic</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><i>notional – new seat</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.27 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.00 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.73 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Russell_Broadbent" title="Russell Broadbent">Russell Broadbent</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Dunkley" title="Division of Dunkley">Dunkley, Vic</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Chynoweth" title="Bob Chynoweth">Bob Chynoweth</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.60 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.80 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Ford_(Australian_politician)" title="Frank Ford (Australian politician)">Frank Ford</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Fairfax" title="Division of Fairfax">Fairfax, Qld</a> </td> <td style="background-color:green;">  </td> <td>National </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Evan_Adermann" title="Evan Adermann">Evan Adermann</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.34 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">N/A </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.47 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Somlyay" title="Alex Somlyay">Alex Somlyay</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Hawker" title="Division of Hawker">Hawker, SA</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Harvey" title="Elizabeth Harvey">Elizabeth Harvey</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.20 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.21 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.01 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Gallus" title="Chris Gallus">Chris Gallus</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Kennedy" title="Division of Kennedy">Kennedy, Qld</a> </td> <td style="background-color:green;">  </td> <td>National </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bob_Katter,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Katter, Sr.">Bob Katter</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.99 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.40 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.41 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rob_Hulls" title="Rob Hulls">Rob Hulls</a> </td> <td>Labor </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_La_Trobe" title="Division of La Trobe">La Trobe, Vic</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Milton_(politician)" title="Peter Milton (politician)">Peter Milton</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.25 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.60 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.35 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Charles_(politician)" title="Bob Charles (politician)">Bob Charles</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_McEwen" title="Division of McEwen">McEwen, Vic</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Cleeland" title="Peter Cleeland">Peter Cleeland</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.89 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.10 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fran_Bailey" title="Fran Bailey">Fran Bailey</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_McMillan" title="Division of McMillan">McMillan, Vic</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barry_Cunningham_(politician)" title="Barry Cunningham (politician)">Barry Cunningham</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.96 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.40 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.44 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Riggall" title="John Riggall">John Riggall</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Moreton" title="Division of Moreton">Moreton, Qld</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Cameron_(Queensland_Liberal_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Don Cameron (Queensland Liberal politician)">Don Cameron</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.70 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.05 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.35 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Garrie_Gibson" title="Garrie Gibson">Garrie Gibson</a> </td> <td>Labor </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_North_Sydney" title="Division of North Sydney">North Sydney, NSW</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Spender" title="John Spender">John Spender</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.23 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">N/A </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.66 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ted_Mack_(politician)" title="Ted Mack (politician)">Ted Mack</a> </td> <td>Independent </td> <td style="background-color:#888888;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Page" title="Division of Page">Page, NSW</a> </td> <td style="background-color:green;">  </td> <td>National </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Robinson_(Australian_politician)" title="Ian Robinson (Australian politician)">Ian Robinson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.51 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.19 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.68 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Woods_(Australian_politician)" title="Harry Woods (Australian politician)">Harry Woods</a> </td> <td>Labor </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Richmond" title="Division of Richmond">Richmond, NSW</a> </td> <td style="background-color:green;">  </td> <td>National </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Blunt" title="Charles Blunt">Charles Blunt</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.59 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.09 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.50 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neville_Newell" title="Neville Newell">Neville Newell</a> </td> <td>Labor </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>The Liberal Party retained the seats of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Isaacs" title="Division of Isaacs">Isaacs</a> (Vic) and <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Moore" title="Division of Moore">Moore</a> (WA), which were made notionally Liberal-held in the redistribution.