# Results of the 1998 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

The following tables show results for the Australian House of Representatives at the 1998 federal election held on 3 October 1998.

## Australia

House of Reps (IRV) – 1998–2001 – Turnout 94.99% (CV) — Informal 3.78% :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Labor | Labor | 4,454,306 | 40.10 | +1.34 | 67 | 18 |
| | | Liberal | 3,764,707 | 33.89 | −4.80 | 64 | 11 |
| | | National | 588,088 | 5.29 | −2.91 | 16 | 3 |
| | | Country Liberal | 36,014 | 0.32 | −0.03 | 0 | 1 |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 4,388,809 | 39.51 | -7.74 | 80 | 14 |
| | One Nation | One Nation | 936,621 | 8.43 | * | | |
| | Democrats | Democrats | 569,875 | 5.13 | −1.63 | | |
| | Greens | Greens | 290,709 | 2.62 | −0.30 | | |
| | Independents | Independents | 195,180 | 1.76 | −0.51 | 1 | 4 |
| | Unity | Unity | 87,252 | 0.79 | * | | |
| | Christian Democrats | Christian Democrats | 64,916 | 0.58 | +0.18 | | |
| | Australia First | Australia First | 28,069 | 0.25 | * | | |
| | Natural Law | Natural Law | 18,425 | 0.17 | -0.21 | | |
| | Australian Shooters Party | Australian Shooters Party | 12,675 | 0.11 | * | | |
| | Democratic Socialist Electoral League | Democratic Socialist Electoral League | 9,749 | 0.09 | * | | |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | Citizens Electoral Council | 8,293 | 0.07 | * | | |
| | Progressive Labour | Progressive Labour | 6,122 | 0.06 | * | | |
| | No Aircraft Noise | No Aircraft Noise | 5,298 | 0.05 | −0.12 | | |
| | Tasmania First | Tasmania First | 4,551 | 0.04 | * | | |
| | Australian Reform Party | Australian Reform Party | 4,220 | 0.04 | * | | |
| | Abolish Child Support/Family Court Party | Abolish Child Support/Family Court Party | 2,312 | 0.02 | * | | |
| | Women's Party | Women's Party | 1,426 | 0.01 | −0.05 | | |
| | Family Law Reform | Family Law Reform | 1,199 | 0.01 | * | | |
| | Communist Party of Australia (current) | Communist Party of Australia (current) | 801 | 0.00 | +0.00 | | |
| | Socialist Equality | Socialist Equality | 531 | 0.00 | * | | |
| | Independent EFF | Independent EFF | 513 | 0.00 | * | | |
| | Republican | Republican | 403 | 0.00 | +0.00 | | |
| | Not Affiliated | Not Affiliated | 14,793 | 0.13 | +0.01 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 11,109,063 | | | 148 | |
| Two-party-preferred vote ||||||||
| | Liberal/National coalition | Liberal/National coalition | 5,413,431 | 49.02 | −4.61 | 80 | 14 |
| | Labor | Labor | 5,630,409 | 50.98 | +4.61 | 67 | 18 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 436,138 | 3.78 | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,545,201 | 95.0 | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 12,154,050 | | | | |
| Source: Federal Elections 1998 ||||||||

