1980 Australian federal election

none October 2024 April 2024 February 2023 1980 Australian federal election Australia parliamentary no 1977 Australian federal election 1977 1983 Australian federal election 1983 Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1977–1980 Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1980–1983 9,023,592 5.55% 8,513,992 (94.35%)(0.73 pp) All 125 seats in the House of Representatives 63 seats were needed for a majority in the House 34 (of the 64) seats in the Senate 18 October 1980 Image:Malcolm Fraser 1977 (cropped).jpg 190x190px Malcolm Fraser 21 March 1975 Liberal Party of Australia LiberalNational Country Wannon (Vic.) 86 seats 74 seats 12 3,853,585 46.40% 1.71 Image:Bill Hayden 1974 (cropped).jpg Bill Hayden 22 December 1977 Australian Labor Party Oxley (Qld.) 38 seats 51 seats 13 3,749,565 45.15% 5.50 TPP TPP swing 50.40% 4.20 49.60% 4.20 1980 Australian federal election.svg 350px Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory. Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser Liberal–NCP coalition Subsequent Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser Liberal–NCP Coalition Primary A federal election was held in Australia on 18 October 1980. All 125 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 64 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal–NCP coalition government, led by Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, was elected to a third term with a reduced majority, defeating the opposition Labor Party led by Bill Hayden. This was the last federal election victory for the Coalition until the 1996 election. Future Prime Minister Bob Hawke and future opposition leader and future Deputy Prime Minister Kim Beazley entered parliament at this election. Issues and significance The Fraser Government had lost a degree of popularity within the electorate by 1980. The economy had been performing poorly since the 1973 oil shock. However, Hayden was not seen as having great electoral prospects.http://australianpolitics.com/elections/1980/ australianpolitics.com australianpolitics.com 2016-07-30 Perhaps as evidence of this, then ACTU President Bob Hawke (elected to parliament in the election as the member for Wills) and then Premier of New South Wales Neville Wran featured heavily in the campaign, almost as heavily as Hayden. Results House of Representatives Post-election pendulum for the 1980 Australian federal election Results of the 1980 Australian federal election (House of Representatives) right|thumb|250px|Government (74) Coalition Liberal darkgray Liberal (54) National darkgray NCP (19) Country Liberal Party darkgray CLP (1) Opposition (51) Labor darkgray Labor (51) + House of Reps (IRV) — 1980–83—Turnout 94.35% (CV) — Informal 2.45%alt=|center|300x300px Party First preference votes % Swing Seats Change   Liberal–NCP coalition 3,853,585 46.40 –1.71 74 –12   Liberal 3,108,517 37.43 −0.66 54 −13   National Country100px 726,263 8.74 −1.07 19 +1   Country Liberal 18,805 0.23 +0.02 1 0   Labor 3,749,565 45.15 +5.50 51 +13   Democrats 546,032 6.57 −2.81 0 0   Democratic Labor 25,456 0.31 −1.12 0 0   Progress 17,040 0.21 −0.39 0 0   Socialist Workers 16,920 0.20 +0.20 0 0   Communist 11,318 0.14 −0.04 0 0   Socialist Labour 10,051 0.12 +0.12 0 0   NPWA 8,915 0.11 +0.11 0 0   Progressive Conservative 3,620 0.04 +0.04 0 0   United Christian 2,050 0.02 +0.02 0 0   Imperial British Conservative 1,515 0.02 +0.02 0 0   Australia 701 0.01 +0.01 0 0   Marijuana 486 0.01 +0.01 0 0   Independent 58,338 0.70 +0.07 0 0   Total 8,305,633     125 +1 Two-party-preferred (estimated)   Coalition Win 50.40 −4.20 74 −12   Labor   49.60 +4.20 51 +13 First preference vote var(--background-color-interactive) 600px 410px Labor Australian Labor Party 45.15 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 37.43 National National Party of Australia 8.97 Democrats #F4940D 6.57 Other #777777 1.88 Two-party-preferred vote var(--background-color-interactive) 600px 410px Coalition Coalition (Australia) 50.40 Labor Australian Labor Party 49.60 Parliament seats var(--background-color-interactive) 600px 410px Coalition Coalition (Australia) 59.20 Labor Australian Labor Party 40.80 Senate