# 2016 Australian Senate election

The 2016 Australian federal election in the Senate was part of a double dissolution election held on Saturday 2 July to elect all 226 members of the 45th Parliament of Australia, after an extended eight-week official campaign period. It was the first double dissolution election since the 1987 election and the first under a new voting system for the Senate that replaced group voting tickets with optional preferential voting.
The final outcome in the 76-seat Australian Senate took over four weeks to complete despite significant voting changes. Earlier in 2016, legislation changed the Senate voting system from a full-preference single transferable vote with group voting tickets to an optional-preferential single transferable vote. The final Senate result was announced on 4 August: Liberal/National Coalition 30 seats (−3), Labor 26 seats (+1), Greens 9 seats (−1), One Nation 4 seats (+4) and Nick Xenophon Team 3 seats (+2). Former broadcaster and founder of the Justice Party Derryn Hinch, won a seat, while Jacqui Lambie, Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm and Family First's Bob Day retained their seats. The number of crossbenchers increased by two to a record 20. The Liberal/National Coalition will require at least nine additional votes to reach a Senate majority, an increase of three.
A number of initially-elected senators were declared ineligible a result of the 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, and replaced after recounts.

## Terms of senators

The two major parties negotiated to allocate a six-year term to the first elected six of twelve senators in each state, while the last six received a three-year term. This was consistent with the Senate practice on all seven previous occasions. In 1983 the Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform had unanimously recommended an alternative "recount" method to reflect proportional representation, and the Commonwealth Electoral Act provides for a recount on that basis. This alternative method had been supported by both Labor and the Coalition in two separate, identical, bipartisan senate resolutions, passed in 1998 and 2010. By not adhering to their previous resolutions, Labor and the Coalition each gained one senate seat from 2019.

## Australia

The final Senate result was announced on 4 August. The incumbent Liberal/National Coalition government won 30 seats, a net loss of three − the Coalition lost four Senators, one each from New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia, but gained a Senator in Victoria. The Labor opposition won 26 seats, a gain of one − a Senator in Western Australia. The number of crossbenchers increased by two to a record 20. The Liberal/National Coalition would require at least nine additional votes to reach a Senate majority, an increase of three.
Senate (STV OPV) – Turnout 91.93% (CV) – Informal 3.94% :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Change |
| | Liberal–National Coalition | Liberal–National Coalition | 4,868,246 | 35.18 | –1.32 | 30 | 3 |
| | | Liberal/National joint ticket | 2,769,426 | 20.01 | −1.16 | 10 | |
| | | Liberal | 1,066,579 | 7.71 | +0.77 | 14 | 2 |
| | | Liberal National | 960,467 | 6.94 | −1.16 | 5 | 1 |
| | | Country Liberal | 37,156 | 0.27 | −0.05 | 1 | |
| | | National (WA) | 34,618 | 0.25 | −0.06 | 0 | |
| | Labor | Labor | 4,123,084 | 29.79 | +0.16 | 26 | 1 |
| | Greens | Greens | 1,197,657 | 8.65 | −0.58 | 9 | 1 |
| | One Nation | One Nation | 593,013 | 4.29 | +3.76 | 4 | 4 |
