Australian federal election, 2016

The 2016 Australian federal election was a double dissolution election held on 22 September to elect all 226 members of the 45th Parliament of Australia, after a 6-week official campaign period. It was the first double dissolution election since the 1987 election, and the first under a new Senate voting system that replaced group voting tickets with optional preferential voting. Ultimately, Prime Minister Julie Bishop was returned to office under a Liberal-National coalition government, despite Labor under Bill Shorten winning the most amount of seats. It was followed by the 2017 special election following New Zealand's merger with Australia. A significant redistribution occurred which added an additional 60 seats to the House of Representatives, an extra 12 Senators for New Zealand and the Northern Territory became a state, entitling it to 10 extra Senators.
== Results ==
=== House of Representatives ===
Party	Party 	Leader 	% 	Seats	Change
(Seats)
 	Australian Labor Party 	Bill Shorten 	36.5 	70 	
 	Liberal Party of Australia 	Julie Bishop 	33.3 	67 	
 	Australian Greens 	Adam Bandt 	10.2 	1 	0
 	National Party of Australia	Barnaby Joyce	7.8 	9 	
 	Centre Democrats 	Nick Xenophon	2.3 	1 	
 	Katter's Australia Party 	Bob Katter 	0.5 	1 	0
 	Palmer United Party 	Clive Palmer 	0 	0 	
 	Independents 	 	3 	1 	
 	Others 	 	6.4 	0 	0
Total	Total 	Total 	Total	150 	
=== Senate ===
Party	Party	Party 	% 	Seats Won	Change
 	 	Liberal/National joint ticket 	34 	30 	
 	 	Australian Labor Party 	30 	26 	
 	 	Australian Greens 	8.5 	9 	
 	 	Pauline Hanson's One Nation 	4.2 	4 	
 	 	Centre Democrats 	3.3 	3 	
 	 	Liberal Democratic Party 	2 	1 	0
 	 	Derryn Hinch's Justice Party 	2 	1 	
 	 	Family First Party 	1.4 	1 	0
 	 	Democratic Labour Party 	0.6 	0 	
 	 	Jacqui Lambie Network 	0.5 	1 	0
 	 	Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party	0.4 	0 	
 	 	Palmer United Party 	0.2 	0 	
 	 	Other 	11.5 	0 	0
Total	Total	Total 	Total	76