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Adelaide" title="Division of Adelaide">Adelaide, SA</a>, won by Labor at the previous election, was won by Liberal in a by-election. The margin listed above is the by-election margin.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Outcome">Outcome</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Outcome"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1990_Election_Australia_Gallagher_Index.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/1990_Election_Australia_Gallagher_Index.png/300px-1990_Election_Australia_Gallagher_Index.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/1990_Election_Australia_Gallagher_Index.png/450px-1990_Election_Australia_Gallagher_Index.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/1990_Election_Australia_Gallagher_Index.png 2x" data-file-width="498" data-file-height="226" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Gallagher_Index" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallagher Index">Gallagher Index</a> result: 12.7</figcaption></figure> <p>The 1990 election resulted in a modest swing to the opposition Coalition. Though Labor had to contend with the <a href="/wiki/Late_1980s_recession" class="mw-redirect" title="Late 1980s recession">late 80s/early 90s recession</a>, they won a record fourth successive election and a record 10 years in government with <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hawke" title="Bob Hawke">Bob Hawke</a> as leader, a level of political success not previously seen by federal Labor. The election was to be Hawke's last as Prime Minister and Labor leader, he was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Keating" title="Paul Keating">Paul Keating</a> on 20 December 1991 who would go on to lead Labor to win a record fifth successive election and a record 13 years (to the day) in government resulting from the <a href="/wiki/1993_Australian_federal_election" title="1993 Australian federal election">1993 election</a>. </p><p>At the election, the Coalition won a slim majority of the two-party vote, and slashed Labor's majority from 24 seats to nine, most of the gains made in Victoria.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it only managed a two-party swing of 0.9 percent, which was not nearly enough to deliver the additional seven seats the Coalition needed to make Peacock Prime Minister. Despite having regained much of what the non-Labor forces had lost three years earlier, Peacock was forced to resign after the election. </p><p>This election saw the peak of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Democrats" title="Australian Democrats">Australian Democrats</a>' popularity under <a href="/wiki/Janine_Haines" title="Janine Haines">Janine Haines</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Greens_Western_Australia" title="Greens Western Australia">WA Greens</a> candidate won a seat in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Australian Senate</a> for the first time – although the successful candidate, <a href="/wiki/Jo_Vallentine" title="Jo Vallentine">Jo Vallentine</a>, was already a two-term senator, having previously won a seat for the <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Disarmament_Party" title="Nuclear Disarmament Party">Nuclear Disarmament Party</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1984_Australian_federal_election" title="1984 Australian federal election">1984 election</a>, and the Vallentine Peace Group at the 1987 election. Until 2010, this was the only post-war election where a third party (excluding splinter state parties and the Nationals) has won more than 10% of the primary vote for elections to the Australian House of Representatives. </p><p>It also saw the Nationals' leader, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Blunt" title="Charles Blunt">Charles Blunt</a>, defeated in his own seat of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Richmond" title="Division of Richmond">Richmond</a> by Labor challenger <a href="/wiki/Neville_Newell" title="Neville Newell">Neville Newell</a>—only the second time that a major party leader had lost his own seat. Newell benefited from the presence of independent and anti-nuclear activist <a href="/wiki/Helen_Caldicott" title="Helen Caldicott">Helen Caldicott</a>. Her preferences flowed overwhelmingly to Newell on the third count, allowing Newell to win despite having been second on the primary vote. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Candidates_of_the_Australian_federal_election,_1990" class="mw-redirect" title="Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1990">Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives,_1990%E2%80%931993" title="Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1990–1993">Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1990–1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_Australian_Senate,_1990%E2%80%931993" title="Members of the Australian Senate, 1990–1993">Members of the Australian Senate, 1990–1993</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Greens_House-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Greens_House_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">There was no federal <a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens" title="Australian Greens">Australian Greens</a> party at this election. The Greens total includes <a href="/wiki/Greens_Western_Australia" title="Greens Western Australia">Greens Western Australia</a> (67,164), <a href="/wiki/Greens_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Greens New South Wales">NSW Green Alliance</a> <sup id="cite_ref-Greens_NSW_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greens_NSW-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (45,819), <a href="/wiki/Queensland_Greens" title="Queensland Greens">Queensland Greens</a> (10,054), <a href="/wiki/United_Tasmania_Group" title="United Tasmania Group">United Tasmania Group</a> (6,367), <a href="/wiki/Greens_South_Australia" title="Greens South Australia">Greens South Australia</a> (1,878) and <a href="/wiki/ACT_Greens" title="ACT Greens">ACT Green Democratic Alliance</a> (6,069).