Party And State Breakdown Of House Of Representatives 1972-2016

This table shows the state breakdown and the number of seats won by each party and independents at every federal election since 1972.

The national totals are shown first, followed by each State and Territory.

PARTY REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1972-2019
NATIONAL
	1972	1974	1975	1977	1980	1983	1984	1987	1990	1993	1996	1998	2001	2004	2007	2010	2013	2016	2019
ALP	67	66	36	38	51	75	82	86	78	80	49	67	65	60	83	72	55	69	68
COALITION	58	61	91	86	74	50	66	62	69	65	94	80	82	87	65	72 73	90	76	77
OTHER	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	5	1	3	3	2	6 5	5	5	6
TOTAL	125	127	127	124	125	125	148	148	148	147	148	148	150	150	150	150	150	150	151
LIB	38	40	68	67	54	33	45	43	55	49	75	64	68	74	55	44	58	45	44
LNP (Qld)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	22	21	23
NAT	19	20	22	18	19	17	20	19	14	16	18	16	13	12	10	6	9	10	10
NAT (WA)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
CLP (N.T.)	1	1	1	1	1	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	–	1	1	–	–
GREENS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	1
PUP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
KAP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1
NXT/CA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
IND	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	5	1	3	3	2	4	2	2	3
NEW SOUTH WALES
	1972	1974	1975	1977	1980	1983	1984	1987	1990	1993	1996	1998	2001	2004	2007	2010	2013	2016	2019
ALP	28	25	17	17	18	24	29	28	30	33	20	22	20 19	21	28	26	18	24	24
LIB	10	11	19	18	16	11	12	13	12	8	19	18	21	21	15	16	23	16	15
NAT	7	9	9	8	9	8	10	10	8	8	10	9	7	6	5	4	7	7	7
IND	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	1	2 3	2	1	2	–	–	1
Total	45	45	45	43	43	43	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	49	48	48	47	47
VICTORIA
	1972	1974	1975	1977	1980	1983	1984	1987	1990	1993	1996	1998	2001	2004	2007	2010	2013	2016	2019
ALP	14	16	10	10	17	23	25	24	14	17	16	19	20	19	21	22	19	18	21
LIB	14	12	19	20	13	7	11	12	21	17	19	16	15	16	14	12	14	14	12
NAT	6	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
GREENS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	1
IND	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1
Total	34	34	34	33	33	33	39	39	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38
QUEENSLAND
	1972	1974	1975	1977	1980	1983	1984	1987	1990	1993	1996	1998	2001	2004	2007	2010	2013	2016	2019
ALP	8	6	1	3	5	10	9	13	15	13	2	8	7	6	15	8	6	8	6
LIB	6	7	9	9	7	3	8	5	6	7	17	14	15	17	10	–	–	–	–
NAT	4	5	8	7	7	6	7	6	3	5	6	5	4	4	3	–	–	–	–
LNP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	22	21	23
PUP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
KAP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1
IND	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	1	1	–	–	–
Total	18	18	18	19	19	19	24	24	24	25	25	27	27	28	29	30	30	30	30
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
	1972	1974	1975	1977	1980	1983	1984	1987	1990	1993	1996	1998	2001	2004	2007	2010	2013	2016	2019
ALP	4	5	1	1	3	8	9	9	8	6	3	7	7	5	4	3	3	5	5
LIB	3	5	9	9	8	3	4	4	6	8	8	7	8	10	11	11	12	11	11
NAT	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
NAT (WA)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
IND	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	9	10	10	10	11	11	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
	1972	1974	1975	1977	1980	1983	1984	1987	1990	1993	1996	1998	2001	2004	2007	2010	2013	2016	2019
ALP	7	7	6	6	6	7	8	8	7	4	2	3	3	3	6	6	5	6	5
LIB	5	5	6	5	5	4	5	5	6	8	10	9	9	8	5	5	6	4	4
NXT/CA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
Total	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
TASMANIA
	1972	1974	1975	1977	1980	1983	1984	1987	1990	1993	1996	1998	2001	2004	2007	2010	2013	2016	2019
ALP	5	5	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	4	3	5	5	3	5	4	1	4	2
LIB	–	–	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	1	2	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	2
IND	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	1
Total	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
	1972	1974	1975	1977	1980	1983	1984	1987	1990	1993	1996	1998	2001	2004	2007	2010	2013	2016	2019
ALP	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
LIB	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
NORTHERN TERRITORY
	1972	1974	1975	1977	1980	1983	1984	1987	1990	1993	1996	1998	2001	2004	2007	2010	2013	2016	2019
ALP	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	1	–	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2
CLP	1	1	1	1	1	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	–	1	1	–	–
Total	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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