The 1980 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 18 October 1980. All 125 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 64 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal–NCP coalition government, led by Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, was elected to a third term with a much reduced majority, defeating the opposition Labor Party led by Bill Hayden. This was the last federal election victory for the Coalition until the 1996 election.
Popular vote by state and territory with graphs indicating the number of seats won. Seat totals are not determined by popular vote by state or territory but instead via results in each electorate.
The Fraser Government had lost a degree of popularity within the electorate by 1980. The economy had been performing poorly since the 1973 oil shock. However, Hayden was not seen as having great electoral prospects.[1] Perhaps as evidence of this, then ACTU President Bob Hawke (elected to Parliament in the election as the Member for Wills) and then Premier of New South WalesNeville Wran featured heavily in the campaign, almost as heavily as Hayden.
In the election, Labor finished only 0.8 percent behind the Coalition on the two-party vote—a four-percent swing from 1977. However, due to the uneven nature of the swing, Labor came up 12 seats short of a majority, giving the Coalition a third term in government. Hayden, however, did manage to regain much of what Labor had lost in the previous two elections. Notably, he managed to more than halve Fraser's majority, from 48 seats at dissolution to 23.
In the subsequent term, the government delivered budgets significantly in deficit, and Fraser was challenged for the Liberal leadership by Andrew Peacock. The Australian Democrats made further gains, winning the balance of power in the Senate. From July 1981 (when those senators elected at the 1980 election took up their positions) no Federal Government in Australia had a Senate majority until the Howard Government won such a majority in 2004.
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References
AustralianPolitics.com election details
University of WA 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine election results in Australia since 1890
AEC 2PP vote
Prior to 1984 the AEC did not undertake a full distribution of preferences for statistical purposes. The stored ballot papers for the 1983 election were put through this process prior to their destruction. Therefore, the figures from 1983 onwards show the actual result based on full distribution of preferences.
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The 1980 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 18 October 1980 All 125 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 64 seats in the Senate were up for election The incumbent Liberal NCP coalition government led by Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser was elected to a third term with a much reduced majority defeating the opposition Labor Party led by Bill Hayden This was the last federal election victory for the Coalition until the 1996 election 1980 Australian federal election 1977 18 October 1980 1983 All 125 seats in the House of Representatives63 seats were needed for a majority in the House34 of the 64 seats in the Senate First party Second party Leader Malcolm Fraser Bill HaydenParty Liberal NCP coalition LaborLast election 86 seats 38 seatsSeats won 74 seats 51 seatsSeat change 12 13Percentage 50 4 49 6 Swing 4 2 4 2 Popular vote by state and territory with graphs indicating the number of seats won Seat totals are not determined by popular vote by state or territory but instead via results in each electorate Prime Minister before electionMalcolm FraserLiberal NCP coalition Subsequent Prime Minister Malcolm FraserLiberal NCP coalitionFuture Prime Minister Bob Hawke and future opposition leader and future Deputy Prime Minister Kim Beazley entered parliament at this election Contents 1 Issues and significance 2 Results 2 1 House of Representatives 2 2 Senate 3 Seats changing hands 4 Aftermath 5 See also 6 Notes 7 ReferencesIssues and significance EditThe Fraser Government had lost a degree of popularity within the electorate by 1980 The economy had been performing poorly since the 1973 oil shock However Hayden was not seen as having great electoral prospects 1 Perhaps as evidence of this then ACTU President Bob Hawke elected to Parliament in the election as the Member