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class=""><b>1 December 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-12-01</span>)</span></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1987_Australian_federal_election" title="1987 Australian federal election">1987</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives,_1983%E2%80%931984" title="Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1983–1984">outgoing members</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives,_1984%E2%80%931987" title="Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1984–1987">elected members</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />All 148 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a><br /><small> 75 seats were needed for a majority in the House </small><br />46 (of the 76) seats in the <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">9,869,217 <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" 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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<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-02-08</span>)</span></a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1983_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="1983 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election">11 March 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-03-11</span>)</span></a> </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></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">75 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">50 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>82 seats</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">66 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="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> 16 </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"><b>4,120,130</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3,900,042 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>47.55%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">45.01% </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> 1.93% </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" 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Candidates_of_the_1984_Australian_federal_election" title="Candidates of the 1984 Australian federal election">Candidates</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#FFF; border: 1px solid #D69D36;"> <span class="tmp-color" style="color:#0055A5">National results</span></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="background: #f8f8f8"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_1984_Australian_federal_election_(House_of_Representatives)" title="Results of the 1984 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)">House of Representatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_1984_Australian_federal_election_(Senate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Results of the 1984 Australian federal election (Senate)">Senate</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#FFF; border: 1px solid #D69D36;"> <span class="tmp-color" style="color:#0055A5">State and territory results</span></th></tr><tr><td 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All 148 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> (24 of them newly created) and 46 of 76 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Senate</a> (12 of them newly created) were up for election. The incumbent <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor Party</a> led by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hawke" title="Bob Hawke">Bob Hawke</a> defeated the opposition <a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Liberal–National coalition</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Peacock" title="Andrew Peacock">Andrew Peacock</a>. </p><p>The election was held in conjunction with <a href="/wiki/1984_Australian_referendum" title="1984 Australian referendum">two referendum questions</a>, neither of which was carried. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_issues">Background and issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The election had a long campaign and a high rate of informal voting for the House of Representatives, but decreased rate in the Senate (due to the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Group_voting_ticket" title="Group voting ticket">Group voting ticket</a>). Although a House election was not due until 1986, Hawke opted to call an election 18 months early in part to bring the elections for the House and Senate back into line following the <a href="/wiki/Double_dissolution" title="Double dissolution">double dissolution</a> <a href="/wiki/1983_Australian_federal_election" title="1983 Australian federal election">election of 1983</a>. </p><p>The legislated increase in the size of the House by 24 seats and the Senate by 12 seats came into effect at the 1984 election. Prior to 1984 the electoral commission did not undertake a full distribution of preferences for statistical purposes. The stored ballot papers for the previous election were put through this process prior to their destruction – therefore the figures from 1983 onwards show the actual result based on full distribution of preferences. </p> <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=1984_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=2" 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">House of Representatives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F00011; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> (82)<br /> <br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Opposition_(Australia)" title="Opposition (Australia)">Opposition</a> (66)</b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Coalition</a><br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#080CAB; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a> (44)<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> (21)<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 /> </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_1984_Australian_federal_election_(House_of_Representatives)#Australia" title="Results of the 1984 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)">Results of the 1984 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_1984_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>) — 1984–87 – Turnout 94.19% (<a href="/wiki/Compulsory_voting" title="Compulsory voting">CV</a>) — Informal 6.78%<figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1984_Australian_House.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/1984_Australian_House.svg/300px-1984_Australian_House.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/1984_Australian_House.svg/450px-1984_Australian_House.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/1984_Australian_House.svg/600px-1984_Australian_House.