## States
### New South Wales

Turnout 96.4% (CV) — Informal 3.6% :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | | Liberal | 1,131,545 | 30.49 | −2.97 | 18 | 1 |
| | | National | 293,126 | 7.90 | −4.17 | 9 | 1 |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 1,424,671 | 38.39 | −7.14 | 27 | 2 |
| | Labor | Labor | 1,489,021 | 40.12 | +0.56 | 22 | 2 |
| | One Nation | One Nation | 332,510 | 8.96 | +8.96 | | |
| | Democrats | Democrats | 154,496 | 4.16 | −2.38 | | |
| | Greens | Greens | 98,647 | 2.66 | +0.14 | | |
| | Independents | Independents | 96,719 | 2.61 | +0.20 | 1 | |
| | Unity | Unity | 57,666 | 1.55 | +1.55 | | |
| | Christian Democrats | Christian Democrats | 38,023 | 1.02 | +0.10 | | |
| | No Aircraft Noise | No Aircraft Noise | 5,298 | 0.14 | | | |
| | Democratic Socialist | Democratic Socialist | 3,296 | 0.09 | 1.37 | | |
| | Natural Law | Natural Law | 3,065 | 0.08 | 0.31 | | |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | Citizens Electoral Council | 2,332 | 0.06 | | | |
| | Progressive Labour | Progressive Labour | 1,131 | 0.03 | | | |
| | Australia First | Australia First | 1,024 | 0.03 | | | |
| | Abolish Child Support | Abolish Child Support | 544 | 0.01 | | | |
| | Socialist Equality | Socialist Equality | 531 | 0.01 | | | |
| | No GST | No GST | 240 | 0.01 | | | |
| | Republican | Republican | 227 | 0.01 | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 3,711,144 | | | 50 | |
| Two-party-preferred vote ||||||||
| | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 1,766,640 | 48.46 | −4.11 | 27 | 2 |
| | Labor | Labor | 1,879,281 | 51.54 | +4.11 | 22 | 2 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 217,024 | 5.4 | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,866,083 | 94.8 | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 4,076,081 | | | | |
| Source: Federal Elections 1998 ||||||||

### Victoria

Turnout 95.6% (CV) — Informal 3.5% :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | | Liberal | 1,053,990 | 37.08 | -2.82 | 16 | 3 |
| | | National | 77,385 | 2.72 | -1.90 | 2 | |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 1,131,375 | 39.80 | -4.72 | 18 | 3 |
| | Labor | Labor | 1,261,289 | 44.37 | 1.45 | 19 | 3 |
| | Democrats | Democrats | 171,091 | 6.02 | -1.33 | | |
| | One Nation | One Nation | 105,798 | 3.72 | 3.72 | | |
| | Greens | Greens | 59,383 | 2.09 | 0.19 | | |
| | Independent | Independent | 38,232 | 1.34 | -0.29 | | |
| | Unity | Unity | 29,265 | 1.03 | 1.03 | | |
| | Shooters | Shooters | 12,675 | 0.45 | 0.45 | | |
| | Natural Law | Natural Law | 9,654 | 0.34 | 0.00 | | |
| | Australia First | Australia First | 6,455 | 0.23 | 0.00 | | |
| | Progressive Labour | Progressive Labour | 4,991 | 0.18 | 0.00 | | |
| | Reform | Reform | 4,220 | 0.15 | 0.00 | | |
| | Christian Democrats | Christian Democrats | 3,793 | 0.13 | 0.00 | | |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | Citizens Electoral Council | 2,914 | 0.10 | 0.00 | | |
| | Abolish Child Support | Abolish Child Support | 945 | 0.03 | 0.00 | | |
| | Democratic Socialist | Democratic Socialist | 425 | 0.01 | 0.00 | | |
| | Republican | Republican | 176 | 0.01 | 0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 2,842,681 | | | 37 | |
| Two-party-preferred vote ||||||||
| | Labor | Labor | 1,521,560 | 53.53 | 3.22 | 19 | 3 |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 1,321,121 | 46.47 | -3.22 | 18 | 3 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 103,524 | 3.5 | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,946,205 | 95.6 | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 3,081,632 | | | | |
| Source: Federal Elections 1998 ||||||||

