2013 Australian House of Representatives election

Australian House of Representatives elections, 2013

← 2010 7 September 2013 (2013-09-07) 2016 →
All 150 seats in the Australian House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	93.2%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Liberal Tony Abbott 32.0% 58 +14 Labor Kevin Rudd 33.4% 55 −16 Liberal National Campbell Newman 8.9% 22 +2 National Warren Truss 4.3% 9 +2 Greens Christine Milne 8.7% 1 0 Palmer United Clive Palmer 5.5% 1 New Katter's Australian Bob Katter 1.0% 1 0 Country Liberal Adam Giles 0.3% 1 0 National (WA) Brendon Grylls 0.4% 0 −1 Independents — 1.4% 2 −4 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Kevin Rudd Labor Tony Abbott Coalition

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2013 federal election, Coalition 90, Labor 55, Australian Greens 1, Palmer United Party 1, Katter's Australian Party 1, with 2 independents.^[1]

Australia

Results by winning party by division for the House of Representatives.

Government (90)
Coalition
  Liberal (58)
  LNP (22)
  National (9)
  CLP (1)
Opposition (55)
  Labor (55)
Crossbench (5)
  Green (1)
  Palmer (1)
  Katter (1)
  Independent (2)

House of Representatives (IRV)
Turnout 93.23% (CV) — Informal 5.91%^[2]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		4,311,365	33.38	−4.61	55	16
	Coalition		5,882,818	45.55	+2.23	90	19
		Liberal	4,134,865	32.02	+1.56	58	14
		Liberal National	1,152,217	8.92	−0.20	22	2
		National	554,268	4.29	+0.56	9	2
		Country Liberal (NT)	41,468	0.32	+0.01	1
	Greens		1,116,918	8.65	−3.11	1
	Palmer United		709,035	5.49	+5.49	1	1
	Family First		181,820	1.41	−0.84
	Katter's Australian		134,226	1.04	+0.73	1	1
	Christian Democrats		88,576	0.69	+0.02
	Sex Party		78,571	0.61	+0.52
	Rise Up Australia		48,582	0.38	+0.38
	Australian Christians		42,498	0.33	+0.33
	Democratic Labour		36,086	0.28	+0.24
	One Nation		22,046	0.17	−0.05
	Bullet Train		19,801	0.15	+0.15
	Citizens Electoral Council		10,400	0.08	+0.02
	Australia First		7,412	0.06	+0.03
	Socialist Alliance		5,032	0.04	−0.04
	Secular		4,834	0.04	−0.06
	Liberal Democrats		4,716	0.04	−0.16
	Country Alliance		4,708	0.04	+0.04
	Australian Independents		4,163	0.03	+0.03
	Stable Population		3,954	0.03	+0.03
	Democrats		3,614	0.03	−0.15
	Animal Justice		1,878	0.01	+0.01
	First Nations		1,810	0.01	+0.01
	Australian Voice		1,681	0.01	+0.01
	Non-Custodial Parents		1,547	0.01	−0.01
	Australian Sports		1,324	0.01	+0.01
	Future		1,174	0.01	+0.01
	Protectionist		1,079	0.01	+0.01
	Voluntary Euthanasia		597	0.00	+0.00
	Uniting Australia		386	0.00	+0.00
	Senator Online		209	0.00	+0.00
	Independents		177,217	1.37	−1.15	2	4
	Non Affiliated		4,850	0.04	+0.02
Total			12,914,927			150
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition		6,908,710	53.49	+3.61	90	18
	Labor		6,006,217	46.51	−3.61	55	17
Invalid/blank votes			811,143	5.91	+0.36
Registered voters/turnout			14,723,385	93.23
Source: Federal Election 2013

Preference flows

• Greens − Labor 83.0% (+4.2) to Coalition 17.0% (−4.2)
• Palmer − Coalition 53.7% to Labor 46.3%
• Family First − Coalition 58.3% (−1.5) to Labor 41.7% (+1.5)
• Katter − Coalition 54.0% to Labor 46.0%
• Independent candidates − Labor 57.1% (+13.6) to Coalition 42.9% (−13.6)^[3]

