# 2001 Australian Senate election

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 2001 federal election. Senators total 35 coalition (31 Liberal, three National, one CLP), 28 Labor, two Green, eight Democrats, two Independents  and one One Nation. Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 2002, except the territories who took their seats immediately.

## Australia

Senate (STV GV) — Turnout 95.20% (CV) — Informal 3.89% :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Total seats | Change |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition |
| | | Liberal/National joint ticket | 2,776,052 | 23.87 | +2.00 | 6 | 11 | |
| | | Liberal | 1,824,745 | 15.69 | +2.06 | 12 | 22 | |
| | | National | 222,860 | 1.92 | +0.06 | 1 | 1 | |
| | | Country Liberal | 40,680 | 0.35 | +0.03 | 1 | 1 | |
| | Coalition total | Coalition total | 4,863,337 | 41.83 | +4.15 | 20 | 35 | |
| | Labor | Labor | 3,990,997 | 34.32 | -2.99 | 14 | 28 | |
| | Democrats | Democrats | 843,130 | 7.25 | -1.20 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| | One Nation | One Nation | 644,364 | 5.54 | -3.44 | 0 | 1 | |
| | Greens | Greens | 574,543 | 4.94 | +2.22 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| | Christian Democrats | Christian Democrats | 129,966 | 1.12 | +0.03 | | | |
| | Liberals for Forests | Liberals for Forests | 87,672 | 0.75 | * | | | |
| | Progressive Labour | Progressive Labour | 76,150 | 0.65 | * | | | |
| | Democratic Labor | Democratic Labor | 66,547 | 0.57 | +0.30 | | | |
| | HEMP | HEMP | 63,648 | 0.55 | * | | | |
| | No GST | No GST | 50,053 | 0.43 | +0.29 | | | |
| | Unity | Unity | 30,193 | 0.26 | -0.57 | | | |
| | Fishing Party | Fishing Party | 27,591 | 0.24 | * | | | |
| | Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Party | Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Party | 23,767 | 0.20 | * | | | |
| | Against Further Immigration | Against Further Immigration | 21,012 | 0.18 | +0.11 | | | |
| | Republican | Republican | 9,939 | 0.09 | +0.08 | | | |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | Citizens Electoral Council | 8,896 | 0.08 | +0.00 | | | |
| | Legal System Reform | Legal System Reform | 8,199 | 0.07 | * | | | |
| | Our Common Future | Our Common Future | 5,358 | 0.05 | * | | | |
| | Nuclear Disarmament | Nuclear Disarmament | 4,596 | 0.04 | -0.05 | | | |
| | Non-Custodial Parents | Non-Custodial Parents | 4,071 | 0.04 | +0.04 | | | |
| | Tasmania First | Tasmania First | 3,895 | 0.03 | -0.01 | | | |
| | Curtin Labor Alliance | Curtin Labor Alliance | 3,494 | 0.03 | * | | | |
| | Hope | Hope | 2,947 | 0.03 | * | | | |
| | Advance Australia | Advance Australia | 1,936 | 0.02 | * | | | |
| | Taxi Operators' Political Service | Taxi Operators' Political Service | 670 | 0.01 | * | | | |
| | Other | Other | 79,834 | 0.69 | +0.39 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | Total | Total | 11,627,529 | | | 40 | 76 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 470,515 | 3.9 | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,098,320 | 95.7 | | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 12,636,631 | | | | | |
| Source: Federal Elections 1998 |||||||||

