Results of the 2001 Australian federal election (House of Representatives) explained

Election Name:2001 House of Representatives elections
Country:Australia
Previous Election:1998
Next Election:2004
Seats For Election:All 150 seats in the Australian House of Representatives
Majority Seats:76
Election Date:10 November 2001
Turnout:94.3%
Leader1:John Howard
Party1:Liberal Party of Australia
Last Election1:64
Seats1:68
Popular Vote1:4,254,072
Percentage1:37.08%
Leader2:Kim Beazley
Party2:Australian Labor Party
Last Election2:67
Seats2:65
Popular Vote2:4,341,419
Percentage2:37.84%
Leader3:John Anderson
Party3:National Party of Australia
Last Election3:16
Seats3:13
Popular Vote3:643,924
Percentage3:5.61%
Leader4:Denis Burke
Party4:Country Liberal Party
Last Election4:0
Seats4:1
Popular Vote4:39,961
Percentage4:0.32%
Prime Minister
Before Election:John Howard
Before Party:Coalition (Australia)
After Election:John Howard
After Party:Coalition (Australia)

The following tables show results for the Australian House of Representatives at the 2001 federal election held on 10 November 2001. The parliament increased from 148 to 150 seats, with a new seat in Western Australia and a new seat in the Northern Territory.

Australia

Party! style="width:70px; text-align:center;"
Votes%SwingSeatsChange
  4,254,07237.08+3.1968 4
 643,9265.61+0.3213 3
 36,9610.32–0.001 1
Liberal–National coalition4,934,95942.92+3.4182 2
 4,341,42037.84−2.2665 2
  620,1975.41+0.280
 569,0744.96+2.820
  498,0324.34−4.090
  69,2940.60+0.020
  24,6530.21−0.580
 18,3520.16+0.090
 16,0420.14+0.140
 14,1640.12+0.100
 Against Further Immigration12,0330.10+0.100
 6,0290.05+0.050
 4,4670.04−0.020
 4,2920.04+0.040
 3,2770.03+0.030
 2,4960.02+0.020
 7690.01+0.010
 7200.01+0.010
 6210.01−0.030
 4850.00+0.000
 s332,1182.89+1.003 2
Others178,2741.640
Total11,474,074  150 2
Two-party-preferred vote
 Coalition5,655,79151.03+2.0182 2
 Labor5,427,56948.97−2.0165 2
Invalid/blank votesalign=right 580,362align=right 4.81align=right +1.04
Turnoutalign=right 12,054,455align=right 95.39align=right
Registered votersalign=right 12,636,631
Source: AEC Tally Room
Independents: Peter Andren, Tony Windsor, Bob Katte