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Australia 1984 federal election

What was the result of the 1984 federal election in Australia?

Australian Labor Party won 82 of 148 seats with 47.5% of the vote. 94.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Australian Labor Party won 82 of 148 seats with 47.5% of the vote; 94.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.5 points on 1983.

  • Australian Labor Party 82 +7 seats 47.5% −2.0 points
  • Liberal Party of Australia 44 +11 seats 34.1% −0.3 points
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 21 +4 seats 10.6% +1.6 points
  • Australian Democrats 0 0 seats 5.4% +0.4 points
  • Country Liberal Party 1 0.3%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Australia 1983 federal election, party by party.

75 of 148 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 47.5%

    Share of the vote won by Australian Labor Party

    Australian Labor Party won 82 of 148 seats. A majority needs 75.

  2. +11 seats

    Seats gained by Liberal Party of Australia

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1983.

  3. 94.2%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.5 points on 1983.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Australian Labor Party82+747.5−2.04,120,130
Liberal Party of Australia44+1134.1−0.32,951,556
National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia21+410.6+1.6921,151
Australian Democrats005.4+0.4472,204
Independents001.4−0.3123,455
Country Liberal Party10.327,335

± is the change against the Australia 1983 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Australian Labor Party 4,120,130
  • Liberal Party of Australia 2,951,556
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 921,151
  • Australian Democrats 472,204
  • Independents 123,455
  • Country Liberal Party 27,335

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

94.2% of the 9,869,217 registered voters cast a ballot (9,295,421 ballots), down 0.5 points on 1983. 8,664,952 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1955 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Australian Labor Party47.5% of votes55.4% of seats
  • Liberal Party of Australia34.1% of votes29.7% of seats
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia10.6% of votes14.2% of seats
  • Country Liberal Party0.3% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Australian Democrats5.4% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.8 by votes and 2.4 by seats; Australian Labor Party led Liberal Party of Australia by 13.4 points of the vote.

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