title: Results of the 1990 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
text: # Results of the 1990 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
  
  The following tables show results for the Australian House of Representatives at the 1990 federal election held on 24 March 1990.
  
  ## Australia
  
  House of Reps (IRV) — 1990–93 — Turnout 95.32% (CV) — Informal 3.19% :
  
  | Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | Liberal | 3,440,902 | 34.76 | +0.44 | 55 | 12 |
  | | | National | 833,557 | 8.42 | –3.10 | 14 | 5 |
  | | | Country Liberal | 27,668 | 0.28 | +0.05 | 0 | |
  | | Liberal–National coalition | Liberal–National coalition | 4,302,127 | 43.46 | –2.44 | 69 | 7 |
  | | Labor | Labor | 3,904,138 | 39.44 | –6.46 | 78 | 8 |
  | | Democrats | Democrats | 1,114,216 | 11.26 | +5.26 | | |
  | | Greens (state-based) | Greens (state-based) | 137,351 | 1.37 | | | |
  | | Independents | Independents | 257,139 | 2.60 | +0.94 | 1 | 1 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 9,899,674 | | | 148 | |
  | Two-party-preferred vote ||||||||
  | | Labor | Labor | 4,930,837 | 49.90 | −0.93 | 78 | 8 |
  | | Liberal–National coalition | Liberal–National coalition | 4,950,072 | 50.10 | +0.93 | 69 | 7 |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 326,126 | 3.19 | –1.75 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,225,800 | 95.32 | | | |
  | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 10,728,131 | | | | |
  | Source: Federal Elections 1990 ||||||||
  
  ## States
  
  ### New South Wales
  
  Turnout 95.4% (CV) — Informal 3.1% :
  
  | Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | Liberal | 975,083 | 32.76 | −4.19 | 12 | 1 |
  | | | National | 377,687 | 10.53 | −0.52 | 8 | 2 |
  | | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 1,352,770 | 40.32 | −4.72 | 20 | 3 |
  | | Labor | Labor | 1,380,780 | 41.16 | +4.01 | 30 | 2 |
  | | Democrats | Democrats | 342,540 | 10.21 | +6.34 | | |
  | | Independents | Independents | 166,832 | 4.97 | +1.55 | 1 | 1 |
  | | Green Alliance | Green Alliance | 45,819 | 1.37 | | | |
  | | Call to Australia | Call to Australia | 21,646 | 0.65 | | | |
  | | Independent EFF | Independent EFF | 9,375 | 0.28 | | | |
  | | Rex Connor Labor | Rex Connor Labor | 8,277 | 0.25 | | | |
  | | New Australia | New Australia | 6,376 | 0.19 | | | |
  | | Democratic Socialist | Democratic Socialist | 5,809 | 0.17 | | | |
  | | Grey Power | Grey Power | 5,034 | 0.15 | | | |
  | | Environment Inds | Environment Inds | 4,866 | 0.15 | | | |
  | | Nuclear Disarmament | Nuclear Disarmament | 3,210 | 0.10 | +0.07 | | |
  | | Socialist | Socialist | 1,337 | 0.04 | | | |
  | Total | Total | Total | 3,354,671 | | | 51 | |
  | Two-party-preferred vote ||||||||
  | | Labor | Labor | 1,706,398 | 51.94 | +1.65 | | 2 |
  | | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 1,578,738 | 48.06 | –1.65 | | 3 |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 108,134 | 3.1 | –1.5 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,462,805 | 95.4 | | | |
  | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 3,630,841 | | | | |
  | Source: Federal Elections 1990 ||||||||
  
