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2022 Australian Senate election

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2022 Australian Senate election
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The 2022 Australian Senate election was held on 21 May 2022 to elect 40 of the 76 senators in the Australian Senate as part of the 2022 federal election. 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.

Quick Facts 40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate 39 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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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  1. Rex Patrick was appointed to the Senate in 2017 as a member of the Nick Xenophon Team, which became Centre Alliance however the party did not contest this election. The other Centre Alliance senator, Stirling Griff, ran with Nick Xenophon in Group O.
  2. Stirling Griff was elected to the Senate in 2016 as a member of the Nick Xenophon Team, which became Centre Alliance however the party did not contest this election, with Stirling Griff running with Nick Xenophon in Group O. The other Centre Alliance senator, Rex Patrick, ran with the eponymous Patrick Team.
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Victoria

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Queensland

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Tasmania

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Australian Capital Territory

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Northern Territory

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