## New South Wales

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 2001 | 1 | Helen Coonan | Liberal |
| 2001 | 2 | Ursula Stephens | Labor |
| 2001 | 3 | Sandy Macdonald | National |
| 2001 | 4 | George Campbell | Labor |
| 2001 | 5 | Marise Payne | Liberal |
| 2001 | 6 | Kerry Nettle | Greens |
| 1998 |||||
| 1998 | 1 | Steve Hutchins | Labor |
| 1998 | 2 | Bill Heffernan | Liberal |
| 1998 | 3 | John Faulkner | Labor |
| 1998 | 4 | John Tierney | Liberal |
| 1998 | 5 | Aden Ridgeway | Democrats |
| 1998 | 6 | Michael Forshaw | Labor |
2001 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 554,207 | | |
| | Coalition | 1. Helen Coonan (Lib) (elected 1) 2. Sandy Macdonald (Nat) (elected 3) 3. Marise Payne (Lib) (elected 5) 4. Fiona Nash (Nat) 5. Scot MacDonald (Lib) 6. Terence Tang (Lib) | 1,620,235 | 41.76 | +3.3 |
| | Labor | 1. Ursula Stephens (elected 2) 2. George Campbell (elected 4) 3. Warren Mundine 4. Joanna Woods | 1,299,488 | 33.50 | −5.0 |
| | Democrats | 1. Vicki Bourne 2. Joanne Yates 3. Craig Chung 4. Caroline Mayfield 5. Janine Prince 6. Julian Evans | 240,867 | 6.21 | −1.1 |
| | One Nation | 1. Don McKinnon 2. Rick Putra 3. Carol Deeney | 216,522 | 5.58 | −4.0 |
| | Greens | 1. Kerry Nettle (elected 6) 2. John Kaye 3. Jan Davis 4. James Ryan | 169,139 | 4.36 | +2.3 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. George Capsis 2. Kevin Hume | 72,697 | 1.87 | +0.4 |
| | Progressive Labour | 1. Klaas Woldring 2. Shona Lee | 68,483 | 1.77 | +1.8 |
| | HEMP | 1. Michael Balderstone 2. Don Fuggle | 35,526 | 0.92 | +0.9 |
| | Fishing Party | 1. Robert Smith 2. David Wiseman | 27,591 | 0.71 | +0.7 |
| | No GST | 1. Mick Gallagher 2. Charles Martin | 25,734 | 0.66 | +0.5 |
| | Lower Excise Fuel | 1. David O'Loughlin 2. Paul Freeman | 23,767 | 0.61 | +0.6 |
| | Against Further Immigration | 1. David Kitson 2. Edwin Woodger | 21,012 | 0.54 | +0.3 |
| | Unity | 1. Thang Ngo 2. Robert McLeod | 19,731 | 0.51 | −1.1 |
| | Legal System Reform | 1. Denise Greenaway 2. Valerie Armstrong | 8,199 | 0.21 | +0.2 |
| | Our Common Future | 1. Helen Caldicott 2. Ted Potts | 5,358 | 0.14 | +0.1 |
| | Republican | 1. Kerry McNally 2. Tom Jordan | 5,101 | 0.13 | +0.1 |
| | Nuclear Disarmament | 1. Michael Denborough 2. Yvonne Francis | 4,596 | 0.12 | −0.1 |
| | Non-Custodial Parents | 1. Andy Thompson 2. Annette McKeegan | 4,071 | 0.10 | +0.1 |
| | Group L | 1. Lex Stewart 2. John Stewart | 2,402 | 0.06 | +0.06 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Robert Butler 2. Clenys Collins | 2,370 | 0.06 | +0.0 |
| | Advance Australia | 1. Rex Connor 2. Robert Astridge 3. Shirley Guy | 1,936 | 0.05 | +0.05 |
| | Group U | 1. Pip Hinman 2. Ian Rintoul | 1,364 | 0.04 | +0.04 |
| | Group N | 1. Warren Smith 2. Geoff Lawler 3. Dora Anthony | 1,241 | 0.03 | +0.03 |
| | Independent | Beverly Baker | 971 | 0.03 | +0.03 |
| | Independent | F Ivor | 703 | 0.02 | +0.02 |
| | Independent | Jack Lord | 237 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| | Independent | Walter Tinyow | 102 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,879,443 | 96.46 | −0.23 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 142,281 | 3.54 | +0.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,021,724 | 95.66 | −0.68 |

