The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 2013 Australian federal election.
Following a dispute of the results, the Western Australian results were declared void. The Western Australian senators were elected at the 2014 special election in Western Australia.
New senators took their places from 1 July 2014. This gave a Senate with the Coalition government on 33 seats, the Australian Labor Party opposition on 25 seats, and a record crossbench of 18: ten Australian Greens, three Palmer United, and single seats to David Leyonhjelm of the Liberal Democratic Party, Bob Day of the Family First Party, Ricky Muir of the Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party, John Madigan of the Democratic Labour Party and Nick Xenophon.2013 election Senate results by vote: AEC
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Australia This table includes votes and percentage from the 2013 election and the seat allocation is based on the void election in Western Australia. The 2014 Australian Senate special election in Western Australia includes the revised national totals after that election.
+Senate (STV GV) — Turnout 93.88% (CV) — Informal 2.96% Party Votes % Swing Seats won Total seats Change / joint ticket 3,938,204 29.36 –0.04 8 16 1 1,006,710 7.51 +1.08 8 16 69,523 0.52 –0.19 0 0 Country Liberal (NT) 42,781 0.32 –0.01 1 1 Coalition total 5,057,218 37.70 –0.92 17 33 1 4,038,591 30.11 –5.02 12 25 6 1,159,588 8.65 –4.46 4 10 1 658,976 4.91 +4.91 2 2 2 Liberal Democratic Party 523,831 3.91 +2.10 1 1 1 Xenophon Group 258,376 1.93 +1.93 1 1 149,306 1.11 –0.99 1 1 1 67,560 0.50 +0.50 1 1 1 Total 13,413,016 40 76Invalid/blank votes 409,149 2.96 –0.79Registered voters/turnout 14,086,869 93.71Source: Commonwealth Election 2013
The Senate has 76 seats. Forty seats were up for election; six in each of the six states, two for the ACT and two for the Northern Territory. The terms of the four senators from the territories commenced on election day. The terms of the six longest-serving state senators ended on 30 June 2014; the terms of the new state senators commenced on 1 July 2014, and were originally supposed to end on 30 June 2020—however, the entire Senate was dissolved at the double-dissolution 2016 election.Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, Section 13. Retrieved 6 September 2010.Senate (Representation of Territories) Act 1973, Section 6. Retrieved August 2010.
The Senate saw the Coalition government on 33 seats with the Labor opposition on 25 seats, the Greens on 10 seats and a crossbench of eight—Palmer United on three seats, with other minor parties and independents on five seats (the LDP's David Leyonhjelm, Family First's Bob Day, Motoring's Ricky Muir and incumbents Nick Xenophon and the DLP's John Madigan). Muir announced he would vote in line with Palmer United. The initial election saw Wayne Dropulich of the Australian Sports Party win a seat in Western Australia, but the subsequent voiding of the result and ensuing special election saw the Palmer United Party gain a third seat. The Coalition government required the support of at least six non-coalition senators to pass legislation.
A record number of candidates stood at the election. Group voting tickets came under scrutiny because multiple candidates were provisionally elected with the vast majority of their 14.3 per cent quotas coming from the preferences of other parties across the political spectrum. "Preference whisperer" Glenn Druery organised tight cross-preferencing between over 30 minor parties as part of his Minor Party Alliance. Sports' Wayne Dropulich won a Senate seat on a record-low primary vote of 0.2 per cent in Western Australia, his party placing 21st out of 28 groups on primary votes. Motoring's Ricky Muir won a senate seat on a record-low primary vote of 0.5 per cent in Victoria. Family First's Bob Day won a seat on a primary vote of 3.8 per cent in South Australia. All three were involved with the Minor Party Alliance. Previous examples of winning with low vote shares include Family First's Steve Fielding in 2004 on 1.9 per cent in Victoria, the Nuclear Disarmament Party's Robert Wood in 1987 on 1.5 per cent in New South Wales, and the DLP's John Madigan won his seat in 2010 on a primary vote of 2.3 per cent in Victoria. Xenophon and larger parties including the incoming government announced they would look at changes to the GVT system.