| | Xenophon Team | Xenophon Team | 456,369 | 3.30 | +1.37 | 3 | 2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats | 298,915 | 2.16 | –1.59 | 1 | |
| | Justice | Justice | 266,607 | 1.93 | +1.93 | 1 | 1 |
| | Shooters, Fishers and Farmers | Shooters, Fishers and Farmers | 192,923 | 1.39 | +0.44 | | |
| | Family First | Family First | 191,112 | 1.38 | +0.26 | 1 | |
| | Christian Democrats | Christian Democrats | 162,155 | 1.17 | +0.63 | | |
| | Animal Justice | Animal Justice | 159,373 | 1.15 | +0.46 | | |
| | Liberty Alliance | Liberty Alliance | 102,982 | 0.74 | +0.74 | | |
| | Democratic Labour | Democratic Labour | 94,510 | 0.68 | –0.18 | 0 | 1 |
| | Sex Party | Sex Party | 94,262 | 0.68 | –0.64 | | |
| | Health Australia | Health Australia | 85,233 | 0.62 | +0.62 | | |
| | Sex Party/HEMP joint ticket | Sex Party/HEMP joint ticket | 76,744 | 0.55 | +0.55 | | |
| | Lambie Network | Lambie Network | 69,074 | 0.50 | +0.50 | 1 | 1 |
| | Christians | Christians | 66,525 | 0.48 | +0.09 | | |
| | Drug Law Reform | Drug Law Reform | 61,327 | 0.44 | +0.38 | | |
| | Motoring Enthusiasts | Motoring Enthusiasts | 53,232 | 0.38 | –0.12 | 0 | 1 |
| | Katter's Australian | Katter's Australian | 53,123 | 0.38 | –0.50 | | |
| | Glenn Lazarus Team | Glenn Lazarus Team | 45,149 | 0.33 | +0.33 | | |
| | Marriage Equality | Marriage Equality | 44,982 | 0.33 | +0.33 | | |
| | Arts | Arts | 37,702 | 0.27 | +0.27 | | |
| | Rise Up Australia | Rise Up Australia | 36,424 | 0.26 | –0.10 | | |
| | Pirate | Pirate | 35,184 | 0.25 | –0.11 | | |
| | Renewable Energy | Renewable Energy | 29,983 | 0.22 | +0.22 | | |
| | Science/Cyclists joint ticket | Science/Cyclists joint ticket | 29,934 | 0.22 | +0.22 | | |
| | HEMP | HEMP | 29,510 | 0.21 | –0.50 | | |
| | Sustainable Australia | Sustainable Australia | 26,341 | 0.19 | +0.08 | | |
| | Palmer United | Palmer United | 26,210 | 0.19 | –5.42 | 0 | 3 |
| | Cyclists | Cyclists | 24,276 | 0.18 | +0.18 | | |
| | Voluntary Euthanasia | Voluntary Euthanasia | 23,252 | 0.17 | –0.06 | | |
| | Seniors United | Seniors United | 22,213 | 0.16 | +0.16 | | |
| | VOTEFLUX.ORG | VOTEFLUX.ORG | 20,453 | 0.15 | +0.15 | | |
| | Mature Australia | Mature Australia | 18,920 | 0.14 | +0.14 | | |
| | Online Direct Democracy | Online Direct Democracy | 11,857 | 0.09 | +0.06 | | |
| | Secular | Secular | 11,077 | 0.08 | –0.01 | | |
| | Defence Veterans | Defence Veterans | 10,391 | 0.08 | +0.08 | | |
| | Socialist Alliance | Socialist Alliance | 9,968 | 0.07 | +0.04 | | |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | Citizens Electoral Council | 9,850 | 0.07 | +0.06 | | |
| | Country | Country | 9,316 | 0.07 | +0.02 | | |
| | Socialist Equality | Socialist Equality | 7,865 | 0.06 | +0.02 | | |
| | Progressives | Progressives | 6,251 | 0.05 | +0.05 | | |
| | CountryMinded | CountryMinded | 5,989 | 0.04 | +0.04 | | |
| | Manufacturing and Farming | Manufacturing and Farming | 5,268 | 0.04 | +0.04 | | |
| | Australia First | Australia First | 3,005 | 0.02 | +0.02 | | |
| | Recreational Fishers | Recreational Fishers | 2,376 | 0.02 | +0.02 | | |
| | Non-Custodial Parents | Non-Custodial Parents | 2,102 | 0.02 | +0.01 | | |
| | Science | Science | 1,306 | 0.01 | +0.01 | | |
| | Unendorsed/ungrouped | Unendorsed/ungrouped | 25,280 | 0.18 | +0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 13,838,900 | | | 76 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 567,806 | 3.94 | +1.01 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 15,671,551 | 91.93 | –1.52 | | |
| Source: Federal Election 2016 ||||||||