### Queensland

Turnout 94.2% (CV) — Informal 3.2% :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | | Liberal | 615,153 | 30.86 | -8.44 | 14 | 3 |
| | | National | 199,185 | 9.99 | -5.91 | 5 | 1 |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 814,338 | 40.85 | -14.35 | 19 | 4 |
| | Labor | Labor | 719,743 | 36.11 | 2.91 | 8 | 6 |
| | One Nation | One Nation | 285,983 | 14.35 | 14.35 | | |
| | Democrats | Democrats | 80,003 | 4.01 | -2.69 | | |
| | Greens | Greens | 47,440 | 2.38 | -2.42 | | |
| | Independents | Independents | 29,388 | 1.47 | 1.47 | | 1 |
| | Christian Democrats | Christian Democrats | 11,243 | 0.56 | 0.56 | | |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | Citizens Electoral Council | 1,506 | 0.08 | 0.08 | | |
| | Women's Party | Women's Party | 1,426 | 0.07 | 0.00 | | |
| | Family Law Reform | Family Law Reform | 1,199 | 0.06 | 0.00 | | |
| | Democratic Socialist | Democratic Socialist | 778 | 0.04 | 0.00 | | |
| | Abolish Child Support | Abolish Child Support | 170 | 0.01 | 0.00 | | |
| | Australia First | Australia First | 158 | 0.01 | 0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 1,993,375 | | | 27 | 1 |
| Two-party-preferred vote ||||||||
| | Labor | Labor | 935,867 | 46.95 | 7.17 | 8 | 6 |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 1,057,508 | 53.05 | -7.17 | 19 | 4 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 68,659 | 3.2 | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,062,034 | 94.2 | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 2,188,024 | | | | |
| Source: Federal Elections 1998 ||||||||

### Western Australia

Turnout 94.7% (CV) — Informal 4.2% :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | | Liberal | 397,836 | 38.15 | -5.87 | 7 | 1 |
| | | National | 13,596 | 1.30 | -0.03 | | |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 411,432 | 39.46 | -5.90 | 7 | 1 |
| | Labor | Labor | 377,545 | 36.21 | 1.48 | 7 | 4 |
| | One Nation | One Nation | 96,708 | 9.27 | 9.27 | | |
| | Greens | Greens | 52,674 | 5.05 | -0.26 | | |
| | Democrats | Democrats | 41,364 | 3.97 | -1.61 | | |
| | Independents | Independents | 31,980 | 3.07 | -5.71 | | 3 |
| | Australia First | Australia First | 18,828 | 1.81 | 1.81 | | |
| | Christian Democrats | Christian Democrats | 8,336 | 0.80 | 0.80 | | |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | Citizens Electoral Council | 1,541 | 0.15 | 0.15 | | |
| | Natural Law | Natural Law | 951 | 0.09 | -0.16 | | |
| | Democratic Socialist | Democratic Socialist | 682 | 0.07 | 0.07 | | |
| | Abolish Child Support | Abolish Child Support | 413 | 0.04 | 0.04 | | |
| | Unity | Unity | 321 | 0.03 | 0.03 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 1,042,775 | | | 14 | |
| Two-party-preferred vote ||||||||
| | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 527,042 | 50.54 | -5.46 | 7 | 1 |
| | Labor | Labor | 515,733 | 49.46 | 5.46 | 7 | 4 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 45,509 | 4.18 | +1.02 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,088,284 | 94.66 | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 1,149,619 | | | | |
| Source: Federal Elections 1998 ||||||||