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Independent-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Independent_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The independent member was <a href="/wiki/Ted_Mack_(politician)" title="Ted Mack (politician)">Ted Mack</a> (NSW).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Greens_Senate-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Greens_Senate_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> The Greens total in the Senate includes <a href="/wiki/Greens_Western_Australia" title="Greens Western Australia">Greens Western Australia</a> (76,381 and elected one senator), NSW Green Alliance (64,583), <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Greens" title="Victorian Greens">Victorian Greens</a> (23,420), <a href="/wiki/Greens_South_Australia" title="Greens South Australia">Greens South Australia</a> (19,499), <a href="/wiki/United_Tasmania_Group" title="United Tasmania Group">United Tasmania Group</a> (14,160), <a href="/wiki/ACT_Greens" title="ACT Greens">ACT Green Democratic Alliance</a> (5,288), <a href="/wiki/Greens_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Greens New South Wales">Greens New South Wales</a> (4,826) and Australian Gruen (4,826).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Nuclear_Disarmament-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Nuclear_Disarmament_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The election of <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Disarmament_Party" title="Nuclear Disarmament Party">Nuclear Disarmament</a> Senator <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wood_(Australian_politician)" title="Robert Wood (Australian politician)">Robert Wood</a> was void. <a href="/wiki/Irina_Dunn" title="Irina Dunn">Irina Dunn</a> was declared elected in his place but was expelled from the party and served out the remainder of her term as an independent.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Independent_senate-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Independent_senate_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Jo_Vallentine" title="Jo Vallentine">Jo Vallentine</a> had been re-elected in 1987 as an independent however she joined the <a href="/wiki/Greens_Western_Australia" title="Greens Western Australia">Greens</a> for this election. The sitting independent was <a href="/wiki/Brian_Harradine" title="Brian Harradine">Brian Harradine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Greens_NSW-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Greens_NSW_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">At this election the Greens in New South Wales were a loose alliance largely organised by <a href="/wiki/Greens_New_South_Wales#Local_groups" class="mw-redirect" title="Greens New South Wales">local groups</a>, with 18 candidates running under a variety of names: Australian Gruen Party (<a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Fowler#1990" title="Electoral results for the Division of Fowler">Fowler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Macarthur#1990" title="Electoral results for the Division of Macarthur">Macarthur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Mackellar#1990" title="Electoral results for the Division of Mackellar">Mackellar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Macquarie#1990" title="Electoral results for the Division of Macquarie">Macquarie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Prospect#1990" title="Electoral results for the Division of Prospect">Prospect</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_St_George#1990" title="Electoral results for the Division of St George">St George</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Throsby#1990" title="Electoral results for the Division of Throsby">Throsby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Werriwa#1990" title="Electoral results for the Division of Werriwa">Werriwa</a>), the Greens (<a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Phillip#1990" title="Electoral results for the Division of Phillip">Phillip</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Wentworth#1990" title="Electoral results for the Division of Wentworth">Wentworth</a>), Illawarra Greens (<a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Cunningham#1990" title="Electoral results for the Division of Cunningham">Cunningham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Hughes#1990" title="Electoral results for the Division of Hughes">Hughes</a>), <a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Sydney#1990" title="Electoral results for the Division of Sydney">Sydney</a> Greens, South Sydney Greens (<a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Kingsford_Smith#1990" title="Electoral results for the Division of Kingsford Smith">Kingsford Smith</a>), Central Coast Green Party (<a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Dobell#1990" title="Electoral results for the Division of Dobell">Dobell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Robertson#1990" title="Electoral results for the Division of Robertson">Robertson</a>), Greens in <a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Lowe#1990" title="Electoral results for the Division of Lowe">Lowe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Cowper#1990" title="Electoral results for the Division of Cowper">Cowper</a> Greens.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hamilton, "Serendipity City", pp. 152-55.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Woomera-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Woomera_2-0">^</a></b></span> 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