The state-by-state tables on this page show the margins in every House of Representatives electorate following the 1996 federal election.
All results tabulated below are March 2, 1996 general election results. The swing required for the incumbent member to lose is based on Australian Electoral Commission figures.
ACT | NSW | NT | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA
| Australian Capital Territory (3 seats) |
| Electorate |
Member |
Party |
2-Party % |
Status |
| Canberra |
Bob McMullan |
ALP |
57.52 |
Fairly Safe ALP |
| Fraser |
John Langmore |
ALP |
57.32 |
Fairly Safe ALP |
| Namadgi |
Annette Ellis |
ALP |
51.51 |
Marginal ALP |
| New South Wales (50 seats) |
| Electorate |
Current Member |
Party |
Two-Party % |
Status |
| Banks |
Daryl Melham |
ALP |
51.41 |
Marginal ALP |
| Barton |
Robert McClelland |
ALP |
54.34 |
Marginal ALP |
| Bennelong |
John Howard |
LP |
60.13 |
Safe LP |
| Berowra |
Philip Ruddock |
LP |
68.40 |
Safe LP |
| Blaxland |
Paul Keating |
ALP |
62.98 |
Safe ALP |
| Blaxland |
Michael Hatton (15-6-96) |
ALP |
69.06 |
Safe ALP |
| Bradfield |
Brendan Nelson |
LP |
75.77 |
Safe LP |
| Calare |
Peter Andren |
IND |
52.91(L/NP) |
Safe IND |
| Charlton |
Bob Brown |
ALP |
59.32 |
Fairly Safe ALP |
| Chifley |
Roger Price |
ALP |
64.54 |
Safe ALP |
| Cook |
Stephen Mutch |
LP |
62.28 |
Safe LP |
| Cowper |
Garry Nehl |
NP |
61.56 |
Safe NP |
| Cunningham |
Stephen Martin |
ALP |
62.91 |
Safe ALP |
| Dobell |
Michael Lee |
ALP |
50.08 |
Marginal ALP |
| Eden-Monaro |
Gary Nairn |
LP |
54.76 |
Marginal LP |
| Farrer |
Tim Fischer |
NP |
71.23 |
Safe NP |
| Fowler |
Ted Grace |
ALP |
68.27 |
Safe ALP |
| Gilmore |
Joanna Gasht |
LP |
56.24 |
Fairly Safe LP |
| Grayndler |
Anthony Albanese |
ALP |
66.38 |
Safe ALP |
| Greenway |
Frank Mossfield |
ALP |
53.39 |
Marginal ALP |
| Gwydir |
John Anderson |
NP |
68.51 |
Safe NP |
| Hughes |
Danna Vale |
LP |
54.89 |
Marginal LP |
| Hume |
John Sharp |
NP |
61.77 |
Safe NP |
| Hunter |
Joel Fitzgibbon |
ALP |
56.97 |
Fairly Safe ALP |
| Kingsford-Smith |
Laurie Brereton |
ALP |
60.15 |
Safe ALP |
| Lindsay |
Jackie Kelly |
LP |
51.58 |
Marginal LP |
| Lowe |
Paul Zammit |
LP |
52.47 |
Marginal LP |
| Lyne |
Mark Vaile |
NP |
65.44 |
Safe NP |
| Macarthur |
John Fahey |
LP |
60.69 |
Safe LP |
| Mackellar |
Bronwyn Bishop |
LP |
66.53 |
Safe LP |
| Macquarie |
Kerry Bartlett |
LP |
56.36 |
Fairly Safe LP |
| Mitchell |
Alan Cadman |
LP |
74.32 |
Safe LP |
| Newcastle |
Allan Morris |
ALP |
61.19 |
Safe ALP |
| New England |
Ian Sinclair |
NP |
69.18 |
Safe NP |
| North Sydney |
Joe Hockey |
LP |
65.56 |
Safe LP |
| Page |
Ian Causley |
NP |
54.31 |
Marginal NP |
| Parkes |
Michael Cobb |
NP |
56.50 |
Fairly Safe NP |
| Parramatta |
Ross Cameron |
LP |
53.87 |
Marginal LP |
| Paterson |
Bob Baldwin |
LP |
50.43 |
Marginal LP |
| Prospect |
Janice Crosio |
ALP |
63.91 |
Safe ALP |
| Reid |
Laurie Ferguson |
ALP |
61.38 |
Safe ALP |
| Richmond |
Larry Anthony |
NP |
56.75 |
Fairly Safe NP |
| Riverina |
Noel Hicks |
NP |
