2016 Australian federal election facts for kids
The 2016 Australian federal election was an election held on Saturday 2 July to elect all 226 members of the 45th Parliament of Australia. It lasted eight weeks. It was the first under a new voting system for the Senate that replaced group voting tickets with optional preferential voting. Incumbent Malcolm Turnbull was narrowly re-elected by forming a coalition government with other smaller parties.
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Candidates
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Bill Shorten
(Labor Party)
from Victoria -
Richard Di Natale
(Greens)
from Victoria
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Opinion polls
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Results
House of Representatives
| Popular vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | 34.73% | |||
| Liberal | 28.67% | |||
| Greens | 10.23% | |||
| LNP (QLD) | 8.52% | |||
| National | 4.61% | |||
| NXT | 1.85% | |||
| Katter's | 0.54% | |||
| CLP (NT) | 0.24% | |||
| Independents | 2.81% | |||
| Other | 7.79% | |||
| Two-party-preferred vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition | 50.36% | |||
| Labor | 49.64% | |||
| Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition | 50.67% | |||
| Labor | 46.00% | |||
| Greens | 0.67% | |||
| NXT | 0.67% | |||
| Katter's | 0.67% | |||
| Independents | 1.33% | |||
Senate
| Popular vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | 29.79% | |||
| Liberal/National | 20.01% | |||
| Greens | 8.65% | |||
| Liberal | 7.71% | |||
| LNP (QLD) | 6.94% | |||
| NXT | 3.30% | |||
| CLP (NT) | 0.27% | |||
| National | 0.25% | |||
| Other | 23.08% | |||
| Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition | 39.47% | |||
| Labor | 34.21% | |||
| Greens | 11.84% | |||
| NXT | 3.95% | |||
| CLP (NT) | 1.32% | |||
| Other | 10.52% | |||
Results aftermath
After a week of vote counting, no party had won enough seats in the House of Representatives to form a majority government. Neither the Liberal/National Coalition's incumbent Turnbull Government nor the Australian Labor Party's Shorten Opposition were in a position to claim victory. Turnbull talked with the crossbench. He won a confidence and supply support from Bob Katter, Andrew Wilkie and Cathy McGowan in the event of a hung parliament and resulting minority government. On 10 July, Shorten conceded defeat. Turnbull claimed victory later that day.
The election is the closest federal majority result since 1961, the ABC declared on 11 July that the Coalition could form a one-seat majority government.
Images for kids
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in March 2016
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Malcolm Turnbull visits Sir Peter Cosgrove on 8 May 2016 to request a double dissolution
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David Feeney's $2.3 million house in Northcote not declared on his parliamentary register of interests
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Senate ballot paper used in Victoria.
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House of Representatives ballot paper used in the Division of Higgins.
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See also
In Spanish: Elecciones federales de Australia de 2016 para niños