New South Wales

2013 Australian federal election
(New South Wales)

← 2010 7 September 2013 2016 →
All 48 New South Wales seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 (of the 12) seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Tony Abbott Kevin Rudd Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Last election 20 seats 26 seats Seats won 30 seats 18 seats Seat change 10 8 Popular vote 1,996,208 1,433,842 Percentage 47.34% 34.52% Swing 2.74 2.76 TPP 54.35% 45.65% TPP swing 3.19 3.19
Results outside Sydney Results in Sydney

See also: Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in New South Wales

Turnout 93.33% (CV) — Informal 6.83%^[4]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Coalition
		Liberal	1,551,436	37.35	+0.68	23	7
		National	414,772	9.99	+2.06	7	3
	Labor		1,433,842	34.52	−2.76	18	8
	Greens		330,050	7.95	–2.29
	Palmer United		174,551	4.20	+4.20
	Christian Democrats		88,576	2.13	+0.77
	One Nation		19,517	0.47	–0.01
	Democratic Labour		16,909	0.41	+0.41
	Katter's Australian		16,534	0.40	+0.40
	Bullet Train		8,174	0.20	+0.20
	Australia First		6,084	0.15	+0.07
	Rise Up Australia		5,449	0.13	+0.13
	Citizens Electoral Council		4,057	0.10	+0.07
	Sex Party		3,292	0.08	+0.00
	Stable Population		2,245	0.05	+0.05
	Australian Independents		2,092	0.05	+0.05
	Non-Custodial Parents		1,332	0.03	–0.04
	Socialist Alliance		1,229	0.03	–0.06
	Future		693	0.02	+0.02
	Secular		602	0.01	–0.08
	Australian Voice		545	0.01	+0.01
	Independents		71,848	1.73	−2.58	0	2
Total			4,153,829			48
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition		2,257,654	54.35	+3.19	30	10
	Labor		1,896,175	45.65	–3.19	18	8

Labor to Liberal: Banks, Barton, Eden-Monaro, Lindsay, Reid, Robertson

Labor to National: Page

Independent to Liberal: Dobell (Labor at last election)

Independent to National: Lyne, New England

Victoria

2013 Australian federal election
(Victoria)

← 2010 7 September 2013 2016 →
All 37 Victorian seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 (of the 12) seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party Third party   Leader Kevin Rudd Tony Abbott Christine Milne Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Greens Last election 22 seats 14 seats 1 seat Seats won 19 seats 16 seats 1 seat Seat change 3 2 Popular vote 1,146,894 1,406,462 355,698 Percentage 34.81% 42.69% 10.80% Swing 8.00% 3.01% 1.86% TPP 50.20% 49.80% TPP swing 5.11 5.11
Winning Party by Electorate First Preference Vote Two-Candidate Preferred Vote

Electoral divisions: Victoria

Electoral divisions: Melbourne area

See also: Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in Victoria

Turnout 93.42% (CV) — Informal 5.19%^[5]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Coalition
		Liberal	1,320,417	40.08	+3.63	14	2
		National	86,045	2.61	–0.58	2
	Labor		1,146,894	34.81	–8.00	19	3
	Greens		355,698	10.80	–1.86	1
	Palmer United		119,623	3.63	+3.63
	Australian Sex Party		67,460	2.05	+1.86
	Family First		59,288	1.80	–1.34
	Rise Up Australia		18,124	0.55	+0.55
	Democratic Labour		16,714	0.51	+0.51
	Australian Christians		15,886	0.48	+0.48
	Katter's Australian		15,409	0.47	+0.47
	Liberal Democrats		4,716	0.14	–0.11
	Country Alliance		4,708	0.14	+0.14
	Animal Justice		1,878	0.06	+0.06
	Bullet Train		1,772	0.05	+0.05
	Socialist Alliance		1,703	0.05	–0.02
	Stable Population		856	0.03	+0.03
	Secular		776	0.02	–0.14
	Citizens Electoral Council		557	0.03	−0.01
	Non-Custodial Parents		215	0.01	+0.01
	Australia First		212	0.01	+0.00
	Senator Online		209	0.01	+0.01
	Australian Independents		170	0.01	+0.01
	Protectionist		156	0.00	+0.00
	Independents		53,307	1.62	+0.79	1	1
	Non Affiliated		1,886	0.06	+0.04
Total			3,294,659			37
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor		1,653,977	50.20	−5.11	19	3
	Liberal/National Coalition		1,640,682	49.80	+5.11	16	2

