Australian legislative election, 2001

Legislative elections were held in Australia on 10 November 2001. All 150 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 Prime Minister John Howard and the National Party of Australia led by John Anderson was elected to a third three-year term, defeating the Australian Labor Party led by Kim Beazley. Beazley resigned after the elections, his second defeat as Labor leader.

Table of contents

1 National summary of votes and seats 1.1 House of Representatives 1.1...1 : 1.2 Senate 1.2...2 : 2 Issues 3 See also

National summary of votes and seats

House of Representatives

\n Party                         Votes       %    Change   Seats\n ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n Liberal Party                  4,291,033  37.1 (+02.9)   69 (+5)     \n National Party of Australia      643,924  05.6 (+00.3)   13 (-3)     \n Australian Labor Party         4,341,419  37.8 (-02.3)   65 (-4)     \n Australian Democrats             620,248  05.4 (+00.3)    -\n Australian Greens                569,075  04.3 (+02.4)    -\n Pauline Hanson's One Nation      498,028  05.0 (-04.1)    - \n Others                           510,366  04.4            3 (+2)\n ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n Total                         11,474,093                150\n ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Senate

\n Party                         Votes       %    Change   Seats\n ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n Liberal / National Party       4,863,227  41.8 (+04.5)   20\n Australian Labor Party         3,990,997  34.2 (-03.7)   14\n Australian Democrats             843,130  07.2 (-01.4)    4 (-1)\n Australian Greens                570,509  04.9 (+02.2)    2 (+1)\n Pauline Hanson's One Nation      644,364  05.5 (-03.5)    -\n Others                           715,488  06.1            -\n ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n Total                         11,627,715                 40\n ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n In Senate elections the Liberal and National parties run joint tickets \n in some states.

Issues

\nThe September 11 terrorist attacks and the MS Tampa were strong influences in the minds of voters at this election, focusing debate around the issues of asylum seekers and national security. The Howard Government also alleged during the campaign that asylum seekers had thrown persons overboard from one of their vessels and this claim later became known as the children overboard scandal.

See also

• Australian legislative election, 1998\n*Australian legislative election, 2004\n*Australian electoral system\n*Politics of Australia

Source: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive\nCategory:Elections in Australia