2019 Australian federal election facts for kids

Results

The 2019 Australian federal election elected members of the 46th Parliament of Australia on 18 May 2019. The election was called following the end or expiry of the 45th Parliament as elected at the 2016 double dissolution federal election.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Coalition Party won the election winning 78 seats over the Labor's 67 seats.

Candidates

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  Prime Minister
  Scott Morrison
  (Liberal/National coalition)
  from New South Wales

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  Opposition Leader
  Bill Shorten
  (Labor Party)
  from Victoria

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  Senator
  Richard Di Natale
  (Greens)
  from Victoria

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  Representative
  Bob Katter
  (Katter's Australian)
  from Queensland

Opinion polling

Results

House of Representatives

House of Representatives (IRV) – 78.73% counted (CV)

Party			Votes	%	Swing (pp)	Seats	Change (seats)
	Liberal/National Coalition
		Liberal	3,410,908	27.89	−0.78	45	0
		Liberal National (Qld)	1,048,982	8.58	+0.06	23	2
		National	593,304	4.85	+0.24	10	0
		Country Liberal (NT)	35,250	0.29	+0.05	0	0
	Coalition total		5,088,444	41.61	−0.43	78	2
	Labor		4,127,206	33.75	−0.98	67	2
	Greens		1,215,284	9.94	−0.29	1	0
	United Australia		411,775	3.37	+3.37	0	0
	One Nation		366,204	2.99	+1.70	0	0
	Katter's Australian		62,380	0.51	−0.03	1	0
	Centre Alliance		41,921	0.34	−1.51	1	0
	Independents		425,783	3.48	+0.67	3	1
	Other		488,852	4.00	−2.50	0	0
Total			12,227,849	100.00	–	151	1
Two-party-preferred vote
	Liberal/National Coalition		5,491,523	51.17	+0.81
	Labor		5,241,023	48.83	−0.81
Invalid/blank votes			703,156	5.44	+0.39	–	–
Registered voters/turnout			16,424,248	78.73	–	–	–
Source: AEC Tally Room

Senate

Senate

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats
						Seats won	Not up	New total	Seat change
	Liberal/National Coalition
		Liberal/National joint ticket	2,074,394	21.32	+1.31	4	6	10
		Liberal	867,720	8.92	+1.21	6	7	13
		Liberal National (Qld)	681,458	7.00	+0.06	2	3	5
		Country Liberal (NT)	33,769	0.35	+0.08	1	0	1
		National	15,363	0.16	−0.09		0	0
	Coalition total		3,672,704	37.74	+2.56	13	16	29
	Labor		2,875,361	29.55	−0.24	12	13	25
	Greens		1,009,610	10.38	+1.72		3	3
	One Nation		509,946	5.24	+0.96		1	1
	United Australia		219,772	2.26	+1.76		0	0
	Liberal Democrats		108,685	1.12	−1.04		0	0
	Democratic Labour		92,878	0.95	+0.27		0	0
	Conservatives		70,149	0.72	−0.65		1	1
	Justice		61,551	0.63	−1.29		0	0
	Lambie Network		23,209	0.24	−0.26		0	0
	Centre Alliance		20,866	0.21	−3.08		2	2
	Other		1,066,024	10.96	−0.62		0	0
	In doubt					15	0	15
Total			9,730,755	100.00	–	40	36	76
Invalid/blank votes			623,749	6.02	+2.08	–	–	–	–
Registered voters/turnout			16,424,248	63.09	–	–	–	–	–
Source: AEC Tally Room