Independents: Cathy McGowan

Labor to Liberal: Corangamite, Deakin, La Trobe

Liberal to Independent: Indi

Queensland

2013 Australian federal election
(Queensland)

← 2010 7 September 2013 2016 →
All 30 Queensland seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 (of the 12) seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Tony Abbott Kevin Rudd Party Coalition Labor Last election 21 seats 8 seats Seats before 21 8 Seats won 22 6 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 1,152,217 751,230 Percentage 45.66% 29.77% Swing 1.76 3.81 TPP 56.98% 43.02% TPP swing 1.84 1.84   Third party Fourth party   Leader Clive Palmer Bob Katter Party Palmer United Katter's Australian Last election — — Seats before 0 1 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 278,125 94,540 Percentage 11.02% 3.75% Swing 11.02 2.15
Winning Party by Electorate First Preference Vote Two-Candidate Preferred Vote

Electoral divisions: Queensland

Electoral divisions: Brisbane area

See also: Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in Queensland

Turnout 93.55% (CV) — Informal 5.13%^[6]

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal National	1,152,217	45.66	–1.76	22	1
	Labor	751,230	29.77	–3.81	6	2
	Palmer United	278,125	11.02	+11.02	1	1
	Greens	156,884	6.22	–4.70
	Katter's Australian	94,540	3.75	+2.15	1	1
	Family First	51,375	2.04	–1.85
	Rise Up Australia	9,889	0.39	+0.39
	Australian Sex Party	2,859	0.11	+0.11
	One Nation	2,529	0.10	−0.06
	Citizens Electoral Council	2,292	0.09	+0.03
	Australian Independents	1,901	0.08	+0.08
	Secular	1,808	0.07	+0.05
	Australian Voice	1,136	0.05	+0.05
	Democratic Labour	1,075	0.04	−0.15
	Stable Population	729	0.03	+0.03
	Future	481	0.02	+0.02
	Uniting Australia	386	0.02	+0.02
	Socialist Alliance	377	0.01	−0.02
	Independents	10,435	0.41	−1.48	0	1
	Non Affiliated	2,984	0.12	+0.09
Total		2,523,252			30
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal National	1,437,803	56.98	+1.84	22	1
	Labor	1,085,449	43.02	–1.84	6	2

Labor to LNP: Capricornia, Petrie

LNP to Palmer United: Fairfax

Western Australia

2013 Australian federal election
(Western Australia)

← 2010 7 September 2013 2016 →
All 15 West Australian seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 (of the 12) seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tony Abbott Kevin Rudd Warren Truss Party Liberal Labor National Last election 11 seats 3 seats 1 seat Seats won 12 seats 3 seats 0 seats Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 648,583 364,252 49,430 Percentage 51.21% 28.76% 3.90% Swing 0.60 2.42 0.32 TPP 58.28% 41.72% TPP swing 1.87 1.87
Results by electorate

Electoral divisions: Western Australia

See also: Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in Western Australia

Turnout 92.07% (CV) — Informal 5.38%^[7]

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal	599,153	47.31	+0.29	12	1
	Labor	364,252	28.76	–2.42	3
	Greens	123,370	9.74	–2.42
	Palmer United	67,332	5.32	+5.32
	National Party (WA)	49,430	3.90	+0.32	0	1
	Australian Christians	25,649	2.03	+2.03
	Family First	11,777	0.93	–0.79
	Rise Up Australia	9,153	0.72	+0.72
	Katter's Australian	4,997	0.39	+0.39
	Australian Sex Party	2,236	0.18	+0.01
	Citizens Electoral Council	1,638	0.13	+0.02
	Australian Sports	1,324	0.10	+0.10
	Democrats	1,170	0.09	+0.09
	Protectionist	923	0.07	+0.07
	Socialist Alliance	743	0.06	−0.05
	Independents	3,357	0.27	–0.15
Total		1,266,504			15
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition	738,110	58.28	+1.87	12	1
	Labor	528,394	41.72	–1.87	3

