See also: Members of the Australian Senate, 1990–1993
1990 Australian Senate elections
← 1987
24 March 1990
1993 →
40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate 39 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Leader
Fred Chaney (retired)
John Button
Party
Liberal/National Coalition
Labor
Leader since
11 March 1983
7 November 1980
Leader's seat
Western Australia
Victoria
Seats before
34
32
Seats after
34
32
Seat change
0
0
Popular vote
4,162,633
3,813,547
Percentage
41.92%
38.41%
Swing
0.12%
4.42%
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Janine Haines
None
Party
Democrats
Greens
Leader since
18 August 1986
Leader's seat
South Australia
None
Seats before
7
0
Seats won
1
Seats after
8
1
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
1,253,807
208,157
Percentage
12.63%
2.10%
Swing
4.15%
1.66%
Senators elected in the 1990 federal election
Leader of the Senate before election
John Button
Labor
Elected Leader of the Senate
John Button
Labor
1990 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 following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1990 federal election. Senators total 31 coalition (29 Liberal, one coalition National, one CLP), 32 Labor, one WA Green, three non-coalition National, eight Democrats, and one independent.[1] Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 1990, except the territories who took their seats immediately.
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