Australian Politics and Policy - Senior, 2019a

Australian Politics and Policy
Table 4 NSW Legislative Council elections: vote and seat shares
Election First preference votes (%)
Seats won (n)
Labor Liberal–National Other Labor Liberal–National Other
1978 54.9 36.3 8.2 9 6 0
1981 51.8 33.8 14.4 8 5 2 (CTA; AD)
1984 46.9 42.6 10.5 7 7 1 (CTA)
1988 37.5 46.2 16.3 6 7 2 (CTA; AD)
1991 37.3 45.3 17.4 6 7 2 (CTA; AD)
1995 35.3 38.5 26.2 8 8 5 (CTA; AD;
Gns; SP; BFC)
1999 37.3 27.4 35.3 8 6 7 (CDP; AD;
Gns; PHON;
RLS; UP; ORP)
2003 43.5 33.3 23.2 10 7 4 (2 Gns; CDP;
SP)
2007 39.1 34.2 26.7 9 8 4 (2 Gns; CDP;
SP)
2011 23.8 47.7 28.5 5 11 5 (3 Gns; CDP;
SP)
2015 31.1 42.6 26.3 7 9 5 (2 Gns; CDP;
SP; AJP)
2019 26.7 34.8 38.5 7 8 6 (2 Gns; 2
PHON; SP; AJP)
Source: Australian Politics and Elections Database, University of Western Australia.
http://elections.uwa.edu.au/.
CTA = Call to Australia (later renamed Christian Democratic Party [CDP]); AD =
Australian Democrats; Gns = Greens NSW; SP = Shooters Party (later renamed Shooters
andFishersPartyandthenShooters,FishersandFarmersParty);BFC=ABetterFuture
for Our Children; CDP = Christian Democratic Party; PHON = Pauline Hanson’s One
Nation; RLS = Reform the Legal System; UP = Unity Party; ORP = Outdoor Recreation
Party; AJP = Animal Justice Party.
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