Australia Senate election 2022 — Results
Election day: May 21, 2022
- Coalition (Liberal/National): 34.24%
- Labor (ALP): 30.09%
- Greens: 12.66%
- One Nation: 4.29%
- United Australia Party: 3.46%
- David Pocock (independent): 0.40%
- Jacqui Lambie Network: 0.21%
- Others: 14.65%
Turnout: 89.82%
About this election
How the vote works
The Senate is elected by proportional single transferable vote, each state returning six senators for six-year terms at a half-Senate election and each territory two. The roughly 14.3% quota needed for a state seat means smaller parties and independents are far better represented in the Senate than in the House. The bars and map above show first-preference vote share by party, with the senators each group won at this election.
Compiled and reviewed from official results by ElectioMap. See our data methodology.
In numbers
- 4.15 points separated Coalition (Liberal/National) from Labor (ALP).
- The top two shared 64.33% of the vote between them, and 4 lists cleared 5%.
- Coalition (Liberal/National) moved −3.75 points against the 2019 Senate election (37.99% → 34.24%).
- Turnout of 89.82% is the lowest of the 4 Senate elections covered here since 2016.
Calculated from the official figures on this page and from the other elections of this type in our archive.
Understanding this election
- How Electoral Systems Work Around the World — first-past-the-post, proportional and mixed systems, with real numbers
- Why Election Maps Look Different From the Popular Vote — why a map can look one-sided when the vote was close
- How a Constituency Map Gets Built — what happens when no boundary file matches the districts