## New South Wales

2016 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 345,554 | | |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | 1. Marise Payne (elected 1) 2. Arthur Sinodinos (elected 3) 3. Fiona Nash (elected 5) 4. Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (elected 7) 5. John Williams (elected 10) 6. Hollie Hughes 7. Jim Molan 8. Wes Fang 9. Sang Ok 10. Sarah Richards 11. Fiona Leviny 12. Victoria McGahey | 1,610,626 | 35.85 | +1.65 |
| | Labor | 1. Sam Dastyari (elected 2) 2. Jenny McAllister (elected 4) 3. Deborah O'Neill (elected 6) 4. Doug Cameron (elected 8) 5. Tara Moriarty 6. Vivien Thomson 7. Shuo Zhou 8. Jagath Bandara 9. Miriam Rizvi 10. Mary O'Sullivan 11. Paul Yi-Wen Han 12. Alexandra Costello | 1,405,088 | 31.28 | −0.28 |
| | Greens | 1. Lee Rhiannon (elected 9) 2. Michael Osborne 3. Jane Oakley 4. Jananie Janarthana 5. Marika Kontellis 6. Gareth Bryant 7. Christina Ho 8. Kathryn Maiden 9. Ray Goodlass 10. Christine Donayre 11. Kate Parker 12. Sarah Fernandes | 332,860 | 7.41 | −0.38 |
| | One Nation | 1. Brian Burston (elected 11) 2. Dean Mackin 3. Christine Bernier | 184,012 | 4.10 | +2.88 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1. David Leyonhjelm (elected 12) 2. Sam Kennard | 139,007 | 3.09 | −6.41 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Nella Hall 2. Peter Rahme 3. Deborah Lions 4. Andrew Phillips 5. Tania Piper 6. Beth Smith 7. Dave Vincent 8. Colin Broadbridge 9. Rhonda Avasalu 10. Archie Lea 11. Lena El-Daghl 12. Charles Knox | 121,379 | 2.70 | +1.04 |
| | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Karl Houseman 2. Peter Johnson | 88,837 | 1.98 | +0.73 |
| | Xenophon | 1. Aidan Dalgliesh 2. Anthony Dona | 80,111 | 1.78 | +1.78 |
| | Health Australia | 1. Andrew Patterson 2. Leanne Paff | 53,154 | 1.18 | +1.18 |
| | Family First | 1. Phil Jobe 2. Sally Vincent 3. Simon McCaffrey | 53,027 | 1.18 | +0.80 |
| | Democratic Labour | 1. Paul McCormack 2. Dawn Willis | 51,510 | 1.15 | −0.39 |
| | Animal Justice | 1. Lynda Stoner 2. Gordon Elkington | 37,991 | 0.85 | +0.37 |
| | Sex Party | 1. Ross Fitzgerald 2. Sue Raye | 30,038 | 0.67 | −0.35 |
| | Liberty Alliance | 1. Kirralie Smith 2. Gary Anderson | 29,795 | 0.66 | +0.66 |
| | HEMP | 1. Jason Olbourne 2. Andrew Katelaris | 29,510 | 0.66 | −0.03 |
| | Justice | 1. Ken Stevens 2. Adam Washbourne | 26,720 | 0.59 | +0.59 |
| | Seniors United | 1. Gillian Evans 2. Kerry Koliadis 3. Chris Osborne | 22,213 | 0.49 | +0.49 |
| | Drug Law Reform | 1. Ray Thorpe 2. Stacey Dowson | 20,883 | 0.46 | +0.37 |
| | Science/Cyclists joint ticket | 1. James Jansson 2. Eve Slavich 3. Ingrid Ralph 4. Jai Cooper | 18,367 | 0.41 | +0.41 |
| | Lambie | 1. Allan Thomas 2. Bruce Relph 3. Mitch Carr | 16,502 | 0.37 | +0.37 |
| | Motoring Enthusiasts | 1. Rob Bryden 2. Daniel Kirkness | 16,356 | 0.36 | −0.03 |
| | Voluntary Euthanasia | 1. Shayne Higson 2. Janise Farrell | 15,198 | 0.34 | +0.00 |
| | VOTEFLUX.ORG | 1. Steven Lopez 2. Nathan Spataro | 12,578 | 0.28 | +0.28 |
| | Arts | 1. Barry Keldoulis 2. Nicholas Gledhill | 11,805 | 0.26 | +0.26 |
| | Pirate | 1. Sam Kearns 2. Darren McIntosh | 11,418 | 0.25 | −0.08 |
| | Renewable Energy | 1. Peter Breen 2. Susan Perrow | 8,936 | 0.20 | +0.20 |
| | Sustainable Australia | 1. William Bourke 2. Greg Graham | 7,723 | 0.17 | +0.10 |
| | Rise Up Australia | 1. Brian Tucker 2. Maree Nichols | 7,538 | 0.17 | +0.07 |
| | Online Direct Democracy | 1. Berge Der Sarkissian 2. Arthur Emmett | 6,353 | 0.14 | +0.08 |
| | Defence Veterans | 1. Raymond Bennie 2. Mark Bradbury | 5,857 | 0.13 | +0.13 |
| | Socialist Alliance | 1. Ken Canning 2. Susan Price 3. Sharlene Leroy-Dyer 4. Howard Byrnes | 5,382 | 0.12 | +0.06 |
| | Katter's Australian | 1. Tom Harris 2. Anthony Belcastro | 4,316 | 0.10 | −0.34 |
| | Group G | 1. Teresa van Lieshout 2. Colin Bennett | 3,871 | 0.09 | +0.09 |
| | CountryMinded | 1. Christopher Buckman 2. Methuen Morgan | 3,153 | 0.07 | +0.07 |
| | Socialist Equality | 1. James Cogan 2. John Davis | 2,933 | 0.07 | +0.03 |
| | Palmer United | 1. Suellen Wrightson 2. Robert Marks 3. Cara Donnelly | 2,805 | 0.06 | −3.33 |
| | Mature Australia | 1. Paul Quinn 2. Gregory Frearson | 2,805 | 0.06 | +0.10 |
| | Secular | 1. Ian Bryce 2. Dee Ellis | 2,773 | 0.06 | −0.01 |
| | Non-Custodial Parents | 1. Eric Greening 2. Andy Thompson | 2,102 | 0.05 | +0.02 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Ann Lawler 2. Robert Butler | 1,895 | 0.04 | +0.04 |
| | Progressives | 1. Allan Quartly 2. Ash Rose | 1,817 | 0.04 | +0.04 |
| | Ungrouped | Warren Grzic Jane Ward Liam Munday Bryan Lambert Peter Wallace James Wright Joanna Rzetelski Danny Lim Maree Ann Cruze Stephen Muller Peter Muller John Cooper Santa Spruce-Peet-Boyd David Ash Nigel Smith Ron Poulsen Peter Gooley Nick Chapman Leonard Brown Richelle Tsay | 2,953 | 0.07 | +0.07 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,492,197 | 95.47 | −1.21 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 213,073 | 4.53 | +1.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,705,270 | 92.49 | −1.47 |
| # | Senator | Party |
| 1 | Marise Payne | Liberal |
| 2 | Sam Dastyari | Labor |
| 3 | Arthur Sinodinos | Liberal |
| 4 | Jenny McAllister | Labor |
| 5 | Fiona Nash | Nationals |
| 6 | Deborah O'Neill | Labor |
| 7 | Concetta Fierravanti-Wells | Liberal |
| 8 | Doug Cameron | Labor |
| 9 | Lee Rhiannon | Greens |
| 10 | John Williams | Nationals |
| 11 | Brian Burston | One Nation |
| 12 | David Leyonhjelm | LDP |

