AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980
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Source: Australian Electoral Commission

THE SENATE
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
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Enrolled voters:                  9,014,120
Votes counted:                    8,513,992   94.4
Informal votes:                     821,628   09.7  +00.7
Formal votes:                     7,692,364   90.3  -00.7
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Party                            Votes        %     Change    Seats  +  1977  =  Total
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Liberal NCP coalition             3,352,521   43.6  -02.0      15    +   16       31
Australian Labor Party            3,250,187   42.3  +05.5      15    +   12       27
Australian Democrats                711,805   09.3  -01.8       3    +    2        5
Others                              377,851   04.9              1    +    -        1
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Total                             7,692,364                    34    +   30       64
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This table shows the number of seats won by each party at this election, plus the seats
won in 1977, to give the total number of seats held by each party in the new Senate.