Senate Results

Summary - The Coalition set to lose up to five seats to Labor though some of the possible Labor gains could fall to One Nation instead.

In Detail

In the new Senate Labor is on track to hold 28 seats and the Greens 11 giving the two parties the numbers to pass legislation without relying on other cross benchers. The Coalition will only have 26 seats. If you include candidates who are ahead the major party and Green numbers could become Labor 30, Green 11 and Coalition 27.

On the cross bench will be ACT Independent David Pocock, continuing Labor turned Australian Voice Senator Fatima Payman, and continuing Greens turned Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe. Also on the cross bench will be continuing Jacqui Lambie turned Independent Senator Tammy Tyrell, probably Lambie herself if re-elected, Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts from One Nation, and continuing United Australia Party Senator Ralph Babet. One Nation is an outside chance of winning some of the seats currently likely for Labor.

In Detail

There is more detail on the individual contests on the Senate state results pages that are linked at the top of this page. In summary the likely changes are -

• New South Wales - The Coalition has lost a seat with the defeat of Nationals Deputy Leader Perin Davey. Labor likely to gain the seat with an outside chance it could fall to One Nation instead.
• Victoria - The Liberal Party has lost a seat with either the third Labor candidate, One Nation or an outside chance of Legalise Cannabis being the beneficiary.
• Queensland - The LNP has lost a seat with Labor gaining a seat after its disastrous 2019 result. One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts likely to fill the final seat.
• Western Australia - Liberal Party to lose the seat of retiring Senator Linda Reynolds. Labor likely to be the beneficiary though once again One Nation is an outside chance of victory.
• South Australia - Liberal Party to lose a seat with the defeat of Senator David Fawcett. Labor set to gain a seat with the election of Charlotte Walker who will be the youngest Senator in history, having turned 21 on election night.
• Tasmania - Labor has retained two Senators, the Greens one and Liberal Party one. The Liberal Party's second seat is in danger but the party would be favoured to retain it. If so that leaves one seat to fill with Jacqui in the lead to retain her seat. Also in the race is One Nation's Lee Hanson, daughter of the party's founder Pauline Hanson. Around a quarter of Tasmanian's vote 'below-the-line', a factor that works in the favour of a high profile candidates like Senator Lambie.
• Australian Capital Territory - No change but David Pocock topped the poll with more than a quota, Labor's Katy Gallagher filling the second seat with just short of a quota, and the Liberal Party reduced to 17%.
• Northern Territory - No change, one Labor one Country Liberal.