## Victoria

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 2001 | 1 | Richard Alston | Liberal |
| 2001 | 2 | Robert Ray | Labor |
| 2001 | 3 | Rod Kemp | Liberal |
| 2001 | 4 | Gavin Marshall | Labor |
| 2001 | 5 | Kay Patterson | Liberal |
| 2001 | 6 | Lyn Allison | Democrats |
| 1998 |||||
| 1998 | 1 | Stephen Conroy | Labor |
| 1998 | 2 | Judith Troeth | Liberal |
| 1998 | 3 | Kim Carr | Labor |
| 1998 | 4 | Julian McGauran | National |
| 1998 | 5 | Jacinta Collins | Labor |
| 1998 | 6 | Tsebin Tchen | Liberal |
2001 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 416,896 | | |
| | Coalition | 1. Richard Alston (Lib) (elected 1) 2. Rod Kemp (Lib) (elected 3) 3. Kay Patterson (Lib) (elected 5) 4. Tim Hawker (Nat) 5. Dino de Marchi (Lib) 6. Duc-Dung Tran (Lib) | 1,155,817 | 39.61 | +1.8 |
| | Labor | 1. Robert Ray (elected 2) 2. Gavin Marshall (elected 4) 3. Ted Murphy 4. Robert Chong | 1,073,632 | 36.79 | −3.7 |
| | Democrats | 1. Lyn Allison (elected 6) 2. Pierre Harcourt 3. David Wark 4. Simone Alesich | 228,212 | 7.82 | −2.0 |
| | Greens | 1. Scott Kinnear 2. Eleisha Mullane 3. Dinesh Mathew 4. Liz Conor | 174,756 | 4.36 | +3.5 |
| | One Nation | 1. Robyn Spencer 2. Neville McIntyre | 71,598 | 2.45 | −1.6 |
| | Liberals for Forests | 1. Suresh Pathy 2. John Lugg | 70,134 | 2.40 | +2.4 |
| | Democratic Labor | 1. John Mulholland 2. Pat Crea 3. Gail King 4. Rosemary Maurus 5. Ken Wells | 66,547 | 2.28 | +0.0 |
| | Group C | 1. Phil Cleary 2. Eileen Zombolas | 36,142 | 1.24 | +1.24 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Murray Graham 2. Arnold Jago | 17,155 | 0.59 | +0.1 |
| | Unity | 1. Wellington Lee 2. Diana Wolowski 3. Bill Cope (academic) | 9,651 | 0.33 | −0.4 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Noelene Isherwood 2. Robert Barwick | 2,660 | 0.09 | +0.1 |
| | Group J | 1. A.T. Baker 2. Pam Barber | 2,585 | 0.09 | +0.09 |
| | Hope | 1. Tim Petherbridge 2. Lee-Anne Poynton | 2,581 | 0.09 | +0.1 |
| | Group Q | 1. Alison Thorne 2. Sarah Peart 3. Tony Dewberry | 1,730 | 0.06 | +0.06 |
| | Group F | 1. Steve Raskovy 2. Elizabeth Kennedy | 1,496 | 0.05 | +0.05 |
| | Group E | 1. Joseph Toscano 2. Stephen Reghenzani | 1,391 | 0.05 | +0.05 |
| | Group N | 1. Craig Davis 2. Donna Brocas | 700 | 0.02 | +0.02 |
| | Independent | Daniel Flood | 589 | 0.02 | +0.02 |
| | Independent | Isaac Gnieslaw | 559 | 0.02 | +0.02 |
| | Independent | Richard Maslowski | 105 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,918,267 | 94.40 | −1.82 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 173,141 | 5.60 | +1.82 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,091,408 | 96.04 | −0.55 |

