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Australia 2019 federal election

What was the result of the 2019 federal election in Australia?

Australian Labor Party won 68 of 151 seats with 33.3% of the vote. 91.9% 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 68 of 151 seats with 33.3% of the vote; 91.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.9 points on 2016.

  • Australian Labor Party 68 −1 seat 33.3% −1.4 points
  • Liberal Party of Australia 44 −1 seat 28.0% −0.7 points
  • Australian Greens 1 0 seats 10.4% +0.2 points
  • Liberal National Party of Queensland 23 +2 seats 8.7% +0.1 points
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 10 0 seats 4.5% −0.1 points
  • United Australia Party 0 3.4%
  • One Nation 0 0 seats 3.1% +1.8 points
  • Katter's Australian Party 1 0 seats 0.5% −0.1 points
  • Nick Xenophon Team 1 0 seats 0.3% −1.5 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 2016 federal election, party by party.

76 of 151 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 33.3%

    Share of the vote won by Australian Labor Party

    Australian Labor Party won 68 of 151 seats. A majority needs 76.

  2. +2 seats

    Seats gained by Liberal National Party of Queensland

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2016. Australian Labor Party lost 1 seat.

  3. 91.9%

    Voter turnout

    Up 0.9 points on 2016.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Australian Labor Party68−133.3−1.44,752,160
Liberal Party of Australia44−128.0−0.73,989,404
Australian Greens1010.4+0.21,482,923
Liberal National Party of Queensland23+28.7+0.11,236,401
National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia1004.5−0.1642,233
United Australia Party03.4488,817
Independents3+13.4+0.6479,836
One Nation003.1+1.8438,587
Katter's Australian Party100.5−0.169,736
Nick Xenophon Team100.3−1.546,931

± is the change against the Australia 2016 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Australian Labor Party 4,752,160
  • Liberal Party of Australia 3,989,404
  • Australian Greens 1,482,923
  • Liberal National Party of Queensland 1,236,401
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 642,233
  • United Australia Party 488,817
  • Independents 479,836
  • One Nation 438,587
  • Katter's Australian Party 69,736
  • Nick Xenophon Team 46,931

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?

91.9% of the 16,424,248 registered voters cast a ballot (15,088,616 ballots), up 0.9 points on 2016. 14,253,393 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Australian Labor Party33.3% of votes45.0% of seats
  • Liberal Party of Australia28.0% of votes29.1% of seats
  • Liberal National Party of Queensland8.7% of votes15.2% of seats
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia4.5% of votes6.6% of seats
  • Australian Greens10.4% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Katter's Australian Party0.5% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Nick Xenophon Team0.3% of votes0.7% of seats
  • United Australia Party3.4% of votes0.0% of seats
  • One Nation3.1% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 12.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.7 by votes and 3.2 by seats; Australian Labor Party led Liberal Party of Australia by 5.3 points of the vote.

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