for Wills and then Premier of New South Wales Neville Wran featured heavily in the campaign almost as heavily as Hayden Results EditHouse of Representatives Edit Government 74 Coalition Liberal 54 NCP 19 CLP 1 Opposition 51 Labor 51 House of Reps IRV 1980 83 Turnout 94 35 CV Informal 2 45 Party Votes Swing Seats Change Liberal NCP coalition 3 853 585 46 40 1 71 74 12 Liberal 3 108 517 37 43 0 66 54 13 National Country 726 263 8 74 1 07 19 1 Country Liberal 18 805 0 23 0 02 1 0 Labor 3 749 565 45 15 5 50 51 13 Democrats 546 032 6 57 2 81 0 0 Democratic Labor 25 456 0 31 1 12 0 0 Progress 17 040 0 21 0 39 0 0 Socialist Workers 16 920 0 20 0 20 0 0 Communist 11 318 0 14 0 04 0 0 Socialist Labour 10 051 0 12 0 12 0 0 NPWA 8 915 0 11 0 11 0 0 Progressive Conservative 3 620 0 04 0 04 0 0 United Christian 2 050 0 02 0 02 0 0 Imperial British Conservative 1 515 0 02 0 02 0 0 Australia 701 0 01 0 01 0 0 Marijuana 486 0 01 0 01 0 0 Independent 58 338 0 70 0 07 0 0 Total 8 305 633 125 1Two party preferred estimated Coalition Win 50 40 4 20 74 12 Labor 49 60 4 20 51 13Popular voteLabor 45 15 Liberal 37 43 National 8 97 Democrats 6 57 Other 1 88 Two party preferred voteCoalition 50 40 Labor 49 60 Parliament seatsCoalition 59 20 Labor 40 80 Senate Edit See also Results of the 1980 Australian federal election Senate Government 31 Coalition Liberal 27 NCP 3 CLP 1 Opposition 27 Labor 27 Crossbench 6 Democrats 5 Independent 1 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 64Notes Independent Brian HarradineSeats changing hands EditSeat Pre 1980 Swing Post 1980Party Member Margin Margin Member PartyBallarat Vic Liberal Jim Short 7 5 8 2 0 7 John Mildren Labor Brisbane Qld Liberal Peter Johnson 3 2 5 0 1 8 Manfred Cross Labor Canberra ACT Liberal John Haslem 1 0 6 7 5 7 Ros Kelly Labor Henty Vic Liberal Ken Aldred 2 7 5 5 2 8 Joan Child Labor Holt Vic Liberal William Yates 1 8 8 7 6 9 Michael Duffy Labor Hotham Vic Liberal Roger Johnston 1 7 5 7 4 0 Lewis Kent Labor Isaacs Vic Liberal Bill Burns 7 3 9 1 1 8 David Charles Labor Kalgoorlie WA Liberal Mick Cotter 8 5 8 1 0 6 Graeme Campbell Labor La Trobe Vic Liberal Marshall Baillieu 0 8 3 1 2 3 Peter Milton Labor Lilley Qld Liberal Kevin Cairns 6 0 6 8 0 8 Elaine Darling Labor Macquarie NSW Liberal Reg Gillard 1 7 4 5 2 8 Ross Free Labor McMillan Vic Liberal Barry Simon 4 8 6 2 1 4 Barry Cunningham Labor Riverina NSW Labor John FitzPatrick 0 1 0 6 0 5 Noel Hicks National Country St George NSW Liberal Maurice Neil 2 0 8 1 6 1 Bill Morrison Labor Swan WA Liberal John Martyr 0 5 8 1 7 6 Kim Beazley Labor Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election Aftermath Edit The Gallagher Index result 8 61 In the election Labor finished only 0 8 percent behind the Coalition on the two party vote a four percent swing from 1977 However due to the uneven nature of the swing Labor came up 12 seats short of a majority giving the Coalition a third term in government Hayden however did manage to regain much of what Labor had lost in the previous two elections Notably he managed to more than halve Fraser s majority from 48 seats at dissolution to 23 In the subsequent term the government delivered budgets significantly in deficit and Fraser was challenged for the Liberal leadership by Andrew Peacock The Australian Democrats made further gains winning the balance of power in the Senate From July 1981 when those senators elected at the 1980 election took up their positions no Federal Government in Australia had a Senate majority until the Howard Government won such a majority in 2004 See also EditCandidates of the Australian federal election 1980 Members of the Australian House of Representatives 1980 1983 Members of the Australian Senate 1981 1983Notes Edit australianpolitics com australianpolitics com Retrieved 30 July 2016 References EditAustralianPolitics com election details University of WA Archived 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine election results in Australia since 1890 AEC 2PP vote Prior to 1984 the AEC did not undertake a full distribution of preferences for statistical purposes The stored ballot papers for the 1983 election were put through this process prior to their destruction Therefore the figures from 1983 onwards show the actual result based on full distribution of preferences Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1980 Australian federal election amp oldid 1133920087, 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