## Queensland

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 2001 | 1 | Ian Macdonald | Liberal |
| 2001 | 2 | John Hogg | Labor |
| 2001 | 3 | John Herron | Liberal |
| 2001 | 4 | Claire Moore | Labor |
| 2001 | 5 | Andrew Bartlett | Democrats |
| 2001 | 6 | Ron Boswell | National |
| 1998 |||||
| 1998 | 1 | Jan McLucas | Labor |
| 2000* | 2 | George Brandis | Liberal |
| 1999† | 3 | Len Harris | One Nation |
| 1998 | 4 | Joe Ludwig | Labor |
| 1998 | 5 | Brett Mason | Liberal |
| 2001‡ | 6 | John Cherry | Democrats |
2001 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 307,154 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. Ian Macdonald (elected 1) 2. John Herron (elected 3) 3. Russell Trood 4. Deborah Kember | 750,416 | 34.90 | +9.0 |
| | Labor | 1. John Hogg (elected 2) 2. Claire Moore (elected 4) 3. Brenda Gibbs | 682,239 | 31.73 | −0.9 |
| | One Nation | 1. Pauline Hanson 2. Trevor Hansen 3. Morrie Marsden 4. John Slack-Smith | 215,400 | 10.02 | −4.8 |
| | National | 1. Ron Boswell (elected 6) 2. Pam Stallman 3. Barnaby Joyce | 196,845 | 9.16 | −0.3 |
| | Democrats | 1. Andrew Bartlett (elected 5) 2. Liz Oss-Emer 3. Megan Bathurst | 143,942 | 6.69 | −1.0 |
| | Greens | 1. Sarah Moles 2. Desiree Mahoney 3. Mark Taylor | 71,102 | 3.31 | +1.2 |
| | HEMP | 1. Nigel Freemarijuana 2. Guy Freemarijuana | 28,122 | 1.31 | +1.3 |
| | No GST | 1. David Ettridge 2. Richard Gooch | 24,319 | 1.13 | −1.0 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Kerry Blackman 2. Geoffrey Bullock | 22,703 | 1.06 | −0.3 |
| | Group A | 1. Sam Watson 2. Karen Fletcher | 8,553 | 0.40 | +0.40 |
| | Republican | 1. John Pyke 2. Malcolm Simpson | 2,553 | 0.12 | +0.1 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Danny Hope 2. Nick Contarino | 2,226 | 0.10 | +0.10 |
| | Independent | Derek Rosborough | 700 | 0.03 | +0.03 |
| | Independent | Phillip Riley | 263 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| | Independent | George Szentes | 180 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| | Independent | Oni Kirwin | 173 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| | Independent | Anthony Melrose | 105 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| | Independent | John Jones | 86 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| | Independent | David Howse | 78 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| | Independent | Walter Philippi | 72 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,150,077 | 97.05 | +0.09 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 65,450 | 2.95 | −0.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,215,527 | 95.23 | +0.33 |

## Western Australia

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 2001 | 1 | Alan Eggleston | Liberal |
| 2001 | 2 | Mark Bishop | Labor |
| 2001 | 3 | David Johnston | Liberal |
| 2001 | 4 | Ruth Webber | Labor |
| 2001 | 5 | Ross Lightfoot | Liberal |
| 2001 | 6 | Andrew Murray | Democrats |
| 1998 |||||
| 1998 | 1 | Chris Ellison | Liberal |
| 1998 | 2 | Peter Cook | Labor |
| 1998 | 3 | Ian Campbell | Liberal |
| 1998 | 4 | Chris Evans | Labor |
| 1998 | 5 | Brian Greig | Democrats |
| 1998 | 6 | Sue Knowles | Liberal |
2001 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 157,933 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. Alan Eggleston (elected 1) 2. David Johnston (elected 3) 3. Ross Lightfoot (elected 5) 4. Winston Crane 5. Kim Keogh 6. Nigel Hallett | 443,597 | 40.13 | +1.7 |
| | Labor | 1. Mark Bishop (elected 2) 2. Ruth Webber (elected 4) 3. Mark Cuomo 4. Gavin Waugh | 377,547 | 34.15 | −0.4 |
| | One Nation | 1. Graeme Campbell 2. Gerry Kenworthy 3. Marye Daniels 4. Peter David | 77,757 | 7.03 | −3.0 |
| | Democrats | 1. Andrew Murray (elected 6) 2. Helen Hodgson 3. Damian Meyer | 64,773 | 5.86 | −0.5 |
| | Greens | 1. Rachel Siewert 2. Lee Bell 3. Paul Smith 4. Jenna Zed | 64,736 | 5.86 | +0.2 |
| | National | 1. Hendy Cowan 2. Margaret Day | 26,015 | 2.35 | +1.2 |
| | Liberals for Forests | 1. Liz Davenport 2. Arthur Harris | 15,646 | 1.42 | +1.4 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Justin Moseley 2. Kerry Watterson | 13,809 | 1.25 | +0.4 |
| | Progressive Labour | 1. Eddie Hwang 2. Nicholas Chin | 7,667 | 0.69 | +0.7 |
| | Group A | 1. Jim Dalton 2. Kate Dalton | 4,495 | 0.41 | +0.4 |
| | Curtin Labor Alliance | 1. Adrian Bennett 2. June Bennett | 3,494 | 0.32 | +0.3 |
| | Group B | 1. Geoff Taylor 2. Henry Sheil | 1,631 | 0.15 | +0.2 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Jean Robertson 2. John Watson | 1,243 | 0.11 | +0.0 |
| | Unity | 1. Eddie Hwang 2. Nicholas Chin | 811 | 0.07 | −1.0 |
| | Independent | Jennifer Lee | 804 | 0.07 | +0.1 |
| | Taxi Operators | 1. Alan Bateson 2. Ramon Kennedy | 670 | 0.06 | +0.06 |
| | Group K | 1. Frank Nesci 2. Renu Schneider | 532 | 0.05 | +0.05 |
| | Group M | 1. Clarrie Isaacs 2. Daniel Watson | 302 | 0.03 | +0.03 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,105,529 | 96.42 | −0.63 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 41,025 | 3.58 | +0.63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,146,554 | 95.04 | −0.78 |

