1980 Australian Senate election

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1980 federal election. Senators total 31 coalition (27 Liberal, one coalition National, one CLP), 27 Labor, two non-coalition National, five Democrats, and one Independent. Senator terms are six years (three for territories). Senators elected at this election began their terms on 1 July 1981, except for the territorial senators who took their seats at the election.

Australia

+ Senate (STV) — 1980–83—Turnout 94.35% (CV) — Informal 9.65% Party Votes % Swing Seats won Total seats Change Liberal–NCP coalition 3,352,521 43.58 –1.98 15 31 –3 Liberal–NCP joint ticket 1,971,528 25.63 −8.63 4 * * Liberal 1,011,289 13.15 +2.55 9 27 0 National Country 341,978 4.45 +3.95 1 3 –3 Country Liberal 19,129 0.25 +0.04 1 1 0 Labor 3,250,187 42.25 +5.49 15 27 0 Democrats 711,805 9.25 −1.88 3 5 +3 Call to Australia 118,535 1.54 +0.42 0 0 0 Democratic Labor 31,766 0.41 –1.26 0 0 0 Marijuana 28,337 0.37 –0.23 0 0 0 Australia 27,404 0.36 +0.25 0 0 0 Socialist 15,412 0.20 –0.38 0 0 0 Progress 8,252 0.11 –1.08 0 0 0 NPWA 7,597 0.10 +0.10 0 0 0 Progressive Conservative 6,247 0.07 +0.07 0 0 National Front of Australia 1,467 0.01 +0.01 0 0 Other 56,128 0.73 +0.73 0 0 0 Independent 86,770 1.13 –0.60 1 1 0 Total 7,692,364 34 64

New South Wales

Elected # Senator Party1981 1981 1 Doug McClelland Labor 1981 2 John Carrick Liberal 1981 3 Bruce Childs Labor 1981 4 Douglas Scott NCP 1981 5 Kerry Sibraa Labor1978 1978 1 Peter Baume Liberal 1978 2 Tony Mulvihill Labor 1978 3 Misha Lajovic Liberal 1978 4 Arthur Gietzelt Labor 1978 5 Colin Mason Democrat

Victoria

Elected # Senator Party1981 1981 1 Cyril Primmer Labor 1981 2 Margaret Guilfoyle Liberal 1981 3 Robert Ray Labor 1981 4 Austin Lewis Liberal 1981 5 John Siddons Democrat1978 1978 1 Alan Missen Liberal 1978 2 Gareth Evans Labor 1978 3 David Hamer Liberal 1978 4 John Button Labor 1978 5 Don Chipp Democrat

Queensland

Elected # Senator Party1981 1981 1 Jim Keeffe Labor 1981 2 Flo Bjelke-Petersen NCP 1981 3 Neville Bonner Liberal 1981 4 Gerry Jones Labor 1981 5 Michael Macklin Democrat1978 1978 1 Kathy Sullivan Liberal 1978 2 George Georges Labor 1978 3 Stan Collard NCP 1978 4 Mal Colston Labor 1978 5 David MacGibbon Liberal

The Liberal and Country parties contested the previous election as a Coalition, where they obtained 51.3% of the vote. In this election, they contested the election as separate parties.

South Australia

Elected # Senator Party1981 1981 1 Don Jessop Liberal 1981 2 Dominic Foreman Labor 1981 3 Robert Hill Liberal 1981 4 Nick Bolkus Labor 1981 5 Janine Haines Democrat1978 1978 1 Tony Messner Liberal 1978 2 Geoff McLaren Labor 1978 3 Harold Young Liberal 1978 4 Ron Elstob Labor 1978 5 Baden Teague Liberal

Western Australia

Elected # Senator Party1981 1981 1 Reg Withers Liberal 1981 2 Gordon McIntosh Labor 1981 3 Peter Durack Liberal 1981 4 Patricia Giles Labor 1981 5 Noel Crichton-Browne Liberal1978 1978 1 Fred Chaney Liberal 1978 2 Peter Walsh Labor 1978 3 Andrew Thomas Liberal 1978 4 Ruth Coleman Labor 1978 5 Allan Rocher Liberal

Tasmania

Elected # Senator Party1981 1981 1 Peter Rae Liberal 1981 2 Jean Hearn Labor 1981 3 Brian Harradine Independent 1981 4 Michael Townley Liberal 1981 5 John Coates Labor1978 1978 1 Shirley Walters Liberal 1978 2 Don Grimes Labor 1978 3 Brian Archer Liberal 1978 4 Michael Tate Labor 1978 5 John Watson Liberal

Australian Capital Territory

Elected # Senator Party1980 1980 1 Susan Ryan Labor 1980 2 John Knight Liberal

Northern Territory

Elected # Senator Party1980 1980 1 Bernie Kilgariff Country Liberal 1980 2 Ted Robertson Labor

1980 Australian Senate election

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