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1996 Primary Vote Winners, Preference Vote Losers

Apr 16, 1996

There were 7 seats in the 1996 Federal election where the primary vote lead was overturned on preferences.

This table provides some statistics on this phenomenon.

Seats Requiring Preference Allocation in 1996
State	Total No. Seats	No. Requiring Preferences	No. Seats Where Primary Lead Overturned
NSW	50	18 (36%)	1 Page – ALP lead overturned
VIC	37	14 (38%)	1 McMillan – ALP lead overturned
QLD	26	14 (54%)	3 Brisbane – Lib. lead overturned Capricornia – ALP lead overturned Leichhardt – ALP lead overturned
WA	14	9 (64%)	1 Curtin – Lib. lead overturned
SA	12	5 (42%)	0
TAS	5	2 (40%)	0
ACT & NT	4	2 (50%)	1 Namadgi – Lib. lead overturned
Total	148	65 (45%)	7 ALP lead overturned in 4 Lib. lead overturned in 3

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1996 Primary Vote Winners, Preference Vote Losers

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