2016 Australian federal election

The **2016 Australian federal election** was an election held on Saturday 2 July to elect all 226 members of the 45th Parliament of Australia. It lasted eight weeks. It was the first under a new voting system for the Senate that replaced group voting tickets with optional preferential voting. Incumbent Malcolm Turnbull was narrowly re-elected by forming a coalition government with other smaller parties.

## Results aftermath

After a week of vote counting, no party had won enough seats in the House of Representatives to form a majority government. Neither the Liberal/National Coalition's incumbent Turnbull Government nor the Australian Labor Party's Shorten Opposition were in a position to claim victory. Turnbull talked with the crossbench. He won a confidence and supply support from Bob Katter, Andrew Wilkie and Cathy McGowan in the event of a hung parliament and resulting minority government. On 10 July, Shorten conceded defeat. Turnbull claimed victory later that day.

The election is the closest federal majority result since 1961, the ABC declared on 11 July that the Coalition could form a one-seat majority government.

## Other websites

- Australian Electoral Commission: 2016 federal election
- ABC Elections: 2016 Federal Election Guide

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2016 Australian federal election
- **country**: Australia
- **type**: parliamentary
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 2013 Australian federal election
- **previous year**: 2013
- **outgoing members**: Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2013–2016
- **election date**: 2 July 2016
- **elected members**: Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2016–2019
- **next election**: 2019 Australian federal election
- **next year**: 2019
- **turnout**: 91.01%
- **registered**: 15,671,551
- **seats for election**: Results of the 2016 Australian federal election (House of Representatives), All 150 seats in the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives
<small>76 seats were needed for a majority</small>
Results of the 2016 Australian federal election (Senate), All 76 seats in the Australian Senate, Senate
- **opinion polls**: Opinion polling for the 2016 Australian federal election
- **image1**:
- **leader1**: Malcolm Turnbull
- **party1**: Liberal/National coalition
- **leader since1**: September 2015 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill|
- **leaders seat1**: Division of Wentworth, Wentworth (NSW)
- **popular vote1**: **5,693,605**
- **percentage1**: **42.04%**
- **swing1**: 3.51
- **last election1**: 90 seats, 53.49%
- **seats1**: **76 seats**
- **seat change1**: 14
- **image2**:
- **leader2**: Bill Shorten
- **leader since2**: October 2013 Australian Labor Party leadership election|
- **party2**: Australian Labor Party
- **leaders seat2**: Division of Maribyrnong, Maribyrnong (Vic.)
- **popular vote2**: 4,702,296
- **percentage2**: 34.73%
- **swing2**: 1.35
- **last election2**: 55 seats, 46.51%
- **seats2**: 69 seats
- **seat change2**: 14
- **1blank**: Two-party-preferred vote, TPP
- **1data1**: **50.36%**
- **1data2**: 49.64%
- **2blank**: Two-party-preferred vote, TPP swing
- **2data1**: 3.13
- **2data2**: 3.13
- **image3**:
- **colour3**: 10C25B
- **leader3**: Richard Di Natale
- **leader since3**: Australian Greens leadership elections#2015|
- **party3**: Australian Greens
- **leaders seat3**: List of Senators from Victoria, Senator for Victoria
- **popular vote3**: 1,385,651
- **percentage3**: 10.23%
- **swing3**: 1.58
- **last election3**: Division of Melbourne, 1 seat, 8.65%
- **seats3**: Division of Melbourne, 1 seat
- **title**: Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister
- **before election**: Malcolm Turnbull
- **before party**: Liberal/National coalition
- **posttitle**: Subsequent Prime Minister
- **after election**: Malcolm Turnbull
- **after party**: Liberal/National coalition