## Victoria

2016 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 269,250 | | |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | 1. Mitch Fifield (elected 1) 2. Bridget McKenzie (elected 4) 3. Scott Ryan (elected 6) 4. James Paterson (elected 8) 5. Jane Hume (elected 12) 6. Karina Okotel 7. Rebecca Treloar | 1,158,800 | 33.11 | −7.02 |
| | Labor | 1. Kim Carr (elected 2) 1. Stephen Conroy (elected 5) 3. Jacinta Collins (elected 7) 4. Gavin Marshall (elected 9) 5. Jennifer Yang 6. Louise Persse 7. Steve Kent 8. Les Tarczon | 1,075,658 | 30.73 | −1.72 |
| | Greens | 1. Richard Di Natale (elected 3) 2. Janet Rice (elected 11) 3. Misha Coleman 4. Elise Klein 5. Anna Crabb 6. James Searle 7. Tasma Minifie 8. Jennifer Alden 9. Judy Cameron 10. Gurm Sekhon 11. Josephine Maguire-Rosier 12. Rose Read | 380,499 | 10.87 | +0.03 |
| | Justice | 1. Derryn Hinch (elected 10) 2. Stuart Grimley | 211,733 | 6.05 | +6.05 |
| | One Nation | 1. Simon Roylance 2. Ian Cameron | 63,528 | 1.81 | +1.80 |
| | Animal Justice | 1. Bruce Poon 2. Jacqueline Edgecombe | 60,780 | 1.74 | +0.99 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1. Duncan Spender 2. David Limbrick | 55,501 | 1.59 | +1.58 |
| | Xenophon | 1. Naomi Halpern 2. Justin Lee | 55,118 | 1.57 | +1.57 |
| | Sex Party | 1. Meredith Doig 2. Amy Mulcahy | 54,128 | 1.55 | −0.34 |
| | Family First | 1. Peter Bain 2. Randell Green 3. Craig Manners | 39,747 | 1.14 | −0.39 |
| | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Jake Wilson 2. Ethan Constantinou | 36,669 | 1.05 | +0.22 |
| | Christians | 1. Vickie Janson 2. Eleni Arapoglou 3. Anne Okumu | 34,763 | 0.99 | +0.50 |
| | Motoring Enthusiasts | 1. Ricky Muir 2. Aaron Mackley | 31,785 | 0.91 | +0.40 |
| | Drug Law Reform | 1. Greg Chipp 2. John Sherman | 23,384 | 0.67 | +0.55 |
| | Liberty Alliance | 1. Daniel Jones 2. Kenneth Nicholls | 23,080 | 0.66 | +0.66 |
| | Democratic Labour | 1. Stephen Vereker 2. Michael Freeman | 18,152 | 0.52 | −0.19 |
| | Health Australia | 1. Isaac Golden 2. Kathryn Breakwell | 17,169 | 0.49 | +0.49 |
| | Marriage Equality | 1. Jason Tuazon-McCheyne 2. Jacqueline Tomlins | 17,139 | 0.49 | +0.49 |
| | Lambie | 1. Hugh Dolan 2. Matt Timson | 15,288 | 0.44 | +0.44 |
| | Pirate | 1. Lachlan Simpson 2. Richard Burleigh | 13,424 | 0.38 | +0.01 |
| | Science/Cyclists joint ticket | 1. Luke James 2. Nik Dow | 11,567 | 0.33 | +0.33 |
| | Sustainable Australia | 1. Georgia Nicholls 2. Steven Armstrong | 10,574 | 0.30 | +0.18 |
| | Palmer United | 1. Catriona Thoolen 2. Cameron Hickey | 10,456 | 0.30 | −3.36 |
| | Rise Up Australia | 1. Danny Nalliah 2. Rosalie Crestani | 10,166 | 0.29 | −0.63 |
| | Country | 1. Garry Kerr 2. Phil Larkin | 9,316 | 0.27 | +0.27 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. May Hanna 2. Stephanie Botros | 9,287 | 0.27 | +0.27 |
| | Renewable Energy | 1. Graham Askey 2. Gray Wilson | 8,845 | 0.25 | +0.25 |
| | Arts | 1. Rose Godde 2. Jamie Henson 3. Maureen Andrew | 7,737 | 0.22 | +0.22 |
| | Voluntary Euthanasia | 1. David Scanlon 2. Miranda Jones | 5,768 | 0.16 | +0.16 |
| | MFP | 1. John Madigan 2. Mark George | 5,268 | 0.15 | +0.15 |
| | Mature Australia | 1. Graham McCarthy 2. Roy Ridge | 3,469 | 0.10 | +0.10 |
| | Group B | 1. David Collyer 2. Wanda Mitchell-Cook | 3,386 | 0.10 | +0.10 |
| | Socialist Equality | 1. Chris Sinnema 2. Peter Byrne | 3,293 | 0.09 | +0.02 |
| | VOTEFLUX.ORG | 1. Danielle Lehrer 2. Stuart Milne | 2,838 | 0.08 | +0.08 |
| | Socialist Alliance | 1. Lalitha Chelliah 2. Tim Gooden | 2,597 | 0.07 | +0.07 |
| | Secular | 1. John Perkins 2. Alice Carr | 2,303 | 0.07 | −0.06 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Craig Isherwood 2. Gabrielle Peut | 2,098 | 0.06 | +0.02 |
| | Progressives | 1. David Knight 2. Josh Gilmore | 2,064 | 0.06 | +0.06 |
| | Ungrouped | Stephen Juhasz Karthik Arasu Dennis Hall Dana Spasojevic John Karagiannidis Geoff Lutz Allan Mull Chris Ryan Eric Vadarlis Mark Dickenson Immanuel Shmuel Glenn Floyd Meredith Urie Trevor Nye Peter Hawks Christopher Beslis | 2,860 | 0.08 | −0.10 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,500,237 | 95.80 | −0.83 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 153,499 | 4.20 | +0.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,653,736 | 92.18 | −1.87 |
| # | Senator | Party |
| 1 | Mitch Fifield | Liberal |
| 2 | Kim Carr | Labor |
| 3 | Richard Di Natale | Greens |
| 4 | Bridget McKenzie | National |
| 5 | Stephen Conroy | Labor |
| 6 | Scott Ryan | Liberal |
| 7 | Jacinta Collins | Labor |
| 8 | James Paterson | Liberal |
| 9 | Gavin Marshall | Labor |
| 10 | Derryn Hinch | Justice |
| 11 | Janet Rice | Greens |
| 12 | Jane Hume | Liberal |

