2022 Australian Senate election
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The 2022 Australian Senate election was held on 21 May 2022 to elect 40 of the 76 senators in the Australian Senate as part of the 2022 federal election. Senators elected at this election took office on 1 July 2022, with the exception of the senators elected from two territories whose terms commenced from election day. The elected senators sit alongside continuing senators elected in 2019 as part of the 47th Parliament of Australia.
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The Coalition remained the largest parliamentary grouping in the Senate, despite their defeat in the House of Representatives. The Greens won three additional seats in the Senate, thereby gaining the balance of power in the upper house; two senators from every state were Greens as a result of this election. Meanwhile, the incoming Labor government's numbers in the Senate remained unchanged. The six other crossbench seats were 2 One Nation, 2 Jacqui Lambie Network, 1 United Australia Party, and 1 independent (David Pocock).
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Perspective
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Party | First-preference votes |
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Seats won |
Not up |
New total |
Seat change | ||||||
Liberal/National joint ticket | 2,997,004 | 19.93 | –1.66 | 5 | 6 | 11 | ![]() | ||
Liberal National (Qld) | 1,061,638 | 7.06 | –0.67 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ![]() | ||
Liberal | 1,052,571 | 7.00 | –1.24 | 7 | 8 | 15 | ![]() | ||
Country Liberal (NT) | 32,846 | 0.22 | –0.04 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | ||
National | 3,969 | 0.03 | –0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Liberal/National Coalition | 5,148,028 | 34.24 | –3.75 | 15 | 17 | 32 | ![]() | ||
Labor | 4,525,598 | 30.09 | +1.30 | 15 | 11 | 26 | ![]() | ||
Greens | 1,903,403 | 12.66 | +2.47 | 6 | 6 | 12 | ![]() | ||
One Nation | 644,744 | 4.29 | –1.11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ![]() | ||
United Australia | 520,520 | 3.46 | +1.10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | ||
Legalise Cannabis | 501,421 | 3.33 | +1.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Liberal Democrats | 340,132 | 2.26 | +1.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Animal Justice | 240,696 | 1.60 | +0.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers | 147,737 | 0.98 | –0.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Great Australian | 82,237 | 0.55 | +0.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Sustainable Australia | 78,181 | 0.52 | +0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Reason | 74,223 | 0.49 | +0.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Indigenous-Aboriginal | 71,811 | 0.48 | +0.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Australian Democrats | 65,532 | 0.44 | +0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
David Pocock | 60,406 | 0.40 | +0.40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | ||
Justice | 54,366 | 0.36 | –0.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Fusion | 51,676 | 0.34 | +0.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Informed Medical Options | 48,830 | 0.32 | +0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Australian Values | 41,351 | 0.27 | +0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Federation | 33,551 | 0.22 | +0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Christians | 33,143 | 0.22 | +0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Lambie Network | 31,203 | 0.21 | +0.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ![]() | ||
Citizens | 29,799 | 0.20 | +0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Socialist Alliance | 28,057 | 0.19 | +0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Western Australia | 26,555 | 0.18 | +0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Patrick Team | 23,425 | 0.16 | +0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Victorian Socialists | 21,739 | 0.14 | +0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Federal ICAC Now | 18,508 | 0.12 | +0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
TNL | 13,217 | 0.09 | +0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Seniors United | 12,790 | 0.09 | +0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Kim for Canberra | 12,622 | 0.08 | +0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Local | 7,605 | 0.05 | +0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Progressives | 5,932 | 0.04 | +0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Democratic Alliance | 5,566 | 0.04 | +0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Unendorsed/ungrouped | 136,054 | 0.90 | +0.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Total | 15,040,658 | 100.00 | – | 40 | 36 | 76 | – | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 532,003 | 3.42 | −0.39 | – | – | – | – | ||
Turnout | 15,572,661 | 90.47 | –2.01 | – | – | – | – | ||
Registered Voters | 17,213,433 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Source: AEC for votes, ABC for seats |
- Rex Patrick was appointed to the Senate in 2017 as a member of the Nick Xenophon Team, which became Centre Alliance however the party did not contest this election. The other Centre Alliance senator, Stirling Griff, ran with Nick Xenophon in Group O.