New South Wales Elected # Senator Party 2013 1 Marise Payne Liberal 2013 2 Bob Carr Labor 2013 3 John Williams National 2013 4 Doug Cameron Labor 2013 5 David Leyonhjelm LDP 2013 6 Arthur Sinodinos Liberal2010 2010 1 Concetta Fierravanti-Wells Liberal 2010 2 John Faulkner Labor 2010 3 Bill Heffernan Liberal 2010 4 Matt Thistlethwaite Labor 2010 5 Fiona Nash National 2010 6 Lee Rhiannon Greens
Victoria Elected # Senator Party 2013 1 Mitch Fifield Liberal 2013 2 Gavin Marshall Labor 2013 3 Scott Ryan Liberal 2013 4 Jacinta Collins Labor 2013 5 Janet Rice Greens 2013 6 Ricky Muir Motoring2010 2010 1 Kim Carr Labor 2010 2 Michael Ronaldson Liberal 2010 3 Richard Di Natale Greens 2010 4 Stephen Conroy Labor 2010 5 Bridget McKenzie National 2010 6 John Madigan DLP
Queensland Elected # Senator Party 2013 1 Ian Macdonald LNP 2013 2 Chris Ketter Labor 2013 3 James McGrath LNP 2013 4 Claire Moore Labor 2013 5 Glenn Lazarus Palmer 2013 6 Matt Canavan LNP2010 2010 1 George Brandis LNP 2010 2 Joe Ludwig Labor 2010 3 Barnaby Joyce LNP 2010 4 Jan McLucas Labor 2010 5 Larissa Waters Greens 2010 6 Brett Mason LNP
Western Australia Elected # Senator Party 2013 1 David Johnston Liberal 2013 2 Joe Bullock Labor 2013 3 Michaelia Cash Liberal 2013 4 Linda Reynolds Liberal 2013 5 Wayne Dropulich Sports 2013 6 Scott Ludlam Greens2010 2010 1 Mathias Cormann Liberal 2010 2 Chris Evans Labor 2010 3 Chris Back Liberal 2010 4 Glenn Sterle Labor 2010 5 Judith Adams Liberal 2010 6 Rachel Siewert Greens
South Australia Elected # Senator Party 2013 1 Cory Bernardi Liberal 2013 2 Nick Xenophon Independent 2013 3 Penny Wong Labor 2013 4 Sarah Hanson-Young Greens 2013 5 Bob Day Family First 2013 6 Simon Birmingham Liberal2010 2010 1 Alex Gallacher Labor 2010 2 Mary Jo Fisher Liberal 2010 3 Anne McEwen Labor 2010 4 Sean Edwards Liberal 2010 5 Penny Wright Greens 2010 6 David Fawcett Liberal
Tasmania Elected # Senator Party 2013 1 Richard Colbeck Liberal 2013 2 Carol Brown Labor 2013 3 David Bushby Liberal 2013 4 Catryna Bilyk Labor 2013 5 Peter Whish-Wilson Greens 2013 6 Jacqui Lambie Palmer2010 2010 1 Helen Polley Labor 2010 2 Eric Abetz Liberal 2010 3 Christine Milne Greens 2010 4 Anne Urquhart Labor 2010 5 Stephen Parry Liberal 2010 6 Lisa Singh Labor
Territories
Australian Capital Territory Elected # Senator Party 2013 1 Kate Lundy Labor 2013 2 Zed Seselja Liberal
Northern Territory Elected # Senator Party 2013 1 Nigel Scullion CLP 2013 2 Nova Peris Labor
See also 2013 Australian federal election Results of the 2013 Australian federal election (House of Representatives) Post-election pendulum for the 2013 Australian federal election Members of the Australian Senate, 2014–2016
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