## South Australia

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 2001 | 1 | Robert Hill | Liberal |
| 2001 | 2 | Penny Wong | Labor |
| 2001 | 3 | Jeannie Ferris | Liberal |
| 2001 | 4 | Linda Kirk | Labor |
| 2001 | 5 | Grant Chapman | Liberal |
| 2001 | 6 | Natasha Stott Despoja | Democrats |
| 1998 |||||
| 1998 | 1 | Amanda Vanstone | Liberal |
| 1998 | 2 | Nick Bolkus | Labor |
| 1998 | 3 | Nick Minchin | Liberal |
| 1998 | 4 | John Quirke | Labor |
| 1998 | 5 | Meg Lees | Democrats |
| 1998 | 6 | Alan Ferguson | Liberal |
2001 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 138,146 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. Robert Hill (elected 1) 2. Jeannie Ferris (elected 3) 3. Grant Chapman (elected 5) 4. Michelle Lensink | 440,537 | 45.53 | +5.0 |
| | Labor | 1. Penny Wong (elected 2) 2. Linda Kirk (elected 4) 3. Chris Schacht | 321,551 | 33.23 | −1.3 |
| | Democrats | 1. Natasha Stott Despoja (elected 6) 2. Jeff Heath 3. Michael Pilling 4. Haroon Hassan | 122,195 | 12.63 | +0.3 |
| | One Nation | 1. Neil Russell-Taylor 2. Colin Gibson | 44,080 | 4.56 | −5.0 |
| | Greens | 1. Cate Faehrmann 2. Jim Douglas | 33,439 | 3.46 | +1.3 |
| | Republican | 1. Patrick Crozier 2. Robert Easson | 1,917 | 0.20 | +0.20 |
| | Group D | 1. Kathy Newnam 2. Lisa Lines | 1,171 | 0.12 | +0.12 |
| | Group G | 1. Kerry Harte 2. Colin Phillips | 886 | 0.09 | +0.09 |
| | Group F | 1. Mark Aldridge 2. Helen Aldridge | 750 | 0.08 | +0.08 |
| | Independent | Kym Fishlock | 596 | 0.06 | +0.06 |
| | Independent | Nicholas McShane | 309 | 0.03 | +0.03 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | Ervyn Behn | 106 | 0.01 | +0.00 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 967,015 | 96.94 | −0.25 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 30,561 | 3.06 | +0.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 997,576 | 96.22 | −0.58 |

