Australian legislative election, 1993

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Legislative elections were held in Australia on March 13, 1993. All 147 seats in the House of Representatives, and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate, were up for election. There were widespread predictions of a Coalition victory: popular Labor Prime Minister Bob Hawke had been ousted by his former Treasurer Paul Keating, and Australia was suffering from a recession.

The opposition Liberal Party, under John Hewson, had campaigned on a platform of introducing a 15% Goods and Services Tax (GST), a policy it had been selling since unveiling it in 1991. Keating successfully campaigned against this, and Labor won a surprise victory, securing its fifth consecutive term in government.

For the first time since 1966, this election saw the incumbent government obtain both an increased share of the vote and an increased majority in the House of Representatives.

1 National summary of votes and seats
- 1.1 House of Representatives
- 1.2 Senate
2 Sources

[edit] National summary of votes and seats

[edit] House of Representatives

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Party                         Votes       %    Change   Seats
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Liberal Party                  3,888,579  36.8           49 (-6)
National Party of Australia      758,036  07.2           16 (+2)
Australian Labor Party         4,751,390  44.9           80 (+2)
Australian Democrats             397,060  03.8            0
Country Liberal                   35,207  00.3            0
Others                           746,507  07.1            2 (+1)
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Total                         10,576,779                147
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[edit] Senate

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Party                         Votes       %    Change   Seats
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Liberal / National / Country   4,595,148  43.0           19
Australian Labor Party         4,643,871  43.5           17
Australian Democrats             566,944  05.3            2
Greens                           314,845  02.9            1
Brian Harradine group             32,202  00.3            1
Others                           521,795  04.9            0
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Total                         10,674,805                 40
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In Senate elections the Liberal and National parties run joint tickets 
in some states.