2022 Australian Senate election

The 2022 Australian federal election in the Senate was held on 21 May 2022 to elect 40 of the 76 senators in the Australian Senate, after a six-week campaign. Senators elected at this election took office on 1 July 2022, with the exception of the Senators elected from two territories whose terms commenced from election day. The elected senators sit alongside continuing senators elected in 2019 as part of the 47th Parliament of Australia.

2022 Australian federal election (Senate)

21 May 2022

40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate
39 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Simon Birmingham Penny Wong Larissa Waters
Party Liberal/National Coalition Labor Greens
Leader since 30 October 2020 26 June 2013 4 February 2022
Leader's seat South Australia South Australia Queensland
Seats before 36 26 9
Seats won 15 15 6
Seats after 32 26 12
Seat change 4 3
Popular vote 5,148,028 4,525,598 1,903,403
Percentage 34.24% 30.09% 12.66%
Swing 3.75 1.30 2.47

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Pauline Hanson Clive Palmer Campbell Newman
Party One Nation United Australia Liberal Democrats
Leader since 29 November 2014 25 April 2013 8 August 2021
Leader's seat None
(contested Queensland)
None
(contested Queensland)
Seats before 2 0 1
Seats won 1 1 0
Seats after 2 1 0
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 644,744 520,520 340,132
Percentage 4.29% 3.46% 2.26%
Swing 1.11 1.10 1.10

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader David Pocock Jacqui Lambie Rex Patrick
Party David Pocock Lambie Network Rex Patrick Team
Leader since 2021 14 May 2015 26 October 2020
Leader's seat Australian Capital Territory
(won seat)
Tasmania
(not up for election)
South Australia
(lost seat)
Seats before 0 1 1
Seats won 1 1 0
Seats after 1 2 0
Seat change 1 1 1
Popular vote 60,406 31,023 23,425
Percentage 0.40% 0.21% 0.16%
Swing 0.40 0.16


Senate Leader before election

Simon Birmingham
Coalition

Elected Senate Leader

Penny Wong
Labor

The Coalition remained the largest parliamentary grouping in the Senate, despite their defeat in the House of Representatives. The Greens won three additional seats in the Senate, thereby gaining the balance of power in the upper house; two senators from every state were Greens as a result of this election. Meanwhile, the incoming Labor government's numbers in the Senate remained unchanged. The six other crossbench seats were 2 One Nation, 2 Jacqui Lambie Network, 1 United Australia Party, and 1 independent (David Pocock).

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