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="width:180px">Party </th> <th style="width:70px;">Votes </th> <th style="width:40px;">% </th> <th style="width:40px;">Swing </th> <th style="width:40px;">Seats </th> <th style="width:40px;">Change </th></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 align="right">4,120,130 </td> <td align="right">47.55 </td> <td align="right">−1.93 </td> <td align="right">82 </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> 7 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">  </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:5px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a> </td> <td align="right"><i>2,951,556</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>34.06</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>−0.06</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>44</i> </td> <td 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> 11</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 align="right"><i>921,151</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>10.63</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>+1.42</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>21</i> </td> <td 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> 4</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 align="right"><i>27,335</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>0.32</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>+0.08</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>1</i> </td> <td 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> 1</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Liberal/National Coalition</a> </th> <th style="text-align:right;">3,900,042 </th> <th style="text-align:right;">45.01 </th> <th style="text-align:right;">+1.40 </th> <th style="text-align:right;">66 </th> <th 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> 16 </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFCD00;">  </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Democrats" title="Australian Democrats">Democrats</a> </td> <td align="right">472,204 </td> <td align="right">5.45 </td> <td align="right">+0.42 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td colspan="2">Others </td> <td align="right">172,576 </td> <td align="right">1.99 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Total </td> <td align="right">8,664,952 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">148 </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> 23 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Two-party-preferred" class="mw-redirect" title="Two-party-preferred">Two-party-preferred</a> </th></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 align="right">4,484,622 </td> <td align="right">51.77 </td> <td align="right">−1.46 </td> <td align="right">82 </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> 7 </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 align="right">4,178,572 </td> <td align="right">48.23 </td> <td align="right">+1.46 </td> <td align="right">66 </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> 16 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;">Invalid/blank votes </td> <td align="right">630,469 </td> <td align="right">6.8 </td> <td align="right">+4.7 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;">Turnout </td> <td align="right">9,295,421 </td> <td align="right">94.2 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;">Registered voters </td> <td align="right">9,869,217 </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/1993/93bp24.pdf">Federal Election Results 1949-1993</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: 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:47.55%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">47.55%</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:34.06%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">34.06%</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:10.63%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">10.63%</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:5.45%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">5.45%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">CLP</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#ff9933; width:0.32%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.32%</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:1.99%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.99%</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="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: 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;"><b>Labor</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#F00011; width:51.77%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">51.77%</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:48.23%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">48.23%</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="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: 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:55.41%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">55.41%</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:44.59%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">44.59%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senate">Senate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Senate"><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,_1984.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Australian_Senate_elected_members%2C_1984.svg/250px-Australian_Senate_elected_members%2C_1984.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Australian_Senate_elected_members%2C_1984.svg/375px-Australian_Senate_elected_members%2C_1984.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> (27)<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> (5)<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> (9)</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> (7)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FDC500; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Disarmament_Party" title="Nuclear Disarmament Party">NDP</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/1984_Australian_Senate_election#Australia" title="1984 Australian Senate election">1984 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=1984_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>) — 1984–87 – Turnout 94.55% (<a href="/wiki/Compulsory_voting" title="Compulsory voting">CV</a>) — Informal 4.68% </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1984_Australian_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/1984_Australian_Senate.svg/360px-1984_Australian_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/1984_Australian_Senate.svg/540px-1984_Australian_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/1984_Australian_Senate.svg/720px-1984_Australian_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="width:180px">Party </th> <th style="width:70px;">Votes </th> <th style="width:40px;">% </th> <th style="width:40px;">Swing </th> <th style="width:40px;">Seats won </th> <th style="width:40px;">Total seats </th> <th style="width:40px;">Change </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Australian Labor Party</a> </td> <td align="right">3,750,789 </td> <td align="right">42.17 </td> <td align="right">−3.32 </td> <td align="right">20 </td> <td align="right">34 </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> 4 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5">  </td> <td>  </td> <td>Liberal/National joint ticket </td> <td align="right"><i>1,130,601</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>12.71</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>−11.49</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>3</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>*</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>*</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal Party of Australia</a> </td> <td align="right"><i>1,831,006</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>20.59</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>+8.58</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>14</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>27</i> </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> <i>4</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:green;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">National