  ### Victoria
  
  Turnout 95.7% (CV) — Informal 3.5% :
  
  | Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | Liberal | 1,018,740 | 39.7 | +1.7 | 21 | 9 |
  | | | National | 154,069 | 6.0 | −0.3 | 3 | |
  | | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 1,172,809 | 45.7 | +1.4 | 24 | 9 |
  | | Labor | Labor | 951,674 | 37.1 | −9.8 | 14 | 10 |
  | | Democrats | Democrats | 319,149 | 12.43 | +5.7 | | |
  | | Independents | Independents | 55,357 | 2.16 | −4.3 | | |
  | | Call to Australia | Call to Australia | 52,554 | 2.05 | | | |
  | | Democratic Socialist | Democratic Socialist | 6,836 | 0.27 | | | |
  | | Citizens Electoral Council | Citizens Electoral Council | 3,524 | 0.14 | | | |
  | | Democratic Labor | Democratic Labor | 2,564 | 0.10 | −0.04 | | |
  | | Socialist | Socialist | 918 | 0.04 | | | |
  | | Pensioner | Pensioner | 910 | 0.04 | | | |
  | | Against Further Immigration | Against Further Immigration | 835 | 0.03 | | | |
  | Total | Total | Total | 2,567,139 | | | 38 | 1 |
  | Two-party-preferred vote ||||||||
  | | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 1,347,048 | 52.54 | +5.1 | 24 | 9 |
  | | Labor | Labor | 1,216,633 | 47.46 | −5.1 | 14 | 10 |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 94,334 | 3.54 | −1.7 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,661,464 | 95.68 | | | |
  | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 2,781,547 | | | | |
  | Source: Federal Elections 1990 ||||||||
  
  ### Queensland
  
  Turnout 94.7% (CV) — Informal 2.2% :
  
  | Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | Liberal | 476,560 | 28.51 | 7.49 | 6 | 1 |
  | | | National | 280,120 | 16.76 | –12.09 | 3 | 3 |
  | | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 756,680 | 45.27 | –4.60 | 9 | 2 |
  | | Labor | Labor | 695,291 | 41.59 | –3.37 | 15 | 2 |
  | | Democrats | Democrats | 193,817 | 11.59 | 6.71 | | |
  | | Independent | Independent | 11,499 | 0.69 | 0.51 | | |
  | | Greens | Greens | 10,054 | 0.60 | 0.60 | | |
  | | Democratic Socialist | Democratic Socialist | 2,728 | 0.16 | 0.16 | | |
  | | Conservative | Conservative | 1,528 | 0.09 | 0.09 | | |
  | Total | Total | Total | 1,671,597 | | | 24 | |
  | Two-party-preferred vote ||||||||
  | | Labor | Labor | 837,508 | 50.19 | +0.87 | 15 | 2 |
  | | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 831,015 | 49.81 | –0.87 | 9 | 2 |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 38,065 | 2.23 | –1.18 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,709,662 | 94.71 | | | |
  | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 1,805,141 | | | | |
  | Source: Federal Elections 1990 ||||||||
  
  ### Western Australia
  
  Turnout 94.5% (CV) — Informal 3.7% :
  
  | Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | Liberal | 392,870 | 43.91 | 2.12 | 6 | 2 |
  | | | National | 21,681 | 2.42 | -4.48 | | |
  | | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 414,551 | 46.33 | -2.36 | 4 | 2 |
  | | Labor | Labor | 316,186 | 35.34 | -12.14 | 9 | 1 |
  | | Democrats | Democrats | 75,197 | 8.40 | +4.97 | | |
  | | Greens | Greens | 67,164 | 7.51 | | | |
  | | Grey Power | Grey Power | 12,043 | 1.35 | | | |
  | | Independents | Independents | 5,756 | 0.64 | +0.25 | | |
  | | Democratic Socialist | Democratic Socialist | 3,336 | 0.37 | | | |
  | | Pensioner | Pensioner | 260 | 0.03 | | | |
  | | Conservative | Conservative | 206 | 0.02 | | | |
  | Total | Total | Total | 894,699 | | | 13 | 1 |
  | Two-party-preferred vote ||||||||
  | | Labor | Labor | 420,816 | 47.13 | -3.78 | 8 | 1 |
  | | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 472,092 | 52.87 | 3.78 | 6 | 2 |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 34,418 | 3.70 | -2.86 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 929,117 | 94.53 | | | |
  | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 982,901 | | | | |
  | Source: Federal Elections 1990 ||||||||
  
