The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 2010 federal election. Senators total 34 Coalition, 31 Labor, nine Green, one Democratic Labor Party, and one independent, Nick Xenophon.2010 election Senate results by vote: AEC New Senators took their places from 1 July 2011. __TOC__
As of 2025, this is the latest senate election where the three major party senate leaders were male.
Quota
Senate Quota in each State are as follows
Quota Vote Remarks 1 14.3% 2 28.6% 3 42.9% Equality 4 57.1% Majority 5 71.4% 6 85.7%
Senate Quota in each Territory are as follows
Quota Vote Remarks 1 33.4% Equality 2 66.7% Majority
Australia
+Senate (STV GV) — Turnout 93.82% (CV) — Informal 3.75% Party Votes % Swing Seats won Total seats Change / joint ticket 3,740,002 29.40 −1.28 8 17 2 1,092,601 8.59 −0.18 9 16 1 Country Liberal (NT) 39,268 0.31 −0.01 1 1 Coalition total 4,871,871 38.30 –1.47 18 34 3 4,469,734 35.13 –5.17 15 31 1 1,667,315 13.11 +4.07 6 9 4 267,493 2.10 +0.48 0 0 1 134,987 1.06 +0.14 1 1 1 Total 12,722,233 40 76Invalid/blank votes 495,160 3.75 +1.20 Registered voters/turnout 14,086,869 93.83 Source: Commonwealth Election 2010
New South Wales Reconcile Australia 1. Jennifer Stefanac 2. Tucky Cooley 2,301 0.06 +0.06 Republican Democrats 1. Michael Eckford 2. Criselee Stevens 2,029 0.05 +0.05 Elected # Senator Party 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 Greens2007 2007 1 Mark Arbib Labor 2007 2 Helen Coonan Liberal 2007 3 Doug Cameron Labor 2007 4 John Williams National 2007 5 Marise Payne Liberal 2007 6 Ursula Stephens Labor Primary votes saw the Coalition and the Labor Party win two seats each before preferences were counted, with the Greens ahead of the Coalition for the fifth seat. Preferences from the Family First Party, the Christian Democrats and the Shooters and Fishers saw the Coalition reach the quota first, leading to Fiona Nash winning the fifth seat, while Coalition and Sex Party preferences saw the Liberal Democrats threatening the Greens for the sixth and final seat, but Labor preferences saw the Greens reach the quota. The end result was three seats Coalition, two seats Labor, and one seat Green.
Victoria Elected # Senator Party 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 DLP2007 2007 1 Jacinta Collins Labor 2007 2 Mitch Fifield Liberal 2007 3 Gavin Marshall Labor 2007 4 Helen Kroger Liberal 2007 5 Scott Ryan Liberal 2007 6 David Feeney Labor The primary vote saw the Coalition win two seats, Labor win two seats and the Greens win one seat, leaving Labor leading for the final seat with a comfortable majority ahead of the Coalition, Family First, DLP and Australian Sex Party. It ended up being a tight race for the final senate seat in Victoria, with preferences from One Nation and the Christian Democrats saw the DLP move ahead of Family First into third place, but Australian Democrat and Liberal Democrat preferences saw the DLP getting overtaken by the Sex Party. However, the Sex Party was overtaken once again by the DLP's Family First preferences, and Sex Party preferences saw the DLP move into second place ahead of the Coalition, whose preferences allowed the DLP to overtake Labor to secure the sixth seat. The final results were two seats Coalition, two seats Labor, one seat Green and one seat Democratic Labor.
Queensland Republican Democrats Peter Pyke 176 0.01 +0.01 Elected # Senator Party 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 LNP2007 2007 1 Ian Macdonald Liberal 2007 2 John Hogg Labor 2007 3 Sue Boyce Liberal 2007 4 Claire Moore Labor 2007 5 Ron Boswell National 2007 6 Mark Furner Labor Primary votes saw the LNP and Labor both winning two seats, with the LNP and Greens having a sizable majority against Family First and the Sex Party for the final two seats. Labor and Australian Democrat preferences saw the Greens reaching the quota, while preferences from the Shooters and Fishers, One Nation, Liberal Democrats, Family First and Sex Party all saw the Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party make a large gain on the Liberal National Party. However, the gain was not enough and the LNP ended up winning the final seat. The final result was three seats LNP, two seats Labor and one seat Green.
Western Australia WA First 1. Scott Cowans 2. John Goodlad 3. James Versteegen 1,464 0.12 +0.12 Ecology, Social Justice, Aboriginal 1. Gerry Georgatos 2. Bill Hayward 3. Marianne Mackay 4. Lara Menkens 552 0.04 +0.04 Elected # Senator Party 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 Greens2007 2007 1 David Johnston Liberal 2007 2 Louise Pratt Labor 2007 3 Alan Eggleston Liberal 2007 4 Mark Bishop Labor 2007 5 Michaelia Cash Liberal 2007 6 Scott Ludlam Greens The primary vote saw the Liberals winning three seats and Labor winning two, leaving the Greens with a very comfortable majority against the Nationals and the Sex Party. Socialist Alliance and Labor preferences saw the Greens easily reach the quota.
South Australia Elected # Senator Party 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 Liberal2007 2007 1 Don Farrell Labor 2007 2 Cory Bernardi Liberal 2007 3 Nick Xenophon Independent 2007 4 Penny Wong Labor 2007 5 Simon Birmingham Liberal 2007 6 Sarah Hanson-Young Greens Primary votes saw both the Liberals and Labor winning two seats each, leaving the Greens leading while Labor was narrowly ahead of the Liberals. Sex Party preferences saw the Greens reach the quota to secure the fifth seat, while Family First preferences saw the Liberals overtake Labor to secure the sixth vacancy. The final result was three seats Liberal, two seats Labor and one seat Green.
Tasmania Elected # Senator Party 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 Labor2007 2007 1 Nick Sherry Labor 2007 2 Richard Colbeck Liberal 2007 3 Bob Brown Greens 2007 4 Carol Brown Labor 2007 5 David Bushby Liberal 2007 6 Catryna Bilyk Labor Primary votes saw the Liberals and Labor both win two seats and the Greens win one, which left Labor ahead of the Greens and the Liberals. It is possible that Liberal preferences may have pushed the Greens ahead of Labor, which would've led to them taking the final seat, but Shooters and Fishers preferences meant that the Liberals ended up ahead of the Greens, and Labor ended up taking the seat with Green preferences. The final result was three seats Labor, two seats Liberal and one seat Green.
Territories Australian Capital Territory
Elected # Senator Party 2010 1 Kate Lundy Labor 2010 2 Gary Humphries Liberal
Labor Senator Kate Lundy was re-elected with well over a quota. Liberal Senator Gary Humphries was also re-elected, with just over (1.01x) a quota. Although the Greens received significantly more votes than in 2007, the two ACT Senators were elected on quotas, leaving no room for preference flows.
Northern Territory First Nations Liam Flenady 119 0.12 +0.12 Elected # Senator Party 2010 1 Nigel Scullion CLP 2010 2 Trish Crossin Labor
Country Liberals Senator Nigel Scullion, who is also deputy leader of the National Party of Australia, was re-elected with well over a quota of votes. Labor Senator Trish Crossin was also re-elected, with just over (1.04x) a quota of votes. Although the Greens received the next highest number of votes, the two NT Senators were elected on quotas, leaving no room for preference flows.
See also Results of the 2010 Australian federal election (House of Representatives) Post-election pendulum for the 2010 Australian federal election Members of the Australian Senate, 2011–2014
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