Party of Australia</a> </td> <td align="right"><i>527,278</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>5.93</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>+0.87</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>2</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>5</i> </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> <i>1</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FF7F00;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_Liberal_Party" title="Country Liberal Party">Country Liberal Party</a> </td> <td align="right"><i>27,972</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>0.31</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>+0.04</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>1</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>1</i> </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> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Liberal/National Coalition</a> </th> <th style="text-align:right;">3,516,857 </th> <th style="text-align:right;">39.54 </th> <th style="text-align:right;">–0.41 </th> <th style="text-align:right;">20 </th> <th style="text-align:right;">33 </th> <th 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 </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFCD00;">  </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Democrats" title="Australian Democrats">Australian Democrats</a> </td> <td align="right">677,970 </td> <td align="right">7.62 </td> <td align="right">−2.32 </td> <td align="right">5 </td> <td align="right">7 </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> 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FDC500;">  </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Disarmament_Party" title="Nuclear Disarmament Party">Nuclear Disarmament Party</a> </td> <td align="right">643,061 </td> <td align="right">7.23 </td> <td align="right">* </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">1 </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> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Harradine" title="Brian Harradine">Harradine Group</a> </td> <td align="right">22,992 </td> <td align="right">0.26 </td> <td align="right">−0.32 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">1 </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>  </td> <td colspan="2">Others </td> <td style="text-align:right;">282,431 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.18 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.73 </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 align="right"><b>8,894,100</b> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"><b>46</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>76</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>12</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;">Invalid/blank votes </td> <td align="right">437,065 </td> <td align="right">4.7 </td> <td align="right">–5.2 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;">Turnout </td> <td align="right">9,331,165 </td> <td align="right">94.5 </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">9,869,217 </td> <td> </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/1993/93bp24.pdf">Federal Election Results 1949-1993</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></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=1984_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Seats changing hands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Seat </th> <th colspan="4">Pre-1984 </th> <th rowspan="2">Swing </th> <th colspan="4">Post-1984 </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_Farrer" title="Division of Farrer">Farrer, NSW</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wal_Fife" title="Wal Fife">Wal Fife</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">N/A </td> <td style="text-align:right;">13.0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Fischer" title="Tim Fischer">Tim Fischer</a> </td> <td>National </td> <td style="background-color:green;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Flinders" title="Division of Flinders">Flinders, Vic</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bob_Chynoweth" title="Bob Chynoweth">Bob Chynoweth</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Reith" title="Peter Reith">Peter Reith</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Forde" title="Division of Forde">Forde, Qld</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><i>notional – new seat</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Watson_(Queensland_politician)" title="David Watson (Queensland politician)">David Watson</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Gilmore" title="Division of Gilmore">Gilmore, NSW</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><i>notional – new seat</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Sharp_(Australian_politician)" title="John Sharp (Australian politician)">John Sharp</a> </td> <td>National </td> <td style="background-color:green;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Hinkler" title="Division of Hinkler">Hinkler, Qld</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><i>notional – new seat</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Conquest" title="Bryan Conquest">Bryan Conquest</a> </td> <td>National </td> <td style="background-color:green;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Hume" title="Division of Hume">Hume, NSW</a> </td> <td style="background-color:green;">  </td> <td>National </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lusher" title="Stephen Lusher">Stephen Lusher</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">N/A </td> <td style="text-align:right;">N/A </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wal_Fife" title="Wal Fife">Wal Fife</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Macquarie" title="Division of Macquarie">Macquarie, NSW</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ross_Free" title="Ross Free">Ross Free</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_Webster" title="Alasdair Webster">Alasdair Webster</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Northern_Territory" title="Division of Northern Territory">Northern Territory, NT</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Reeves_(judge)" title="John Reeves (judge)">John Reeves</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Everingham" title="Paul Everingham">Paul Everingham</a> </td> <td>Country Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#FF7F00;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Petrie" title="Division of Petrie">Petrie, Qld</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dean_Wells_(politician)" title="Dean Wells (politician)">Dean Wells</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Hodges_(Australian_politician)" title="John Hodges (Australian politician)">John Hodges</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Riverina-Darling" title="Division of Riverina-Darling">Riverina-Darling, NSW</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><i>notional – new seat</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Noel_Hicks" title="Noel Hicks">Noel Hicks</a> </td> <td>National </td> <td style="background-color:green;">  </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Analysis">Analysis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Analysis"><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:1984_Election_Australia_Gallagher_Index.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/1984_Election_Australia_Gallagher_Index.png/300px-1984_Election_Australia_Gallagher_Index.