WA National to Liberal: O'Connor

South Australia

2013 Australian federal election

← 2010 7 September 2013 2016 →
All 11 South Australian seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 (of the 12) seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Tony Abbott Kevin Rudd Party Coalition Labor Last election 5 6 Seats won 6 5 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 447,286 359,273 Percentage 44.9% 35.73% Swing 4.28 5.01 TPP 52.36% 47.64% TPP swing 5.54 5.54
Results by electorate

Electoral divisions: South Australia

See also: Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in South Australia

Turnout 93.47% (CV) — Informal 4.85%^[8]

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal	447,286	44.49	+4.28	6	1
	Labor	359,273	35.73	–5.01	5	1
	Greens	83,252	8.28	–3.70
	Family First	54,409	5.41	+0.45
	Palmer United	37,981	3.78	+3.78
	National Party (SA)	4,021	0.40	+0.40
	Katter's Australian	2,268	0.23	+0.23
	Rise Up Australia	1,191	0.12	+0.12
	Australia First	1,116	0.11	+0.11
	Socialist Alliance	980	0.10	+0.02
	Democratic Labour	834	0.08	+0.08
	Independents	12,834	1.28	+0.76
Total		1,005,445			11
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition	526,493	52.36	+5.54	6	1
	Labor	478,952	47.64	–5.54	5	1

Labor to Liberal: Hindmarsh

Tasmania

2013 Australian federal election
(Tasmania)

← 2010 7 September 2013 2016 →
All 5 Tasmanian seats in the House of Representatives and all 12 seats in the Senate
First party Second party   Leader Tony Abbott Kevin Rudd Party Liberal Labor Last election 0 seats 4 seats Seats won 3 seats 1 seat Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 132,961 114,977 Percentage 40.26% 34.81% Swing 6.66 9.14 TPP 48.77% 51.23% TPP swing 9.39 9.39

Electoral divisions: Tasmania

See also: Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in Tasmania

Turnout 94.78% (CV) — Informal 4.04%^[9]

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal	132,961	40.26	+6.66	3	3
	Labor	114,977	34.81	–9.14	1	3
	Greens	27,467	8.32	–8.50
	Palmer United	20,026	6.06	+6.06
	Family First	4,971	1.51	+1.51
	Rise Up Australia	1,824	0.55	+0.55
	Australian Christians	963	0.29	+0.29
	Australian Sex Party	877	0.27	+0.27
	Democratic Labour	554	0.17	+0.17
	Katter's Australian	478	0.14	+0.14
	Secular	384	0.12	–0.21
	Stable Population	124	0.04	+0.04
	Independents	24,688	7.47	+2.69	1
Total		330,294			5
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor	169,208	51.23	–9.39	1	3
	Liberal/National Coalition	161,086	48.77	+9.39	3	3

Independents: Andrew Wilkie

Labor to Liberal: Bass, Braddon, Lyons

Territories

See also: Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in territories

Australian Capital Territory

2013 Australian federal election
(Australian Capital Territory)

← 2010 7 September 2013 2016 →
All 2 Australian Capital Territory seats in the Australian House of Representatives and all 2 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Kevin Rudd Tony Abbott Party Labor Liberal Last election 2 seats 0 seats Seats won 2 seats 0 seats Seat change Popular vote 103,676 96,815 Percentage 42.93% 34.62% Swing 2.09 0.19 TPP 59.91% 40.09% TPP swing 1.76 1.76

Turnout 94.59% (CV) — Informal 3.83%^[10]

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	103,676	42.93	–2.09	2
	Liberal	83,612	34.62	−0.19	0
	Greens	32,356	13.40	–5.80
	Bullet Train	9,855	4.08	+4.08
	Palmer United	6,788	2.81	+2.81
	Democrats	2,444	1.01	+1.01
	Rise Up Australia	1,508	0.62	+0.62
	Secular	1,264	0.52	−0.45
Total		241,503			2
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor	144,688	59.91	–1.76	2
	Liberal/National Coalition	96,815	40.09	+1.76	0

Northern Territory

2013 Australian federal election
(Northern Territory)

← 2010 7 September 2013 2016 →
All 2 Australian Capital Territory seats in the Australian House of Representatives and all 2 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Tony Abbott Kevin Rudd Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Last election 1 seat 1 seat Seats won 1 1 Seat change Popular vote 41,468 37,221 Percentage 41.70% 37.43% Swing 0.87 0.48 TPP 50.35% 49.65% TPP swing 1.09 1.09
Electorate Results

