The Composition of The House
Main article: Full national and state-by-state lower house results and maps for the 2010 Australian federal election See also: Post-election pendulum for the Australian federal election, 2010The 2010 election resulted in the first hung parliament since the 1940 election. Four of six crossbenchers gave confidence and supply to the incumbent Labor Party headed by Julia Gillard. The resulting 76–74 margin entitled Labor to form a minority government. The government increased their parliamentary majority on 24 November 2011 from 75–74 to 76–73 when the Coalition's Peter Slipper became an independent MP and Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, replacing Labor's Harry Jenkins.
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 4,711,363 | 37.99 | −5.40 | 72 | −11 | |||
| Coalition | ||||||||
| Liberal Party of Australia | 3,777,383 | 30.46 | +0.76 | 44 | −11 | |||
| Liberal National Party (QLD) | 1,130,525 | 9.12 | +0.60 | 21 | +21 | |||
| National Party of Australia | 419,286 | 3.43 | −0.04 | 6 | −4 | |||
| Country Liberal Party (NT) | 38,335 | 0.31 | −0.01 | 1 | +1 | |||
| Australian Greens | 1,458,998 | 11.76 | +3.97 | 1 | +1 | |||
| National Party (WA) | 43,101 | 0.34 | +0.20 | 1 | +1 | |||
| Independents | 312,496 | 2.52 | +0.30 | 4 | +2 | |||
| Other | 510,876 | 4.11 | −0.38 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 12,402,363 | 150 | ||||||
| Two-party-preferred vote | ||||||||
| Australian Labor Party | 6,216,445 | 50.12 | −2.58 | 72 | −11 | |||
| Liberal/National Coalition | 6,185,918 | 49.88 | +2.58 | 72 | +7 | |||
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