2016 Australian federal election

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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives
76 seats were needed for a majority
All 76 seats in the Senate
  First party Second party Third party
  Bill Shorten Tony Abbott Nick Xenophon
Leader Bill Shorten Tony Abbott Nick Xenophon
Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Xenophon Team
Leader since 13 October 2013 (2013-10-13) 1 December 2009 (2009-12-01) 1 June 2013 (2013-06-01)
Leader's seat Maribyrnong (Vic.) Warringah (NSW) Senator for South Australia
Last election 55 seats, 46.5% 90 seats, 53.5% new party
Seats won 74 seats 64 seats 6 seats
Seat change Increase19 Decrease26 Increase6
Popular vote 5,962,366 5,907,445 888,070
Percentage 38.7% 38.3% 5.8%
Swing Increase5.3 Decrease7.3 Increase5.8
TPP 55.1% 44.9%
TPP swing Increase8.6 Decrease8.6

  Fourth party Fifth party
  Richard Di Natale
Leader Richard Di Natale Bob Katter
Party Greens Katter's Australian
Leader since 6 May 2015 (2015-05-06) 3 June 2011 (2011-06-03)
Leader's seat Senator for Victoria Kennedy (Qld.)
Last election 1 seat, 8.7% 1 seat, 1.0%
Seats won 2 seats 2 seats
Seat change Increase1 Increase1
Popular vote 2,050,950 188,195
Percentage 13.3% 1.2%
Swing Increase4.6 Increase0.2

Prime Minister before election

Tony Abbott
Liberal/National coalition

Subsequent Prime Minister

Bill Shorten
Labor