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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.

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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.

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

 

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