This table shows the primary votes received by the various political parties in Senate elections in 1993, 1996 and 1998.
| Primary Vote Statistics 1993-1998 Senate – Summary |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1993 | 1996 | 1998 | |||||
| Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| ALP | 3,813,547 |
38.41
|
4,643,871 |
43.50
|
3,940,150 |
36.15
|
4,182,963 |
37.31
|
| Coalition | 4,162,633 |
41.92
|
4,595,148 |
43.04
|
–
|
– |
–
|
|
| Democrats | 1,253,807 |
12.63
|
566,944 |
5.31
|
– |
–
|
– |
–
|
| Others | 699,778 |
7.04
|
746,507 |
8.14
|
788,078 |
7.24
|
759,392 |
6.83
|
| Lib | 1,445,872 |
14.56
|
1,664,204 |
15.59
|
1,770,486 |
16.24
|
1,528,730 |
13.63
|
| NPA | 258,164 |
2.60
|
290,382 |
2.72
|
312,769 |
2.87
|
1,528,730 |
13.63
|
| LNP | 2,429,552 |
24.47
|
2,605,157 |
24.40
|
2,669,377 |
24.49
|
2,452,407 |
21.87
|
| CLP | 29,045 |
0.29
|
35,405 |
0.33
|
40,050 |
0.37
|
36,063 |
0.32
|
| FORMAL | 10,576,779 |
97.03
|
10,883,852 |
96.80
|
11,109,063 |
96.22
|
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| INFORMAL | 349,065 |
3.40
|
279,453 |
2.55
|
360,165 |
3.20
|
436,138 |
3.78
|
| TOTAL | 9,929,765 |
96.60
|
10,900,861 |
95.75
|
11,244,017 |
95.77
|
11,545,201 |
94.99
|
* Includes 33,960 votes obtained by candidate Pauline Hanson disendorsed by the Liberal Party prior to polling day.
Source: Australian Electoral Commission publications