   federal elections were held in australia on 3 october 1998. all 148 seats in the house of representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member senate were up for election. the incumbent liberal party of australia led by prime minister of australia john howard and coalition partner the national party of australia led by tim fischer defeated the opposition australian labor party led by kim beazley. ==results==  {| class="wikitable" |+house of reps (irv) â 1998â2001 â turnout 94.99% (cv) â informal 3.78% | style="width:20px" | &nbsp; | style="width:240px" | party | style="width:70px; text-align:center;"| votes | style="width:40px; text-align:center;"| % | style="width:40px; text-align:center;"| swing | style="width:40px; text-align:center;"| seats | style="width:40px; text-align:center;"| change |- |  | &nbsp; | australian labor party | align=right| 4,454,306 | align=right| 40.10 | align=right| +1.34 | align=right| 67 | align=right| +18 |- |  | &nbsp; | liberal party of australia |
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