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.
Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4,254,072 | 37.08 | +3.19 | 68 | 4 | ||||||
643,926 | 5.61 | +0.32 | 13 | 3 | ||||||
36,961 | 0.32 | –0.00 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Liberal–National coalition | 4,934,959 | 42.92 | +3.41 | 82 | 2 | |||||
4,341,420 | 37.84 | −2.26 | 65 | 2 | ||||||
620,197 | 5.41 | +0.28 | 0 | |||||||
569,074 | 4.96 | +2.82 | 0 | |||||||
498,032 | 4.34 | −4.09 | 0 | |||||||
69,294 | 0.60 | +0.02 | 0 | |||||||
24,653 | 0.21 | −0.58 | 0 | |||||||
18,352 | 0.16 | +0.09 | 0 | |||||||
16,042 | 0.14 | +0.14 | 0 | |||||||
14,164 | 0.12 | +0.10 | 0 | |||||||
Against Further Immigration | 12,033 | 0.10 | +0.10 | 0 | ||||||
6,029 | 0.05 | +0.05 | 0 | |||||||
4,467 | 0.04 | −0.02 | 0 | |||||||
4,292 | 0.04 | +0.04 | 0 | |||||||
3,277 | 0.03 | +0.03 | 0 | |||||||
2,496 | 0.02 | +0.02 | 0 | |||||||
769 | 0.01 | +0.01 | 0 | |||||||
720 | 0.01 | +0.01 | 0 | |||||||
621 | 0.01 | −0.03 | 0 | |||||||
485 | 0.00 | +0.00 | 0 | |||||||
s | 332,118 | 2.89 | +1.00 | 3 | 2 | |||||
Others | 178,274 | 1.64 | 0 | |||||||
Total | 11,474,074 | 150 | 2 | |||||||
Two-party-preferred vote | ||||||||||
Coalition | 5,655,791 | 51.03 | +2.01 | 82 | 2 | |||||
Labor | 5,427,569 | 48.97 | −2.01 | 65 | 2 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | align=right | 580,362 | align=right | 4.81 | align=right | +1.04 | ||||
Turnout | align=right | 12,054,455 | align=right | 95.39 | align=right | |||||
Registered voters | align=right | 12,636,631 | ||||||||
Source: AEC Tally Room |