## Queensland

2016 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 209,475 | | |
| | Liberal National | 1. George Brandis (elected 1) 2. Matt Canavan (elected 4) 3. James McGrath (elected 6) 4. Ian Macdonald (elected 8) 5. Barry O'Sullivan (elected 10) 6. Joanna Lindgren 7. Dan Ryan 8. Gerard Rennick | 960,467 | 35.27 | −6.12 |
| | Labor | 1. Murray Watt (elected 2) 2. Anthony Chisholm (elected 5) 3. Claire Moore (elected 7) 4. Chris Ketter (elected 11) 5. Jane Casey 6. Cheryl Thompson | 717,524 | 26.35 | −2.17 |
| | One Nation | 1. Pauline Hanson (elected 3) 2. Malcolm Roberts (elected 12) 3. Fraser Anning 4. Judy Smith | 250,126 | 9.19 | +8.64 |
| | Greens | 1. Larissa Waters (elected 9) 2. Andrew Bartlett 3. Ben Pennings 4. Johanna Kloot 5. Fiona Anderson 6. Charles Worringham 7. Rainee Skinner 8. Janina Leo 9. Meg Anderson 10. Louise Noble 11. Kirsten Kennedy 12. Elena Quirk | 188,323 | 6.92 | +0.88 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1. Gabe Buckley 2. John Rooth | 77,601 | 2.85 | +2.16 |
| | Xenophon | 1. Suzanne Grant 2. Daniel Crow | 55,653 | 2.04 | +2.04 |
| | Family First | 1. Rod McGarvie 2. Sue Baynes 3. Kate Horan 4. David Pellowe | 52,453 | 1.93 | +0.84 |
| | Katter's Australian | 1. Rowell Walton 2. Joy Marriott | 48,807 | 1.79 | −1.15 |
| | Glenn Lazarus Team | 1. Glenn Lazarus 2. Kerrod Walters 3. Annette Lourigan | 45,149 | 1.66 | +1.66 |
| | Animal Justice | 1. Paul Bevan 2. Zade Watson | 32,306 | 1.19 | +0.12 |
| | Sex Party/HEMP joint ticket | 1. Robin Bristow 2. Therese Howes 3. Kirsty Patten | 30,157 | 1.11 | +1.11 |
| | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Michael Turner 2. Michael Gee | 29,571 | 1.09 | +0.39 |
| | Liberty Alliance | 1. Bernard Gaynor 2. Alan Biggs 3. Chelle Dobson | 29,392 | 1.08 | +1.08 |
| | Marriage Equality | 1. Marnie Southward 2. William Moran | 23,811 | 0.87 | +0.87 |
| | Cyclists | 1. Chris Cox 2. Edward Re | 19,933 | 0.73 | +0.73 |
| | Drug Law Reform | 1. Deb Lynch 2. Lorraine Smith | 17,060 | 0.63 | +0.63 |
| | Democratic Labour | 1. Sheila Vincent 2. Lucius Majoor | 15,443 | 0.57 | +0.25 |
| | Justice | 1. Deb Cotter 2. Karin Hanbidge | 14,256 | 0.52 | +0.52 |
| | Arts | 1. Frances Jankowski 2. Neil Fainges | 11,030 | 0.41 | +0.41 |
| | Pirate | 1. Brandon Selic 2. Isaac Pursehouse | 10,342 | 0.38 | −0.12 |
| | Health Australia | 1. Jason Woodforth 2. Sarinah Golden | 10,147 | 0.37 | +0.37 |
| | Christians | 1. Shea Taylor 2. Malcolm Brice | 9,686 | 0.36 | −0.06 |
| | Lambie | 1. Marcus Saltmarsh 2. Crystal Peckett | 9,138 | 0.34 | +0.34 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Wayne Solomon 2. Ludy Sweeris-Sigrist | 7,314 | 0.27 | +0.27 |
| | Renewable Energy | 1. James Moylan 2. MaryBeth Gundrum | 6,245 | 0.23 | +0.23 |
| | Rise Up Australia | 1. Paul Taylor 2. Neroli Mooney | 5,734 | 0.21 | +0.00 |
| | Mature Australia | 1. Terry Snell 2. Belinda Cameron | 5,519 | 0.20 | +0.20 |
| | Online Direct Democracy | 1. Peter Radic 2. David Missingham | 5,504 | 0.20 | +0.16 |
| | Sustainable Australia | 1. John Roles 2. Matt Moran | 5,366 | 0.20 | +0.20 |
| | Palmer United | 1. James McDonald 2. Craig Gunnis | 4,816 | 0.18 | −9.71 |
| | Secular | 1. Trevor Bell 2. Scott Clark | 4,623 | 0.17 | +0.07 |
| | Defence Veterans | 1. Jeremy Davey 2. Darryl Hodkinson | 4,534 | 0.17 | +0.17 |
| | CountryMinded | 1. Pete Mailler 2. Sherrill Stivano | 2,836 | 0.10 | +0.10 |
| | VOTEFLUX.ORG | 1. Mark Gardner 2. Reece Flowers | 1,881 | 0.07 | +0.07 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Jan Pukallus 2. Stephen Harding | 1,877 | 0.07 | +0.07 |
| | Socialist Equality | 1. Mike Head 2. Erin Cooke | 1,639 | 0.06 | +0.00 |
| | Group R | 1. Sal Rivas 2. Val Tanguilig | 1,536 | 0.06 | +0.06 |
| | Progressives | 1. Ken Stevens 2. Jo McCormack | 1,213 | 0.04 | +0.04 |
| | Ungrouped | Shyamal Reddy Greg McMahon David Bundy Kim Vuga Jim Savage Tony Moore Josephine Potter Paul Stevenson Marshal Anderson Ian Eugarde Julie Boyd Leeanne Hanna-McGuffie Zoemaree Harris Michael Kaff Terry Jorgensen Gary Pead John Gibson Belinda Marriage Greg Beattie | 4,154 | 0.15 | −0.01 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,723,166 | 96.60 | −1.25 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 95,831 | 3.40 | +1.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,818,997 | 91.65 | −2.52 |
| # | Senator | Party |
| 1 | George Brandis | LNP |
| 2 | Murray Watt | Labor |
| 3 | Pauline Hanson | One Nation |
| 4 | Matt Canavan | LNP |
| 5 | Anthony Chisholm | Labor |
| 6 | James McGrath | LNP |
| 7 | Claire Moore | Labor |
| 8 | Ian Macdonald | LNP |
| 9 | Larissa Waters | Greens |
| 10 | Barry O'Sullivan | LNP |
| 11 | Chris Ketter | Labor |
| 12 | Malcolm Roberts | One Nation |

