Two-Party-Preferred Statistics
1990 National Summary
Nationally, the 1990 Federal Election joins a select list of elections where the party or parties that won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote failed to win the election. The others were 1998, 1969, 1961 and 1954.
The Hawke Labor government was elected with 49.90% of the two-party-preferred vote. It secured 78 of the 148 seats (52.70%) in the House of Representatives. Thus, its exaggerated majority is 2.8%.
The ALP secured a majority of the two-party vote in two States (NSW & Queensland) and both Territories. There was an overall swing against the ALP of 0.9%.
Two-Party-Preferred Statistics 1990
House of Representatives - Summary |
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| State |
ALP Votes |
ALP % |
L/NP Votes |
L/NP % |
Total Votes |
Exhausted Votes |
| New South Wales |
1,744,666 |
52.13 |
1,601,846 |
47.87 |
3,346,512 |
8,159 |
| Victoria |
1,216,633 |
47.46 |
1,347,048 |
52.54 |
2,563,681 |
3,449 |
| Queensland |
837,508 |
50.19 |
831,015 |
49.81 |
1,668,523 |
3,074 |
| Western Australia |
420,816 |
47.13 |
472,092 |
52.87 |
892,908 |
1,791 |
| South Australia |
441,659 |
49.50 |
450,503 |
50.50 |
892,162 |
1,592 |
| Tasmania |
138,556 |
47.90 |
150,709 |
52.10 |
289,265 |
239 |
| Australian Capital Territory |
93,498 |
58.54 |
66,206 |
41.46 |
159,704 |
358 |
| Northern Territory |
37,498 |
55.02 |
30,650 |
44.98 |
68,148 |
109 |
| Australia |
4,930,834 |
49.90 |
4,950,069 |
50.10 |
9,880,903 |
18,771 |
Source: Australian Electoral Commission publications
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