71.01 |
Safe NP |
| Robertson |
Jim Lloyd |
LP |
53.56 |
Marginal LP |
| Shortland |
Peter Morris |
ALP |
58.15 |
Fairly Safe ALP |
| Sydney |
Peter Baldwin |
ALP |
63.80 |
Safe ALP |
| Throsby |
Colin Hollis |
ALP |
69.62 |
Safe ALP |
| Warringah |
Tony Abbott |
LP |
65.32 |
Safe LP |
| Watson |
Leo McLeay |
ALP |
61.68 |
Safe ALP |
| Wentworth |
Andrew Thomson |
LP |
57.84 |
Fairly Safe LP |
| Werriwa |
Mark Latham |
ALP |
56.21 |
Fairly Safe ALP |
| Northern Territory (1 seat) |
| Electorate |
Member |
Party |
Two-Party % |
Status |
| Northern Territory |
Nick Dondas |
CLP |
50.37 |
Marginal CLP |
| Queensland (25 seats) |
| Electorate |
Member |
Party |
Two-Party % |
Status |
| Bowman |
Andrea West |
LP |
50.89 |
Marginal LP |
| Brisbane |
Arch Bevis |
ALP |
50.36 |
Marginal ALP |
| Capricornia |
Paul Marek |
NP |
53.62 |
Marginal NP |
| Dawson |
De-Anne Kelly |
NP |
59.92 |
Fairly Safe NP |
| Dickson |
Tony Smith |
LP |
53.17 |
Marginal LP |
| Fadden |
David Jull |
LP |
67.84 |
Safe LP |
| Fairfax |
Alex Somlyay |
LP |
68.09 |
Safe LP |
| Fisher |
Peter Slipper |
LP |
70.34 |
Safe LP |
| Forde |
Kay Elson |
LP |
59.74 |
Fairly Safe LP |
| Griffith |
Graeme McDougall |
LP |
51.47 |
Marginal LP |
| Groom |
Bill Taylor |
LP |
71.28 |
Safe LP |
| Herbert |
Peter Lindsay |
LP |
56.59 |
Fairly Safe LP |
| Hinkler |
Paul Neville |
NP |
60.36 |
Safe NP |
| Kennedy |
Bob Katter |
NP |
64.49 |
Safe NP |
| Leichhardt |
Warren Entsch |
LP |
54.18 |
Marginal LP |
| Lilley |
Elizabeth Grace |
LP |
50.73 |
Marginal LP |
| Longman |
Mal Brough |
LP |
61.59 |
Safe LP |
| McPherson |
John Bradford |
LP |
67.00 |
Safe LP |
| Maranoa |
Bruce Scott |
NP |
75.73 |
Safe NP |
| Moncrieff |
Kathy Sullivan |
LP |
70.25 |
Safe LP |
| Moreton |
Gary Hardgrave |
LP |
55.09 |
Marginal LP |
| Oxley |
Pauline Hanson |
IND |
54.66 (LP) |
Marginal IND |
| Petrie |
Teresa Gambaro |
LP |
57.70 |
Fairly Safe LP |
| Rankin |
David Beddall |
ALP |
51.35 |
Marginal ALP |
| Ryan |
John Moore |
LP |
66.87 |
Safe LP |
| Wide Bay |
Warren Truss |
NP |
68.53 |
Safe NP |
| South Australia (12 seats) |
| Electorate |
Member |
Party |
Two-Party % |
Status |
| Adelaide |
Trish Worth |
LP |
53.50 |
Marginal LP |
| Barker |
Ian McLachlan |
LP |
70.89 |
Safe LP |
| Bonython |
Martyn Evans |
ALP |
59.46 |
Fairly Safe ALP |
| Boothby |
Andrew Southcott |
LP |
61.60 |
Safe LP |
| Grey |
Barry Wakelin |
LP |
58.54 |
Fairly Safe LP |
| Hindmarsh |
Chris Gallus |
LP |
58.06 |
Fairly Safe LP |
| Kingston |
Susan Jeanes |
LP |
52.01 |
Marginal LP |
| Makin |
Trish Draper |
LP |
51.08 |
Marginal LP |
| Mayo |
Alexander Downer |
LP |
65.16 |
Safe LP |
| Port Adelaide |
Rod Sawford |
ALP |
57.05 |
Fairly Safe ALP |
| Sturt |
Christopher Pyne |
LP |
59.99 |
Fairly Safe LP |
| Wakefield |
Neil Andrew |
LP |
69.96 |
Safe LP |
| Tasmania (5 seats) |
| Electorate |
Member |
Party |
Two-Party % |
Status |
| Bass |
Warwick Smith |
LP |
54.57 |
Marginal LP |
| Braddon |
Chris Miles |
LP |
55.70 |
Marginal LP |
| Denison |
Duncan Kerr |
ALP |
61.79 |
Safe ALP |