## Tasmania

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 2001 | 1 | Paul Calvert | Liberal |
| 2001 | 2 | Sue Mackay | Labor |
| 2001 | 3 | John Watson | Liberal |
| 2001 | 4 | Nick Sherry | Labor |
| 2001 | 5 | Bob Brown | Greens |
| 2001 | 6 | Richard Colbeck | Liberal |
| 1998 |||||
| 1998 | 1 | Kerry O'Brien | Labor |
| 1998 | 2 | Eric Abetz | Liberal |
| 1998 | 3 | Shayne Murphy | Independent |
| 1998 | 4 | Brian Gibson | Liberal |
| 1998 | 5 | Kay Denman | Labor |
| 1998 | 6 | Brian Harradine | Independent |
2001 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 44,095 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. Paul Calvert (elected 1) 2. John Watson (elected 3) 3. Richard Colbeck (elected 6) | 119,720 | 38.79 | +6.1 |
| | Labor | 1. Sue Mackay (elected 2) 2. Nick Sherry (elected 4) 3. Catryna Bilyk | 113,709 | 36.84 | −4.6 |
| | Greens | Bob Brown (elected 5) | 42,568 | 13.79 | +8.0 |
| | Democrats | 1. Debbie Butler 2. Brendan Toohey | 14,273 | 4.62 | +0.7 |
| | One Nation | 1. Bronwyn Boag 2. Peter Stokes | 10,169 | 3.29 | −0.4 |
| | Tasmania First | 1. Merilyn Crack 2. David Jackson 3. John Presser | 3,895 | 1.26 | −0.2 |
| | Liberals for Forests | 1. Peter Pullinger 2. Michael Thomas | 1,892 | 0.61 | +0.6 |
| | Independent | Eric Lockett | 464 | 0.15 | +0.1 |
| | Group D | 1. Stephen Bonner 2. Geoff Howard | 414 | 0.13 | +0.1 |
| | Group G | 1. Alex Bainbridge 2. Sarah Cleary | 389 | 0.13 | +0.1 |
| | Republican | 1. Peter Consandine 2. Bert Lawatsch | 368 | 0.12 | +0.0 |
| | Hope | 1. James Bristow 2. Shamara Petherbridge-de Tissera | 368 | 0.12 | +0.12 |
| | Independent | Helen Lane | 268 | 0.09 | +0.09 |
| | Independent | John Marmarinos | 85 | 0.03 | +0.03 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | Rob Larner | 82 | 0.03 | +0.03 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 308,662 | 96.71 | −0.23 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 10,493 | 3.29 | +0.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 319,155 | 96.83 | +0.37 |

## Territories
### Australian Capital Territory

| Elected | # | Senator | Party | Party |
| 2001 | 1 | Kate Lundy | | Labor |
| 2001 | 2 | Margaret Reid | | Liberal |
2001 Australian federal election: Senate, Australian Capital Territory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 68,492 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Kate Lundy (elected 1) 2. Robin Poke | 86,331 | 42.02 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal | 1. Margaret Reid (elected 2) 2. Bill Hanlon | 70,475 | 34.30 | +3.0 |
| | Democrats | 1. Wayne Sievers 2. Roslyn Dundas | 22,072 | 10.74 | −6.2 |
| | Greens | 1. Gary Corr 2. Felicity Fahey | 14,825 | 7.22 | +4.0 |
| | One Nation | 1. Don Tarlinton 2. Ted Tarlinton | 4,485 | 2.18 | −2.2 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Ian McClure 2. Tim Janes | 3,602 | 1.25 | +0.8 |
| | Independent | Ken Helm | 3,580 | 1.74 | +1.74 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | James Arnold | 104 | 0.05 | +0.05 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 205,474 | 97.66 | −0.37 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,924 | 2.34 | +0.37 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 210,398 | 95.69 | −0.62 |

### Northern Territory

| Elected | # | Senator | Party | Party |
| 2001 | 1 | Nigel Scullion | | CLP |
| 2001 | 2 | Trish Crossin | | Labor |
2001 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 31,021 | | |
| | Country Liberal | 1. Nigel Scullion (elected 1) 2. John Lopes | 40,680 | 43.71 | +4.9 |
| | Labor | 1. Trish Crossin (elected 2) 2. Olga Havnen | 36,500 | 39.22 | −2.0 |
| | Democrats | 1. David Curtis 2. Joe Faggion | 6,796 | 7.30 | +2.8 |
| | One Nation | 1. Rob Phillips 2. Jim King | 4,353 | 4.68 | −4.6 |
| | Greens | 1. Melanie Ross 2. Charlotte McCabe | 3,978 | 4.27 | +0.2 |
| | Group D | 1. June Mills 2. Gary Meyerhoff | 650 | 0.70 | +0.70 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | Peter Flynn | 105 | 0.11 | +0.11 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 93,062 | 97.24 | −0.76 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,901 | 2.76 | +0.76 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,702 | 86.20 | −4.40 |