  ### South Australia
  
  Turnout 96.0% (CV) — Informal 3.7% :
  
  | Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Liberal | 381,172 | 42.65 | +0.14 | 6 | 1 |
  | | Labor | Labor | 339,218 | 37.95 | -6.60 | 7 | 1 |
  | | Democrats | Democrats | 135,546 | 15.17 | +7.38 | | |
  | | Call to Australia | Call to Australia | 22,297 | 2.49 | | | |
  | | Independents | Independents | 8,104 | 0.91 | 0.02 | | |
  | | Grey Power | Grey Power | 3,907 | 0.44 | | | |
  | | Greens | Greens | 1,878 | 0.21 | | | |
  | | Democratic Socialist | Democratic Socialist | 1,632 | 0.18 | | | |
  | Total | Total | Total | 893,754 | | | 13 | |
  | Two-party-preferred vote ||||||||
  | | Labor | Labor | 441,659 | 49.5 | -0.7 | 7 | 1 |
  | | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 450.503 | 50.5 | +0.7 | 6 | 1 |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 34,143 | 3.68 | -3.16 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 927,897 | 96.01 | | | |
  | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 966,431 | | | | |
  | Source: Federal Elections 1990 ||||||||
  
  ### Tasmania
  
  Turnout 96.5% (CV) — Informal 2.3% :
  
  | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | 140,722 | 48.61 | −2.44 | 4 |
  | | Labor | 115,053 | 39.74 | −3.25 | 1 |
  | | Democrats | 24,876 | 8.59 | +2.63 | |
  | | United Tasmania | 6,367 | 2.20 | | |
  | | Independent | 2,159 | 0.75 | | |
  | | Democratic Socialist | 327 | 0.11 | | |
  | Total | Total | 289,504 | | | 5 |
  | Two-party-preferred vote |||||||
  | | Liberal | 138,556 | 52.10 | −1.00 | 4 |
  | | Labor | 150,709 | 47.90 | +1.00 | 1 |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 9,774 | 3.27 | −1.68 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 299,278 | 96.5 | | |
  | Registered voters | Registered voters | 300,763 | | | |
  | Source: Federal Elections 1990 |||||||
  
  ## Territories
  
  ### Australian Capital Territory
  
  Turnout 94.1% (CV) — Informal 2.9% :
  
  | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | 71,830 | 44.88 | -9.04 | 2 |
  | | Liberal | 55,755 | 34.83 | 4.55 | |
  | | Democrats | 23,091 | 14.43 | 7.59 | |
  | | Green Democratic | 6,069 | 3.79 | 0.00 | |
  | | Nuclear Disarmament | 2,368 | 1.48 | -3.19 | |
  | | Independent | 949 | 0.59 | -0.96 | |
  | Total | Total | 160,062 | | | 2 |
  | Two-party-preferred vote |||||||
  | | Labor | 93,498 | 58.54 | -4.71 | 2 |
  | | Liberal | 66,206 | 41.46 | 4.71 | 0 |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 4,871 | 2.95 | -0.53 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 164,933 | 95.78 | | |
  | Registered voters | Registered voters | 172,200 | | | |
  | Source: Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive 1990 |||||||
  
  ### Northern Territory
  
  1990 Australian federal election: Northern Territory :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Warren Snowdon | 34,106 | 50.0 | +3.1 |
  | | Country Liberal | Helen Galton | 27,668 | 40.5 | +4.5 |
  | | Independent | Don Beaton | 1,900 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
  | | Independent | Bob Liddle | 1,427 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
  | | Independent | Tig Donnellan | 1,380 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
  | | Independent | Strider | 975 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
  | | Independent | Ron Sterry | 801 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 68,257 | 96.6 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,387 | 3.4 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 70,644 | 89.4 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Warren Snowdon | 37,498 | 55.0 | +2.8 |
  | | Country Liberal | Helen Galton | 30,650 | 45.0 | -2.8 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +2.8 | |
  