## Western Australia

2016 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 105,091 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. Mathias Cormann (elected 1) 2. Michaelia Cash (elected 4) 3. Dean Smith (elected 6) 4. Linda Reynolds (elected 8) 5. Chris Back (elected 9) 6. David Johnston 7. Sheridan Ingram | 525,930 | 38.50 | +4.44 |
| | Labor | 1. Sue Lines (elected 2) 2. Glenn Sterle (elected 5) 3. Pat Dodson (elected 7) 4. Louise Pratt (elected 10) 5. Mark Reed 6. Susan Bowers 7. Mia Onorato | 386,142 | 28.26 | +6.73 |
| | Greens | 1. Scott Ludlam (elected 3) 2. Rachel Siewert (elected 12) 3. Jordon Steele-John 4. Samantha Jenkinson 5. Michael Boldock 6. Rai Ismail | 143,814 | 10.53 | −5.07 |
| | One Nation | 1. Rod Culleton (elected 11) 2. Peter Georgiou 3. Ioanna Culleton | 54,492 | 3.99 | +3.99 |
| | National | 1. Kado Muir 2. Nick Fardell 3. Elizabeth Re | 34,633 | 2.54 | −0.50 |
| | Xenophon | 1. Luke Bolton 2. Michael Bovell | 29,680 | 2.17 | +2.17 |
| | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Andrew Skerritt 2. Ross Williamson | 25,375 | 1.86 | +0.83 |
| | Sex Party/HEMP joint ticket | 1. Michael Balderstone 2. James Hurley | 25,108 | 1.84 | +1.84 |
| | Christians | 1. Lindsay Cameron 2. Jacky Young | 22,089 | 1.62 | +0.08 |
| | Liberty Alliance | 1. Debbie Robinson 2. Marion Hercock | 15,208 | 1.11 | +1.11 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Mark Imisides 2. Philip Read | 13,771 | 1.01 | +1.01 |
| | Animal Justice | 1. Katrina Love 2. Alicia Sutton | 12,702 | 0.93 | +0.28 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1. Graeme Klass 2. Connor Whittle | 10,775 | 0.79 | −1.03 |
| | Justice | 1. Nicki Hide 2. Rachael Higgins | 10,116 | 0.74 | +0.74 |
| | Democratic Labour | 1. Fernando Bove 2. Troy Kiernan | 9,420 | 0.69 | +0.48 |
| | Family First | 1. Linda Rose 2. Henry Heng | 8,746 | 0.64 | −0.10 |
| | Palmer United | 1. Dio Wang 2. Jacque Kruger | 5,008 | 0.37 | −11.97 |
| | Health Australia | 1. Samantha Tilbury 2. Sara Fargher | 4,786 | 0.35 | +0.35 |
| | Renewable Energy | 1. Pedro Schwindt 2. Camilla Sundbladh | 4,632 | 0.34 | +034 |
| | Rise Up Australia | 1. Anthony Hardwick 2. Sheila Mundy | 3,743 | 0.27 | +0.10 |
| | Arts | 1. Robert Buratti 2. Robert Taylor | 3,037 | 0.22 | +0.22 |
| | Australia First | 1. Lyn Vickery 2. Brian McRea | 3,027 | 0.22 | +0.22 |
| | Mature Australia | 1. Stuart Donald 2. Patti Bradshaw | 2,697 | 0.20 | +0.20 |
| | Cyclists | 1. Peter Mah 2. Christopher Howard | 2,682 | 0.20 | +0.20 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Jean Robinson 2. Judy Sudholz | 2,049 | 0.15 | +0.15 |
| | Socialist Alliance | 1. Kamala Emanuel 2. Seamus Doherty 3. Farida Iqbal | 1,990 | 0.15 | +0.09 |
| | VOTEFLUX.ORG | 1. Richard Thomas 2. Mark Connolly | 1,392 | 0.10 | +0.10 |
| | Ungrouped | Kai Jones Tammara Moody Julie Matheson Peter Castieau Susan Hoddinott Norm Ramsay | 3,148 | 0.23 | −0.40 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,366,182 | 96.65 | −0.85 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 47,371 | 3.35 | +0.85 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,413,553 | 89.55 | +1.05 |
| # | Senator | Party |
| 1 | Mathias Cormann | Liberal |
| 2 | Sue Lines | Labor |
| 3 | Scott Ludlam | Greens |
| 4 | Michaelia Cash | Liberal |
| 5 | Glenn Sterle | Labor |
| 6 | Dean Smith | Liberal |
| 7 | Pat Dodson | Labor |
| 8 | Linda Reynolds | Liberal |
| 9 | Chris Back | Liberal |
| 10 | Louise Pratt | Labor |
| 11 | Rod Culleton | One Nation |
| 12 | Rachel Siewert | Greens |