Turnout 82.14% (CV) — Informal 6.30%^[11]

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Country Liberal	41,468	41.70	+0.87	1
	Labor	37,221	37.43	–0.48	1
	Greens	7,841	7.89	–5.08
	Palmer United	4,609	4.63	+4.63
	Citizens Electoral Council	1,856	1.87	−0.61
	Australian Sex Party	1,847	1.86	+1.86
	First Nations	1,810	1.82	+1.82
	Rise Up Australia	1,444	1.45	+1.45
	Voluntary Euthanasia	597	0.60	+0.60
	Independents	748	0.75	−3.46
Total		99,441			2
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition	50,067	50.35	+1.09	1
	Labor	49,374	49.65	–1.09	1

Two party preferred preference flow

House of Representatives (IRV – votes

Party			Liberal National coalition			Labor Party
			Votes	%	±	Votes	%	±
	Greens		189,524	16.97%		927,394	83.03%
	One Nation		12,147	55.10%		9,899	44.90%
	United Australia Party		380,532	53.67%		328,503	46.33%
	Family First Party		106,063	58.33%		75,757	41.67%
	Liberal Democratic Party		3,752	79.56%		964	20.44%
	Christian Democratic Party		63,344	71.51%		25,232	28.49%
	Democratic Labour Party		15,700	43.51%		20,386	56.49%
	Rise Up Australia Party		29,262	60.23%		19,320	39.77%
	Australia First Party		4,427	59.73%		2,985	40.27%
	Animal Justice Party		594	31.63%		1,284	68.37%
	Katter's Australian		72,483	54.00%		61,743	46.00%
	Australian Christians		29,769	70.05%		12,729	29.95%
	Citizens Electoral Council		5,136	49.38%		5,264	50.62%
	Socialist Alliance		956	19.00%		4,076	81.00%
	Australian Protectionist Party		790	73.22%	–	289	26.78%	–
	Australian Sex Party		29,360	37.37%		49,211	62.63%
	Stable Population Party		1,919	48.53%	–	2,035	51.47%	–
	Bullet Train for Australia		8,541	43.13%	–	11,260	56.87%	–
	Secular Party of Australia		1,440	29.79%		3,394	70.21
	Australian Democrats		1,709	47.29%		1,905	52.71%
	Non-Custodial Parents Party		630	40.72%		917	59.28%	–
	Future Party		399	33.99%		775	66.01%
	Senator Online		126	60.29%		83	39.71%
	Australian Sports Party		705	53.25%	–	619	46.75%	–
	Uniting Australia Party		212	54.92%	–	174	45.08%	–
	Voluntary Euthanasia Party		248	41.54%	–	349	58.46%	–
	Australian Voice Party		842	50.09%	–	839	49.91%	–
	Country Alliance		2,971	63.11%	–	1,737	36.89%	–
	Australia's First Nations Political Party		729	40.28%	–	1,081	59.72%	–
	Independents		76,032	42.90%		101,185	57.10%
Total			14,659,042	100.00		151
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition		6,908,710	53.49%
	Labor		6,006,217	46.51%
Invalid/blank votes						–	–	–
Turnout						–	–	–
Registered voters				–	–	–	–	–
Source: AEC for both votes

See also

• 2013 Australian federal election
• Results of the 2013 Australian federal election (Senate)
• Post-election pendulum for the 2013 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2013–2016

References

1. Members Elected, AEC
2. Barber, Stephen (8 September 2014). "Federal Election 2013" (PDF). Research Paper 2014–15. Parliamentary Library. ISSN 2203-5249.
3. 2013 nationwide 2PP preference flows and 2010 flows: AEC
4. First Preferences by Party – NSW, AEC
5. First Preferences by Party – VIC, AEC
6. First Preferences by Party - QLD, AEC
7. First Preferences by Party - WA, AEC
8. First Preferences by Party - SA, AEC
9. First Preferences by Party - TAS, AEC
10. First Preferences by Party - ACT, AEC
11. First Preferences by Party - NT, AEC