| Franklin |
HarryQuick |
ALP |
54.68 |
Marginal ALP |
| Lyons |
DickAdams |
ALP |
51.31 |
Marginal ALP |
| Victoria (38 seats) |
| Electorate |
Member |
Party |
Two-Party % |
Status |
| Aston |
Peter Nugent |
LP |
55.59 |
Marginal LP |
| Ballarat |
Michael Ronaldson |
LP |
53.67 |
Marginal LP |
| Batman |
Martin Ferguson |
ALP |
71.31 |
Safe ALP |
| Bendigo |
Bruce Reid |
LP |
50.88 |
Marginal LP |
| Bruce |
Alan Griffin |
ALP |
50.76 |
Marginal ALP |
| Burke |
Neil O’Keefe |
ALP |
57.03 |
Fairly Safe ALP |
| Calwell |
Andrew Theophanous |
ALP |
67.19 |
Safe ALP |
| Casey |
Bob Halverson |
LP |
56.65 |
Fairly Safe LP |
| Chisholm |
Michael Wooldridge |
LP |
52.59 |
Marginal LP |
| Corangamite |
Stewart McArthur |
LP |
57.69 |
Fairly Safe LP |
| Corio |
Gavan O’Connor |
ALP |
56.80 |
Fairly Safe ALP |
| Deakin |
Phillip Barresi |
LP |
52.48 |
Marginal LP |
| Dunkley |
Bruce Billson |
LP |
53.36 |
Marginal LP |
| Flinders |
Peter Reith |
LP |
60.07 |
Safe LP |
| Gellibrand |
Ralph Willis |
ALP |
71.23 |
Safe ALP |
| Gippsland |
Peter McGauran |
NP |
68.64 |
Safe NP |
| Goldstein |
David Kemp |
LP |
60.94 |
Safe LP |
| Higgins |
Peter Costello |
LP |
60.73 |
Safe LP |
| Holt |
Gareth Evans |
ALP |
62.81 |
Safe ALP |
| Hotham |
Simon Crean |
ALP |
60.56 |
Safe ALP |
| Indi |
Lou Lieberman |
LP |
67.79 |
Safe LP |
| Isaacs |
Greg Wilton |
ALP |
51.56 |
Marginal ALP |
| Jaga Jaga |
Jenny Macklin |
ALP |
52.71 |
Marginal ALP |
| Kooyong |
Petro Georgiou |
LP |
63.81 |
Safe LP |
| Lalor |
Barry Jones |
ALP |
68.51 |
Safe ALP |
| La Trobe |
Bob Charles |
LP |
51.37 |
Marginal LP |
| McEwen |
Fran Bailey |
LP |
52.18 |
Marginal LP |
| McMillan |
Russell Broadbent |
LP |
52.07 |
Marginal LP |
| Mallee |
John Forrest |
NP |
73.50 |
Safe NP |
| Maribyrnong |
Bob Sercombe |
ALP |
68.85 |
Safe ALP |
| Melbourne |
Lindsay Tanner |
ALP |
70.21 |
Safe ALP |
| Melbourne Ports |
Clyde Holding |
ALP |
56.05 |
Fairly Safe ALP |
| Menzies |
Kevin Andrews |
LP |
60.99 |
Safe LP |
| Murray |
Sharman Stone |
LP |
74.23 |
Safe LP |
| Scullin |
Harry Jenkins |
ALP |
70.74 |
Safe ALP |
| Wannon |
David Hawker |
LP |
62.31 |
Safe LP |
| Wills |
Kelvin Thomson |
ALP |
72.21 |
Safe ALP |
| Western Australia (14 seats) |
| Electorate |
Member |
Party |
Two-Party % |
Status |
| Brand |
Kim Beazley |
ALP |
50.23 |
Marginal ALP |
| Canning |
Ricky Johnston |
LP |
50.69 |
Marginal LP |
| Cowan |
Richard Evans |
LP |
52.39 |
Marginal LP |
| Curtin |
Allan Rocher |
IND |
64.05 (LP) |
Fairly Safe IND |
| Forrest |
Geoff Prosser |
LP |
63.64 |
Safe LP |
| Fremantle |
Carmen Lawrence |
ALP |
54.25 |
Marginal ALP |
| Kalgoorlie |
Graeme Campbell |
IND |
53.56 (ALP) |
Safe IND |
| Moore |
Paul Filing |
IND |
58.18 (LP) |
Safe IND |
| O’Connor |
Wilson Tuckey |
LP |
75.93 |
Safe LP |
| Pearce |
Judi Moylan |
LP |
62.18 |
Safe LP |
| Perth |
Stephen Smith |
ALP |
56.46 |
Fairly Safe ALP |
| Stirling |
Eoin Cameron |
LP |
55.17 |
Marginal LP |
| Swan |
Don Randall |
LP |
53.71 |
Marginal LP |
| Tangney |
Daryl Williams |
LP |
62.13 |
Safe LP |
