AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996 ======================================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission THE SENATE ======================================================================================== NATIONAL SUMMARY ======================================================================================== Enrolled voters: 11,740,568 Votes counted: 11,294,479 96.2 Informal votes: 395,442 03.5 Formal votes: 10,899,037 96.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats 1993 Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberal National coalition 4,792,682 44.0 +00.7 20 + 17 = 37 Australian Labor Party 3,940,150 36.2 -07.2 14 + 15 = 29 Australian Democrats 1,179,357 10.8 +05.5 5 + 2 = 7 Others 986,848 09.1 1 + 2 = 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,899,037 40 = 36 76 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This table shows the number of seats won by each party at this election, plus the seats won in 1993, to give the total number of seats held by each party in the new Senate. The "Others" were one Greens (WA), one Tasmanian Greens, one independent.