1993 Australian Senate election

1993 Australian Senate elections
13 March 1993
40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate
39 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Robert Hill John Button (retiring)
Party Liberal–National Coalition Labor
Leader since 3 April 1990 7 November 1980
Leader's seat South Australia Victoria
Seats before 34 32
Seats after 36 30
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 4,595,148 4,643,871
Percentage 43.05% 43.50%
Swing 1.13% 5.09%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader John Coulter None
Party Democrats Greens
Leader since 2 October 1991
Leader's seat Queensland None
Seats before 8 1
Seats won 2
Seats after 7 2
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 566,944 314,845
Percentage 5.31% 2.95%
Swing 7.32% 0.85%
Senators elected in the 1993 federal election
Leader of the Senate before election

John Button
Labor

 Elected Leader of the Senate

Gareth Evans
Labor

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1993 federal election. Senators total 34 coalition (29 Liberal, four coalition National, one CLP), 30 Labor, two Green, two non-coalition National, seven Democrats, and one Independent. Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 1993, except the territories who took their seats immediately.

Following the election, outgoing Labor Senate leader John Button retired and resigned from the Senate. Senator Gareth Evans was appointed as the new Leader of the Government in the Senate.

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