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Legislative elections were held in Australia on 2 March 1996. All 148 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The conservative coalition of the Liberal Party, led by Opposition Leader John Howard, and the National Party of Australia, led by Tim Fischer, defeated the incumbent Australian Labor Party government led by Paul Keating, ending 13 years of Labor government.
National summary of votes and seats
House of Representatives
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Party Votes % Change Seats
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Liberal Party 4,248,991 39.0 (+02.2) 76 (+27)
National Party of Australia 893,170 08.2 (+01.0) 18 (+02)
Australian Labor Party 4,217,765 38.7 (-06.2) 49 (-31)
Australian Democrats 735,848 06.8 (+03.1) -
Others 788,078 07.2 5 (+04)
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Total 10,883,852 148
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Senate
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Party Votes % Change Seats Holdovers Total
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Liberal / National Party 4,479,913 41.1 (+01.1) 20 19 39
Australian Labor Party 3,940,150 36.1 (-07.4) 14 17 31
Australian Democrats 1,179,357 10.8 (+05.8) 5 2 7
Others 1,299,617 11.9 1 2 3
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Total 10,899,037 40 40 80
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In Senate elections the Liberal and National parties run joint tickets
in some states.
Source: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive (http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/index1996.shtml)
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