All 148 seats in the House of Representatives 75 seats were needed for a majority in the House All 76 seats in the Senate
Registered
10,353,213 4.90%
Turnout
9,715,440 (93.84%) (0.35 pp)
First party
Second party
Leader
Bob Hawke
John Howard
Party
Labor
Liberal/National coalition
Leader since
8 February 1983 (1983-02-08)
5 September 1985 (1985-09-05)
Leader's seat
Wills (Vic.)
Bennelong (NSW)
Last election
82 seats
66 seats
Seats won
86 seats
62 seats
Seat change
4
4
Popular vote
4,238,663
4,238,978
Percentage
45.90%
45.90%
Swing
1.65%
0.89%
TPP
50.83%
49.17%
TPP swing
0.94
0.94
Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
Prime Minister before election
Bob Hawke
Labor
Subsequent Prime Minister
Bob Hawke
Labor
1987 Australian federal election
Candidates
National results
House of Representatives
Senate
State and territory results
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
Western Australia
South Australia
Tasmania
Australian Capital Territory
Northern Territory
Elected House of Representative members
Elected Senate members
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The 1987 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 11 July 1987, following the granting of a double dissolution on 5 June by the Governor-General Sir Ninian Stephen. Consequently, all 148 seats in the House of Representatives as well as all 76 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party, led by Prime Minister Bob Hawke, defeated the opposition Liberal Party of Australia, led by John Howard and the National Party of Australia led by Ian Sinclair. This was the first, and to date only, time the Labor Party won a third consecutive election.
This was the last federal election before Old Parliament House was decommissioned as the seat of parliament after 61 years. In 1988, it was replaced by today's Parliament House, which sits above its predecessor on Capital Hill.
Future Opposition Leader John Hewson entered parliament at this election.
Since the introduction in the previous election in 1984 of leaders' debates, this was the only election in which there was not at least one leaders' debate due to Hawke's refusal to debate Howard.[1]
^McIlroy, Tom (12 May 2016). "Federal election 2016: do leader debates really make a difference in Australian elections?". The Sydney Morning Herald.
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