## South Australia

2016 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 81,629 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. Simon Birmingham (elected 1) 2. Cory Bernardi (elected 4) 3. Anne Ruston (elected 7) 4. David Fawcett (elected 9) 5. Sean Edwards 6. Kerrynne Liddle | 346,423 | 32.65 | +5.20 |
| | Labor | 1. Penny Wong (elected 2) 2. Don Farrell (elected 5) 3. Alex Gallacher (elected 8) 4. Anne McEwen 5. Michael Allison 6. Bronwyn Gallacher | 289,942 | 27.32 | +4.66 |
| | Xenophon | 1. Nick Xenophon (elected 3) 2. Stirling Griff (elected 6) 3. Skye Kakoschke-Moore (elected 10) 4. Tim Storer | 230,866 | 21.76 | −3.12 |
| | Greens | 1. Sarah Hanson-Young (elected 11) 2. Robert Simms 3. Jody Moate 4. Harriet de Kok | 62,345 | 5.88 | −1.21 |
| | One Nation | 1. Steven Burgess 2. Angelina Nicolis | 31,681 | 2.99 | +2.70 |
| | Family First | 1. Bob Day (elected 12) 2. Lucy Gichuhi | 29,187 | 2.75 | −1.01 |
| | Sex Party/HEMP joint ticket | 1. Ryan Parker 2. Margaret Saunders | 12,102 | 1.14 | +1.14 |
| | Animal Justice | 1. Tania Noble 2. Emma Breagan | 9,000 | 0.85 | +0.23 |
| | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. John Hahn 2. Nick Carter | 7,825 | 0.74 | +0.15 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1. Roostam Sadri 2. Michael Noack | 6,924 | 0.65 | −2.88 |
| | Motoring Enthusiasts | 1. Nathan Green 2. Judith Kuerschner | 5,101 | 0.48 | −0.18 |
| | Mature Australia | 1. Darryl Bothe 2. Lyndal Denny | 4,448 | 0.42 | +0.42 |
| | Liberty Alliance | 1. Wanda Lee Marsh 2. Andrew Horwood | 4,441 | 0.42 | +0.42 |
| | Marriage Equality | 1. Adrian Tuazon-McCheyne 2. Alex Bond | 4,056 | 0.38 | +0.38 |
| | Arts | 1. Terence Crawford 2. Charles Sanders | 3,371 | 0.32 | +0.32 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Matt Attia 2. Joseph Stephen | 3,011 | 0.26 | +0.26 |
| | Justice | 1. Lynn-Marie Grosser 2. Colin Thomas | 2,362 | 0.22 | +0.22 |
| | Voluntary Euthanasia | 1. Jessica Knight 2. Kym Buckley | 2,289 | 0.22 | −0.09 |
| | Cyclists | 1. Sundance Bilson-Thompson 2. Angus Harker-Smith | 1,668 | 0.16 | +0.16 |
| | Progressives | 1. Sasha Pazeski-Nikoloski 2. Jaz Priddey | 1,161 | 0.11 | +0.11 |
| | VOTEFLUX.ORG | 1. Adam Bird 2. Jeff Baker | 826 | 0.08 | +0.08 |
| | Palmer United | 1. Kristian Rees 2. Carlo Filingeri | 782 | 0.07 | −2.58 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Alex Kozlow 2. Paul Siebert | 500 | 0.05 | +0.05 |
| | Ungrouped | Ron Waters Christopher Cochrane Adam Richards Mohammad Ali Dave Saddler Malcolm Davey | 854 | 0.08 | −0.14 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,061,165 | 96.67 | −0.68 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 36,545 | 3.33 | +0.68 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,097,710 | 92.79 | −1.56 |
| # | Senator | Party |
| 1 | Simon Birmingham | Liberal |
| 2 | Penny Wong | Labor |
| 3 | Nick Xenophon | NXT |
| 4 | Cory Bernardi | Liberal |
| 5 | Don Farrell | Labor |
| 6 | Stirling Griff | NXT |
| 7 | Anne Ruston | Liberal |
| 8 | Alex Gallacher | Labor |
| 9 | David Fawcett | Liberal |
| 10 | Skye Kakoschke-Moore | NXT |
| 11 | Sarah Hanson-Young | Greens |
| 12 | Bob Day | FFP |