Results of the 1980 Australian federal election (Senate) right|thumb|250px|Government (31) Coalition Liberal darkgray Liberal (27) National darkgray NCP (3) Country Liberal Party darkgray CLP (1) Opposition (27) Labor darkgray Labor (27) Crossbench (6) Democrats darkgray Democrats (5) Independent darkgray Independent (1) + Senate (STV) — 1980–83—Turnout 94.35% (CV) — Informal 9.65%alt=|center|300x300px Party First preference votes % Swing Seats won Total seats Change   Liberal–NCP coalition 3,352,521 43.58 –1.98 15 31 –3   Liberal–NCP joint ticket 1,971,528 25.63 −8.63 4 * *   Liberal 1,011,289 13.15 +2.55 9 27 0   National Country 341,978 4.45 +3.95 1 3 –3   Country Liberal 19,129 0.25 +0.04 1 1 0   Labor 3,250,187 42.25 +5.49 15 27 0   Democrats 711,805 9.25 −1.88 3 5 +3   Call to Australia 118,535 1.54 +0.42 0 0 0   Democratic Labor 31,766 0.41 –1.26 0 0 0   Marijuana 28,337 0.37 –0.23 0 0 0   Australia 27,404 0.36 +0.25 0 0 0   Socialist 15,412 0.20 –0.38 0 0 0   Progress 8,252 0.11 –1.08 0 0 0   NPWA 7,597 0.10 +0.10 0 0 0   Progressive Conservative 6,247 0.07 +0.07 0 0   National Front of Australia 1,467 0.01 +0.01 0 0   Other 56,128 0.73 +0.73 0 0 0   Independent 86,770 1.13 –0.60 1 1 0   Total 7,692,364     34 64 Notes Independent: Brian Harradine Seats changing hands Seat Pre-1980 Swing Post-1980 Party Member Margin Margin Member Party Ballarat, Vic  Liberal Jim Short 7.5 8.2 0.7 John Mildren Labor  Brisbane, Qld  Liberal Peter Johnson 3.2 5.0 1.8 Manfred Cross Labor  Canberra, ACT  Liberal John Haslem 1.0 6.7 5.7 Ros Kelly Labor  Henty, Vic  Liberal Ken Aldred 2.7 5.5 2.8 Joan Child Labor  Holt, Vic  Liberal William Yates 1.8 8.7 6.9 Michael Duffy Labor  Hotham, Vic  Liberal Roger Johnston 1.7 5.7 4.0 Lewis Kent Labor  Isaacs, Vic  Liberal Bill Burns 7.3 9.1 1.8 David Charles Labor  Kalgoorlie, WA  Liberal Mick Cotter 8.5 8.1 0.6 Graeme Campbell Labor  La Trobe, Vic  Liberal Marshall Baillieu 0.8 3.1 2.3 Peter Milton Labor  Lilley, Qld  Liberal Kevin Cairns 6.0 6.8 0.8 Elaine Darling Labor  Macquarie, NSW  Liberal Reg Gillard 1.7 4.5 2.8 Ross Free Labor  McMillan, Vic  Liberal Barry Simon 4.8 6.2 1.4 Barry Cunningham Labor  Riverina, NSW  Labor John FitzPatrick 0.1 0.6 0.5 Noel Hicks National Country  St George, NSW  Liberal Maurice Neil 2.0 8.1 6.1 Bill Morrison Labor  Swan, WA  Liberal John Martyr 0.5 8.1 7.6 Kim Beazley Labor  Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election. Aftermath right|thumb|300px|The Gallagher Index result: 8.61 In the election, Labor finished only 0.8 percent behind the Coalition on the two-party-preferred vote—a four-percent swing from 1977. However, due to the uneven nature of the swing, Labor came up 12 seats short of a majority, giving the Coalition a third term in government. Hayden, however, did manage to regain much of what Labor had lost in the previous Coalition landslides of 1975 and 1977. Notably, he managed to more than halve Fraser's majority, from 23 seats at dissolution to 11. In the subsequent term, the government delivered budgets significantly in deficit, and Fraser was challenged for the Liberal leadership by Andrew Peacock. The Australian Democrats made further gains, winning the balance of power in the Senate. From July 1981 (when those senators elected at the 1980 election took up their positions) no Federal Government in Australia had a Senate majority until the Howard government won such a majority in 2004. See also Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1980 Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1980–1983 Members of the Australian Senate, 1981–1983 Notes References AustralianPolitics.com election details University of WA https://web.archive.org/web/20150118085343/http://elections.uwa.edu.au/ 18 January 2015 election results in Australia since 1890 AEC 2PP vote Prior to 1984 the AEC did not undertake a full distribution of preferences for statistical purposes. The stored ballot papers for the 1983 election were put through this process prior to their destruction. Therefore, the figures from 1983 onwards show the actual result based on full distribution of preferences. Federal Federal election Category:Federal elections in Australia Category:Malcolm Fraser