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/1984_Election_Australia_Gallagher_Index.png/450px-1984_Election_Australia_Gallagher_Index.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/1984_Election_Australia_Gallagher_Index.png 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="231" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Gallagher_Index" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallagher Index">Gallagher Index</a> result: 7.79</figcaption></figure> <p>The results of the election surprised most analysts;<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> the expectation had been that Bob Hawke – who had been polling a record ACNielsen approval rating of 75 percent<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> on the eve of the election – would win by a significantly larger margin. Labor instead suffered a 2-point swing against it and had its majority cut from 25 to 16. Hawke blamed the result on the changes to Senate vote cards, which he believed confused people regarding their House of Representatives votes and contributed to the relatively high informal vote, the majority of which apparently was Labor votes.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, analysis by the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Electoral_Commission" title="Australian Electoral Commission">Australian Electoral Commission</a> found that informal voting only slightly reduced Labor's primary vote and did not change the result in any division.<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>Andrew Peacock did well from a good performance in the one leaders' debate, held on 26 November 1984,<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> which was the first televised leaders' debate in Australia.<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> <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=1984_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=7" 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_1984_Australian_federal_election" title="Candidates of the 1984 Australian federal election">Candidates of the 1984 Australian federal election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives,_1984-1987" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1984-1987">Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1984-1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_Australian_Senate,_1985-1987" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of the Australian Senate, 1985-1987">Members of the Australian Senate, 1985-1987</a></li></ul> <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=1984_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><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 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 May</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Sydney+Morning+Herald&rft.atitle=The+biggest+hammering+in+history&rft.date=2008-05-20&rft.aulast=Coorey&rft.aufirst=Phil&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smh.com.au%2Farticles%2F2008%2F05%2F19%2F1211182705614.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+Australian+federal+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHawke1996" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hawke" title="Bob Hawke">Hawke, RJL</a> (1996). <i>The Hawke Memoirs</i>. Port Melbourne: Mandarin. pp. 275–276.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Hawke+Memoirs&rft.place=Port+Melbourne&rft.pages=275-276&rft.pub=Mandarin&rft.date=1996&rft.aulast=Hawke&rft.aufirst=RJL&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+Australian+federal+election" class="Z3988"></span> "Attracted to the simplicity of the Senate ballot, a number of voters thought they could mark their Lower House ballot in exactly the same way. Unfortunately for both them and us the informal vote for the House of Representatives swelled from 2 per cent to nearly 7 per cent. On the best surmise the bulk of the informals were Labor votes."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGreen2013" class="citation news cs1">Green, Antony (11 January 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-12/past-research-on-the-intended-party-vote-of-informal-ballot-pape/9390138">"Past Research on the Intended Party Vote of Informal Ballot Papers"</a>. <i>ABC News</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/1967_Australian_Senate_election" title="1967 Australian Senate election">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Australian_federal_election" title="1969 Australian federal election">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Australian_Senate_election" title="1970 Australian Senate election">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Australian_federal_election" title="1972 Australian federal election">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Australian_federal_election" title="1974 Australian federal election">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Australian_federal_election" title="1975 Australian federal election">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Australian_federal_election" title="1977 Australian federal election">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Australian_federal_election" title="1980 Australian federal election">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Australian_federal_election" title="1983 Australian federal election">1983</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink 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href="/wiki/1926_Australian_referendum" title="1926 Australian referendum">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Australian_state_debts_referendum" title="1928 Australian state debts referendum">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Australian_referendum" title="1937 Australian referendum">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Australian_Post-War_Reconstruction_and_Democratic_Rights_referendum" title="1944 Australian Post-War Reconstruction and Democratic Rights referendum">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Australian_referendum" title="1946 Australian referendum">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Australian_rents_and_prices_referendum" title="1948 Australian rents and prices referendum">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Australian_Communist_Party_ban_referendum" title="1951 Australian Communist Party ban referendum">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Australian_referendum" title="1967 Australian referendum">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Australian_referendum" title="1973 Australian referendum">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Australian_referendum" title="1974 Australian referendum">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Australian_referendum" title="1977 Australian referendum">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Australian_referendum" title="1984 Australian referendum">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Australian_referendum" title="1988 Australian referendum">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Australian_republic_referendum" title="1999 Australian republic referendum">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Marriage_Law_Postal_Survey" title="Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Australian_Indigenous_Voice_referendum" title="2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_federal_by-elections" title="List of Australian federal 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