## Tasmania

2016 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 26,090 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Anne Urquhart (elected 2) 2. Helen Polley (elected 6) 3. Carol Brown (elected 8) 4. Catryna Bilyk (elected 11) 5. John Short 6. Lisa Singh (elected 10) | 113,935 | 33.59 | +0.76 |
| | Liberal | 1. Eric Abetz (elected 1) 2. Stephen Parry (elected 5) 3. Jonathon Duniam (elected 7) 4. David Bushby (elected 9) 5. Richard Colbeck 6. John Tucker | 110,318 | 32.53 | −4.98 |
| | Greens | 1. Peter Whish-Wilson (elected 3) 2. Nick McKim (elected 12) 3. Anna Reynolds | 37,840 | 11.16 | −0.50 |
| | Lambie | 1. Jacqui Lambie (elected 4) 2. Steve Martin 3. Rob Waterman | 28,146 | 8.30 | +8.30 |
| | One Nation | 1. Kate McCulloch 2. Natasia Manzi | 8,700 | 2.57 | +2.57 |
| | Family First | 1. Peter Madden 2. Andrew Goelst 3. Nick Cramp 4. Mihi Ngawhare | 6,692 | 1.97 | +0.66 |
| | Xenophon | 1. Michelle Hoult 2. Nicky Cohen | 5,128 | 1.51 | +1.51 |
| | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Matthew Allen 2. Ricky Midson | 4,688 | 1.38 | +0.28 |
| | Sex Party/HEMP joint ticket | 1. Francesca Collins 2. Matt Owen | 4,493 | 1.32 | +1.32 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Silvana Nero-Nile 2. Mishka Gora | 2,861 | 0.84 | +0.84 |
| | Animal Justice | 1. Karen Bevis 2. Alison Baker | 2,377 | 0.70 | +0.70 |
| | Recreational Fishers | 1. Kevin Harkins 2. Carmen Evans | 2,376 | 0.70 | +0.70 |
| | Palmer United | 1. Kevin Morgan 2. Justin Stringer 3. Quentin Von Stieglitz | 2,363 | 0.70 | −5.88 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1. Clinton Mead 2. Ian Alston | 1,662 | 0.49 | −1.83 |
| | Justice | 1. Suzanne Cass 2. Daniel Baker | 1,473 | 0.43 | +0.43 |
| | Renewable Energy | 1. Rob Manson 2. Sharon Joyce | 1,340 | 0.40 | +0.40 |
| | Science | 1. Hans Willink 2. Jin-oh Choi | 1,306 | 0.39 | +0.39 |
| | Liberty Alliance | 1. Tony Robinson 2. Susan Horwood | 1,112 | 0.33 | +0.33 |
| | VOTEFLUX.ORG | 1. Adam Poulton 2. Max Kaye | 946 | 0.28 | +0.28 |
| | Arts | 1. Scott O'Hara 2. JoAnne Volta | 728 | 0.21 | +0.21 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Meg Thornton 2. Steve Kucina | 177 | 0.05 | +0.05 |
| | Ungrouped | David Crawford Kaye Marskell Richard Temby Grant Russell George Lane | 498 | 0.15 | +0.05 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 339,159 | 96.52 | −1.02 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 12,221 | 3.48 | +1.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 351,380 | 94.06 | −1.02 |
| # | Senator | Party |
| 1 | Eric Abetz | Liberal |
| 2 | Anne Urquhart | Labor |
| 3 | Peter Whish-Wilson | Greens |
| 4 | Jacqui Lambie | Lambie |
| 5 | Stephen Parry | Liberal |
| 6 | Helen Polley | Labor |
| 7 | Jonathon Duniam | Liberal |
| 8 | Carol Brown | Labor |
| 9 | David Bushby | Liberal |
| 10 | Lisa Singh | Labor |
| 11 | Catryna Bilyk | Labor |
| 12 | Nick McKim | Greens |

## Territories
### Australian Capital Territory

2016 Australian federal election: Senate, Australian Capital Territory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 84,923 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Katy Gallagher (elected 1) 2. David Smith | 96,667 | 37.94 | +3.50 |
| | Liberal | 1. Zed Seselja (elected 2) 2. Jane Hiatt | 84,615 | 33.21 | +0.13 |
| | Greens | 1. Christina Hobbs 2. Sue Wareham | 41,006 | 16.10 | −3.17 |
| | Sex Party | 1. Steven Bailey 2. Robbie Swan | 10,096 | 3.96 | +0.47 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1. Matt Donnelly 2. Cawley Hennings | 7,460 | 2.93 | +2.93 |
| | Animal Justice | 1. Deborah Field 2. Jessica Montagne | 4,251 | 1.67 | +0.46 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. David Kim 2. Elizabeth Tadros | 3,087 | 1.21 | +1.21 |
| | Sustainable Australia | 1. John Haydon 2. Martin Tye | 2,678 | 1.05 | +0.67 |
| | Rise Up Australia | 1. Sandie O'Connor 2. Jess Wyatt | 2,523 | 0.99 | +0.43 |
| | Secular | 1. David Edwards 2. Denis Mihaljevic | 1,378 | 0.54 | +0.54 |
| | Ungrouped | Michael Hay Anthony Hanson | 1,006 | 0.39 | +0.18 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 254,767 | 97.79 | −0.23 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5,754 | 2.21 | +0.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 260,521 | 92.34 | −2.53 |
| # | Senator | Party | Party |
| 1 | Katy Gallagher | | Labor |
| 2 | Zed Seselja | | Liberal |

### Northern Territory

2016 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 34,010 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Malarndirri McCarthy (elected 1) 2. Pat Honan | 38,197 | 37.44 | +4.69 |
| | Country Liberal | 1. Nigel Scullion (elected 2) 2. Jenni Lillis | 37,156 | 36.42 | −4.92 |
| | Greens | 1. Michael Connard 2. Kathy Bannister | 11,003 | 10.78 | +2.11 |
| | Rise Up Australia | 1. Jan Pile 2. Jimmy Gimini | 6,768 | 6.63 | +5.69 |
| | Sex Party/HEMP joint ticket | 1. Andrew Kavasilas 2. Timothy Jones | 4,956 | 4.86 | +4.86 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Carol Ordish 2. John Ordish | 1,660 | 1.63 | +1.63 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Trudy Campbell 2. Ian Barry | 1,255 | 1.23 | +0.93 |
| | Ungrouped | TS Lee Tristan Marshall Maurie Japarta Ryan Marney MacDonald Greg Strettles | 1,032 | 1.01 | +1.01 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 102,027 | 96.67 | −0.66 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,512 | 3.33 | +0.66 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 105,539 | 79.34 | −3.03 |
| # | Senator | Party | Party |
| 1 | Malarndirri McCarthy | | Labor |
| 2 | Nigel Scullion | | CLP |