Australia 2010 federal election
What was the result of the 2010 federal election in Australia?
Australian Labor Party won 72 of 150 seats with 38.0% of the vote. 93.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.
Australia- Held:
- Final result
- ParlGov, read 5 October 2026
Which party won the most seats?
Final results from ParlGov, read : Australian Labor Party won 72 of 150 seats with 38.0% of the vote; 93.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.5 points on 2007.
- Australian Labor Party 72 −11 seats 38.0% −5.4 points
- Liberal Party of Australia 44 −11 seats 30.5% −5.8 points
- Australian Greens 1 +1 seat 11.8% +4.0 points
- Liberal National Party of Queensland 21 9.1%
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 7 −3 seats 3.7% −1.8 points
- Family First Party 0 0 seats 2.3% +0.3 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 2007 federal election, party by party.
- Australian Labor Party72
- Liberal Party of Australia44
- Liberal National Party of Queensland21
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia7
- Independents4
- Australian Greens1
- Country Liberal Party1
Key numbers
38.0%
Share of the vote won by Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party won 72 of 150 seats. A majority needs 76.
+1 seats
Seats gained by Australian Greens
The largest gain in seats compared with 2007. Australian Labor Party lost 11 seats.
93.2%
Voter turnout
Down 1.5 points on 2007.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 72 | −11 | 38.0 | −5.4 | 4,711,363 |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 44 | −11 | 30.5 | −5.8 | 3,777,383 |
| Australian Greens | 1 | +1 | 11.8 | +4.0 | 1,458,998 |
| Liberal National Party of Queensland | 21 | 9.1 | 1,130,525 | ||
| National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia | 7 | −3 | 3.7 | −1.8 | 462,387 |
| Independents | 4 | +2 | 2.5 | −1.2 | 312,496 |
| Family First Party | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | +0.3 | 279,330 |
| Country Liberal Party | 1 | 0.3 | 38,335 |
± is the change against the Australia 2007 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Australian Labor Party 4,711,363
- Liberal Party of Australia 3,777,383
- Australian Greens 1,458,998
- Liberal National Party of Queensland 1,130,525
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 462,387
- Independents 312,496
- Family First Party 279,330
- Country Liberal Party 38,335
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?
93.2% of the 14,088,260 registered voters cast a ballot (13,131,667 ballots), down 1.5 points on 2007. 12,402,363 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1955 in our data.
How do the votes compare with the seats?
- Australian Labor Party38.0% of votes48.0% of seats
- Liberal Party of Australia30.5% of votes29.3% of seats
- Liberal National Party of Queensland9.1% of votes14.0% of seats
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia3.7% of votes4.7% of seats
- Australian Greens11.8% of votes0.7% of seats
- Country Liberal Party0.3% of votes0.7% of seats
- Family First Party2.3% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 11.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.8 by votes and 2.9 by seats; Australian Labor Party led Liberal Party of Australia by 7.5 points of the vote.
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