How Well Did Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Do In The Federal Election?

The tables on this page show the level of electoral support for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation at the 2016 federal election.

NOTE: This page has been updated with final figures from all House seats and Senate elections. See the updated page HERE.

One Nation ran 15 candidates in the House of Representatives, 12 in Queensland and 3 in NSW. It ran a Senate ticket in each State but not in the territories.

Nationally, One Nation polled 4.26% in the Senate, including 9.03% in Queensland, where Pauline Hanson has been elected a senator. A Senate quota is 7.7% of the primary vote in a double dissolution election. Hanson secured 1.17 quotas and will win on primary votes alone. She will return to the Parliament for the first time since she lost the seat of Oxley in 1998. She won Oxley as a disendorsed Liberal candidate in 1996.

In the House of Representatives, One Nation polled 1.28% nationally and 5.48% in Queensland. Even though it only contested 12 seats, it polled the fourth highest proportion of the primary vote in Queensland, behind the LNP (43.15%), the ALP (31.43%) and the Greens (8.51%). Family First and Katter’s Australian Party took the next two places.

The party’s best individual performance was in Wright, an electorate in south-east Queensland, where it polled 20.91%. This was closely followed by Hinkler, centred around Bundaberg and Hervey Bay, with 19.33%. The lowest vote of 6.16% was recorded in Richmond, in north-eastern NSW.

One Nation polled in third place in 11 seats, behind the Coalition and ALP. In 4 seats, it was pushed into 4th place by the Greens.

In the Senate, One Nation did best in Queensland, where it polled 9.03%. This was followed by NSW on 4.13%, where it has a chance of winning another seat. As it did in the 1990s, Victoria recorded the lowest vote of 1.78%.

The first two tables below show One Nation’s voting strength in the House of Representatives and the Senate. The third table provides data on each House seat contested by the party.

NOTE: These provisional figures are correct as of Saturday, July 9. They are likely to change as counting is finalised. They will be updated at the conclusion of the count in August.

• 1996: Pauline Hanson’s Maiden Speech

One Nation – House of Representatives 2016
State	No. Candidates	No. Votes	Vote %	Change %
Queensland	12	126,455	5.48	+5.38
New South Wales	3	24,963	0.64	+0.17
NATIONAL	15	151,418	1.28	+1.11

 

One Nation – Senate 2016
State	No. Votes	Vote %	Quotas
Queensland	182,725	9.03	1.17
New South Wales	142,030	4.14	0.53
Western Australia	40,040	3.88	0.50
South Australia	22,570	2.90	0.37
Tasmania	7,004	2.49	0.32
Victoria	43,328	1.78	0.23
NATIONAL	439,697	4.26	–

 

One Nation Candidates – House of Representatives 2016
No.	Seat	State	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Won By
1.	Wright	Qld	Rod Smith	15,287	20.91	3rd	LNP
2.	Hinkler	Qld	Damian Huxham	15,432	19.33	3rd	LNP
3.	Maranoa	Qld	Lynette Keehn	12,963	18.11	3rd	LNP
4.	Flynn	Qld	Phil Baker	12,663	16.82	3rd	LNP (?)
5.	Blair	Qld	Troy Aggett	11,546	15.42	3rd	ALP
6.	Wide Bay	Qld	Elise Anne Cottam	11,589	14.87	3rd	LNP
7.	Herbert	Qld	Geoff Virgo	10,479	13.37	3rd	ALP (?)
8.	Paterson	NSW	Graham Burston	11,895	12.90	3rd	ALP
9.	Fadden	Qld	Brendan Ball	9,353	11.93	3rd	LNP
10.	Fairfax	Qld	Robert Pasquali	7,796	9.61	4th	LNP
11.	Longman	Qld	Michelle Pedersen	7,384	9.15	3rd	ALP
12.	Dobell	NSW	Carter Edwards	7,441	8.55	3rd	ALP
13.	Oxley	Qld	Brad Trussell	6,033	8.22	4th	ALP
14.	Leichhardt	Qld	Peter Leonard Rogers	5,930	7.45	4th	LNP
15.	Richmond	NSW	Neil Smith	5,627	6.16	4th	ALP