### South Australia

Turnout 95.6% (CV) — Informal 3.5% :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | | Liberal | 389,382 | 42.05 | -7.94 | 9 | 1 |
| | | National | 4,796 | 0.52 | 0.52 | | |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 394,178 | 42.57 | -7.42 | 9 | 1 |
| | Labor | Labor | 319,267 | 34.48 | -0.35 | 3 | 1 |
| | Democrats | Democrats | 93,905 | 10.14 | -0.06 | | |
| | One Nation | One Nation | 90,773 | 9.80 | 0.00 | | |
| | Independent | Independent | 13,327 | 1.44 | 0.39 | | |
| | Greens | Greens | 4,576 | 0.49 | -2.46 | | |
| | Natural Law | Natural Law | 3,526 | 0.38 | -0.11 | | |
| | Christian Democrats | Christian Democrats | 3,521 | 0.38 | 0.00 | | |
| | Australia First | Australia First | 1,604 | 0.17 | 0.00 | | |
| | Communist | Communist | 801 | 0.09 | 0.00 | | |
| | Independent EFF | Independent EFF | 513 | 0.06 | 0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 925,991 | | | 12 | |
| Two-party-preferred vote ||||||||
| | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 491,802 | 53.11 | -4.15 | 9 | 1 |
| | Labor | Labor | 434,189 | 46.89 | 4.15 | 3 | 1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 44,074 | 4.54 | 0.46 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 970,065 | 96.91 | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 1,001,006 | | | | |
| Source: Federal Elections 1998 ||||||||

### Tasmania

Turnout 95.6% (CV) — Informal 3.5% :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Labor | 150,384 | 48.91 | 4.60 | 5 | 2 |
| | Liberal | 117,377 | 38.17 | -6.29 | | 2 |
| | Greens | 17,091 | 5.56 | -0.78 | | |
| | Democrats | 10,024 | 3.26 | -0.83 | | |
| | One Nation | 7,553 | 2.46 | 0.00 | | |
| | Tasmania First | 4,551 | 1.48 | 0.00 | | |
| Total | Total | 307,477 | | | 5 | |
| Two-party-preferred vote |||||||
| | Labor | 176,241 | 57.32 | 5.74 | 5 | 2 |
| | Liberal | 131,236 | 42.68 | -5.74 | 0 | 2 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 9,819 | 3.09 | 0.74 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 317,296 | 96.12 | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 330,121 | | | | |
| Source: Federal Elections 1998 |||||||

## Territories
### Australian Capital Territory

Turnout 95.7% (CV) — Informal 2.9% :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Labor | 98,588 | 50.64 | +2.73 | 2 | 1 |
| | Liberal | 59,424 | 30.52 | –10.40 | | |
| | Democrats | 14,394 | 7.39 | | | |
| | One Nation | 9,895 | 5.08 | | | |
| | Greens | 8,145 | 4.18 | –4.52 | | |
| | Democratic Socialist | 2,641 | 1.36 | | | |
| | Natural Law | 539 | 0.28 | –0.13 | | |
| | Independents | 1,057 | 0.54 | –1.52 | | |
| Total | Total | 194,683 | | | 2 | 1 |
| Two-party-preferred vote |||||||
| | Labor | 121,552 | 62.4 | +7.0 | 2 | 1 |
| | Liberal | 73,131 | 37.6 | –7.0 | 0 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 5,743 | 2.87 | +0.05 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 200,426 | 95.65 | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 209,536 | | | | |
| Source: Federal Elections 1998 |||||||

### Northern Territory

1998 Australian federal election: Northern Territory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Warren Snowdon | 38,469 | 42.30 | −1.20 |
| | Country Liberal | Nick Dondas | 36,014 | 39.60 | −5.44 |
| | One Nation | Peter Schirmer | 7,401 | 8.14 | +8.14 |
| | Democrats | Craig Seiler | 4,658 | 5.12 | +5.12 |
| | Greens | Ilana Eldridge | 2,753 | 3.03 | −3.23 |
| | Independent | Barry Nattrass | 1,018 | 1.12 | +1.12 |
| | Democratic Socialist | Natalie Zirngast | 624 | 0.69 | +0.69 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 90,937 | 95.84 | −0.77 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,951 | 4.16 | +0.77 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 94,888 | 90.33 | +1.23 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Warren Snowdon | 45,986 | 50.57 | +0.94 |
| | Country Liberal | Nick Dondas | 44,951 | 49.43 | −0.94 |
| | Labor gain from Country Liberal | Labor gain from Country Liberal | Swing | +0.94 | |