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Australia 2013 federal election

What was the result of the 2013 federal election in Australia?

Liberal Party of Australia won 58 of 150 seats with 32.0% 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 : Liberal Party of Australia won 58 of 150 seats with 32.0% of the vote; 93.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, unchanged on 2010.

  • Australian Labor Party 55 −17 seats 33.4% −4.6 points
  • Liberal Party of Australia 58 +14 seats 32.0% +1.6 points
  • Liberal National Party of Queensland 22 +1 seat 8.9% −0.2 points
  • Australian Greens 1 0 seats 8.7% −3.1 points
  • United Australia Party 1 5.5%
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 9 +2 seats 4.3% +0.6 points
  • Family First Party 0 0 seats 1.4% −0.8 points
  • Katter's Australian Party 1 1.0%
  • Country Liberal Party 1 0 seats 0.3% 0.0 points
  • 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 2010 federal election, party by party.

76 of 150 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 32.0%

    Share of the vote won by Liberal Party of Australia

    Liberal Party of Australia won 58 of 150 seats. A majority needs 76.

  2. +14 seats

    Seats gained by Liberal Party of Australia

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2010. Australian Labor Party lost 17 seats.

  3. 93.2%

    Voter turnout

    Unchanged on 2010.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Australian Labor Party55−1733.4−4.64,311,365
Liberal Party of Australia58+1432.0+1.64,134,865
Liberal National Party of Queensland22+18.9−0.21,152,217
Australian Greens108.7−3.11,116,918
United Australia Party15.5709,035
National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia9+24.3+0.6554,268
Family First Party001.4−0.8181,820
Independents2−21.4−1.1177,214
Katter's Australian Party11.0134,226
Country Liberal Party100.30.041,468

± is the change against the Australia 2010 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Australian Labor Party 4,311,365
  • Liberal Party of Australia 4,134,865
  • Liberal National Party of Queensland 1,152,217
  • Australian Greens 1,116,918
  • United Australia Party 709,035
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 554,268
  • Family First Party 181,820
  • Independents 177,214
  • Katter's Australian Party 134,226
  • Country Liberal Party 41,468

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 14,722,754 registered voters cast a ballot (13,726,070 ballots), unchanged on 2010. 12,914,927 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Party of Australia32.0% of votes38.7% of seats
  • Australian Labor Party33.4% of votes36.7% of seats
  • Liberal National Party of Queensland8.9% of votes14.7% of seats
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia4.3% of votes6.0% of seats
  • Australian Greens8.7% of votes0.7% of seats
  • United Australia Party5.5% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Katter's Australian Party1.0% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Country Liberal Party0.3% of votes0.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 9.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.3 by votes and 3.2 by seats; Australian Labor Party led Liberal Party of Australia by 1.4 points of the vote.

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