- Stirling Griff was elected to the Senate in 2016 as a member of the Nick Xenophon Team, which became Centre Alliance however the party did not contest this election, with Stirling Griff running with Nick Xenophon in Group O. The other Centre Alliance senator, Rex Patrick, ran with the eponymous Patrick Team.
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Australian Capital Territory
# | Senator | Party | |
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1 | Katy Gallagher | Labor | |
2 | David Pocock | David Pocock |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 95,073 | ||||
Labor | 1. Katy Gallagher (elected 1) 2. Maddy Northam |
95,184 | 33.37 | −5.98 | |
Liberal | 1. Zed Seselja 2. Kacey Lam |
70,739 | 24.80 | −7.58 | |
David Pocock | 1. David Pocock (elected 2) 2. Clare Doube |
60,406 | 21.18 | +21.18 | |
Greens | 1. Tjanara Goreng Goreng 2. James Cruz |
29,360 | 10.29 | −7.42 | |
Kim for Canberra | 1. Kim Rubenstein 2. Kim Huynh |
12,622 | 4.43 | +4.43 | |
United Australia | 1. James Savoulidis 2. Tracey Page |
6,112 | 2.14 | –0.13 | |
Legalise Cannabis | 1. Andrew Katelaris 2. Michelle Stanvic |
4,516 | 1.58 | +1.58 | |
Animal Justice | 1. Yana Del Valle 2. Jannah Fahiz |
1,889 | 0.66 | +0.66 | |
Sustainable Australia | 1. Joy Angel 2. John Haydon |
1,638 | 0.57 | –1.08 | |
Informed Medical Options | 1. Michael Simms 2. Mary-Jane Liddicoat |
1,458 | 0.51 | +0.51 | |
Progressives | 1. Therese Faulkner 2. Stephen Lin |
726 | 0.25 | +0.25 | |
Ungrouped | Fuxin Li | 567 | 0.20 | −5.54 | |
Total formal votes | 285,217 | 98.25 | +0.57 | ||
Informal votes | 5,091 | 1.75 | –0.57 | ||
Turnout | 290,308 | 92.45 | −1.06 | ||
Party total seats | Seats | ± | |||
Labor | 1 | ![]() | |||
David Pocock | 1 | ![]() | |||
Liberal | 0 | ![]() |
Northern Territory
# | Senator | Party | |
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1 | Malarndirri McCarthy | Labor | |
2 | Jacinta Nampijinpa Price | CLP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 34,540 | ||||
Labor | 1. Malarndirri McCarthy (elected 1) 2. Kate Ganley |
34,163 | 32.97 | –4.50 | |
Country Liberal | 1. Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (elected 2) 2. Kris Civitarese |
32,846 | 31.70 | −4.97 | |
Greens | 1. Jane Anzelark 2. Dianne Stokes |
12,707 | 12.26 | +2.02 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1. Sam McMahon 2. Jed Hansen |
9,609 | 9.27 | +9.27 | |
Legalise Cannabis | 1. Lance Lawrence 2. Kelly-Anne Hibbert |
6,455 | 6.23 | +2.40 | |
Great Australian | 1. Steve Arrigo 2. Angela Marcus |
4,573 | 4.41 | +4.41 | |
Sustainable Australia | 1. Lamaan White 2. Richard Belcher |
1,715 | 1.66 | +1.66 | |
Australian Citizens | 1. Trudy Campbell 2. Peter Flynn |
956 | 0.92 | +0.48 | |
United Australia | Raj Rajwin | 593 | 0.57 | −0.66 | |
Total formal votes | 103,617 | 96.92 | +0.56 | ||
Informal votes | 3,290 | 3.08 | −0.56 | ||
Turnout | 106,907 | 73.30 | −4.91 | ||
Party total seats | Seats | ± | |||
Labor | 1 | ![]() | |||
Country Liberal | 1 | ![]() |
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References
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