The following tables show results for the Australian House of Representatives at the 1998 federal election held on 3 October 1998.
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |||
| 4,454,306 | 40.10 | +1.34 | 67 | 18 | ||||
| 3,764,707 | 33.89 | -4.80 | 64 | 11 | ||||
| 588,088 | 5.29 | -2.91 | 16 | 3 | ||||
| 36,014 | 0.32 | -0.03 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Liberal/National Coalition | 4,388,809 | 39.51 | -7.74 | 80 | 14 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 936,621 | 8.43 | |||||||
| 569,875 | 5.13 | -1.63 | ||||||
| 290,709 | 2.62 | -0.30 | ||||||
| s | 195,180 | 1.76 | -0.51 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 87,252 | 0.79 | |||||||
| 64,916 | 0.58 | +0.18 | ||||||
| 28,069 | 0.25 | |||||||
| 18,425 | 0.17 | -0.21 | ||||||
| Australian Shooters Party | 12,675 | 0.11 | ||||||
| Democratic Socialist Electoral League | 9,749 | 0.09 | ||||||
| 8,293 | 0.07 | |||||||
| 6,122 | 0.06 | |||||||
| 5,298 | 0.05 | -0.12 | ||||||
| 4,551 | 0.04 | |||||||
| Australian Reform Party | 4,220 | 0.04 | ||||||
| Abolish Child Support/Family Court Party | 2,312 | 0.02 | ||||||
| 1,426 | 0.01 | -0.05 | ||||||
| 1,199 | 0.01 | |||||||
| Communist Party of Australia (current) | 801 | 0.00 | +0.00 | |||||
| 531 | 0.00 | |||||||
| 513 | 0.00 | |||||||
| 403 | 0.00 | +0.00 | ||||||
| Others | 273,503 | 2.46 | ||||||
| Not Affiliated | 14,793 | 0.13 | +0.01 | |||||
| Total | 11,109,063 | 148 | ||||||
| Two-party-preferred vote | ||||||||
| Liberal/National coalition | 5,413,431 | 49.02 | -4.61 | 80 | 14 | |||
| 5,630,409 | 50.98 | +4.61 | 67 | 18 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 436,138 | 3.78 | ||||||
| Turnout | 11,545,201 | 95.0 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 12,154,050 | |||||||
| Source: Federal Elections 1998 | ||||||||