1998 Australian Senate election explained

Election Name:	1998 Australian Senate elections
Country:	Australia
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	Results of the 1996 Australian federal election (Senate)
Previous Year:	1996
Next Election:	Results of the 2001 Australian federal election (Senate)
Next Year:	2001
Seats For Election:	40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate
Majority Seats:	39
Election Date:	3 October 1998
Party1:	Liberal/National Coalition
Leader1:	Robert Hill
Leaders Seat1:	South Australia
Leader Since1:	3 April 1990
Seats Before1:	37
Seats After1:	34
Seat Change1:	3
Popular Vote1:	4,189,673
Percentage1:	37.36%
Swing1:	6.24%
Party2:	Australian Labor Party
Leader2:	John Faulkner
Leaders Seat2:	New South Wales
Leader Since2:	19 March 1996
Seats Before2:	29
Seats After2:	29
Seat Change2:	0
Popular Vote2:	4,182,963
Percentage2:	37.31%
Swing2:	1.16%
Party3:	Australian Democrats
Leader3:	Meg Lees
Leaders Seat3:	South Australia
Leader Since3:	15 October 1997
Seats Before3:	7
Seats After3:	9
Seat Change3:	2
Popular Vote3:	947,940
Percentage3:	8.45%
Swing3:	2.37%
Party4:	One Nation
Leader4:	Heather Hill
Leaders Seat4:	Queensland
Seats Before4:	0
Seats4:	1
Seats After4:	1
Seat Change4:	1
Popular Vote4:	1,007,439
Percentage4:	8.99%
Swing4:	8.99%
Party5:	Australian Greens
Leader5:	None
Leaders Seat5:	None
Seats Before5:	2
Seats5:	1
Seats After5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Popular Vote5:	305,058
Percentage5:	2.72%
Swing5:	0.45%
Leader of the Senate
Before Election:	Robert Hill
Before Party:	Liberal/National coalition
After Election:	Robert Hill
After Party:	Liberal/National coalition

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1998 federal election. Senators total 34 coalition (31 Liberal, two coalition National, one CLP), 29 Labor, one Green, one non-coalition National, nine Democrats, one Independent and one One Nation.^[1] Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 1999, except the territories who took their seats immediately.

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Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats	Change
			4,182,963	37.31	+1.16	17	29
		align=left	Liberal/National (Joint Ticket)	2,452,407	21.87	-2.62	5
			align=left		1,528,730	13.63	-2.61	11	31
			align=left		208,536	1.86	-1.01	0	3	2
			align=left		36,063	0.32	-0.05	1	1
	Liberal–National coalition	4,225,673	37.70	-6.27	17	35	2
			1,007,439	8.99		1	1	1
			947,940	8.45	-2.37	4	9	2
			305,058	2.72	-0.45	0	1	1
			122,516	1.09	+0.01
			93,968	0.83
			46,765	0.41
			38,188	0.34	-0.71
			29,893	0.27	-0.06
		Harradine Group	24,254	0.22	-0.08	1	1
			24,158	0.22
			20,495	0.18	-0.27
		Abolish Child Support/Family Court Party	15,276	0.14
		Queensland First	11,554	0.10
			11,152	0.10	-0.06
			9,685	0.09
			9,403	0.08
			8,019	0.07	-0.34
			7,572	0.07	-0.34
		Other	58,577	0.5	≤0
	Others	507,221	4.5
Total	11,211,903			40	76

Invalid/blank votes	375,181	3.2
Turnout	11,584,909	95.3
Registered voters	12,154,050
Source: AEC Election 2001