All 76 seats in the Australian Senate 39 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
George Brandis[a]
Penny Wong[b]
Richard Di Natale
Party
Liberal/National Coalition
Labor
Greens
Leader since
20 September 2015
26 June 2013
6 May 2015
Leader's seat
Queensland
South Australia
Victoria
Seats before
33
25
10
Seats won
30
26
9
Seat change
3
1
1
Popular vote
4,868,246
4,123,084
1,197,657
Percentage
35.18%
29.79%
8.65%
Swing
2.52%
0.16%
0.58%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Pauline Hanson
Nick Xenophon
David Leyonhjelm
Party
One Nation
Xenophon Team
Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat
Queensland (won seat)
South Australia
New South Wales
Seats before
0
1
1
Seats won
4
3
1
Seats after
4
3
1
Seat change
4
2
Popular vote
593,013
456,369
298,915
Percentage
4.29%
3.30%
2.16%
Swing
3.76%
1.37%
1.59%
Seventh party
Eighth party
Leader
Derryn Hinch
Jacqui Lambie
Party
Justice
Lambie Network
Leader's seat
Victoria (won seat)
Tasmania (won seat)
Seats before
New
New
Seats won
1
1
Seats after
1
1
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
266,607
69,074
Percentage
1.93%
0.50%
Swing
1.93%
0.50%
Government (30)
Coalition Liberal (21) LNP (5)[c] National (3) CLP (1)[d]
Opposition (26) Labor (26)
Crossbench (20) Greens (9) One Nation (4) Xenophon Team (3) Family First (1) Liberal Democrat (1) Lambie (1)
Hinch (1)
Leader of the Senate before election
George Brandis
Liberal/National coalition
Elected Leader of the Senate
George Brandis
Liberal/National coalition
2016 Australian federal election
Debates and forums
Pre-election pendulum
Candidates
Polling
National
Electorate
National results
House of Representatives
Senate
Post-election pendulum
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 2016 Australian federal election in the Senate was part of a double dissolution election held on Saturday 2 July to elect all 226 members of the 45th Parliament of Australia, after an extended eight-week official campaign period. It was the first double dissolution election since the 1987 election and the first under a new voting system for the Senate that replaced group voting tickets with optional preferential voting.
The final outcome in the 76-seat Australian Senate took over four weeks to complete despite significant voting changes. Earlier in 2016, legislation changed the Senate voting system from a full-preference single transferable vote with group voting tickets to an optional-preferential single transferable vote.[1] The final Senate result was announced on 4 August: Liberal/National Coalition 30 seats (−3), Labor 26 seats (+1), Greens 9 seats (−1), One Nation 4 seats (+4) and Nick Xenophon Team 3 seats (+2). Former broadcaster and founder of the Justice Party Derryn Hinch, won a seat, while Jacqui Lambie, Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm and Family First's Bob Day retained their seats. The number of crossbenchers increased by two to a record 20. The Liberal/National Coalition will require at least nine additional votes to reach a Senate majority, an increase of three.[2][3][4]
A number of initially-elected senators were declared ineligible a result of the 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, and replaced after recounts.
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