Results of the 1980 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1980 federal election.

Overall

This section is an excerpt from 1980 Australian federal election § House of Representatives results

Main article: Results of the 1980 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

Government (74)
Coalition
  Liberal (54)
  NCP (19)
  CLP (1)

Opposition (51)
  Labor (51)

House of Reps (IRV) — 1980–83—Turnout 94.35% (CV) — Informal 2.45%

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal–NCP coalition		3,853,585	46.40	–1.71	74	–12
		Liberal	3,108,517	37.43	−0.66	54	−13
		National Country	726,263	8.74	−1.07	19	+1
		Country Liberal	18,805	0.23	+0.02	1	0
	Labor		3,749,565	45.15	+5.50	51	+13
	Democrats		546,032	6.57	−2.81	0	0
	Democratic Labor		25,456	0.31	−1.12	0	0
	Progress		17,040	0.21	−0.39	0	0
	Socialist Workers		16,920	0.20	+0.20	0	0
	Communist		11,318	0.14	−0.04	0	0
	Socialist Labour		10,051	0.12	+0.12	0	0
	NPWA		8,915	0.11	+0.11	0	0
	Progressive Conservative		3,620	0.04	+0.04	0	0
	United Christian		2,050	0.02	+0.02	0	0
	Imperial British Conservative		1,515	0.02	+0.02	0	0
	Australia		701	0.01	+0.01	0	0
	Marijuana		486	0.01	+0.01	0	0
	Independent		58,338	0.70	+0.07	0	0
	Total		8,305,633			125	+1
Two-party-preferred (estimated)
	Coalition		Win	50.40	−4.20	74	−12
	Labor			49.60	+4.20	51	+13

Popular vote Labor   45.15% Liberal   37.43% National   8.97% Democrats   6.57% Other   1.88%

Two-party-preferred vote Coalition   50.40% Labor   49.60%

Parliament seats Coalition   59.20% Labor   40.80%

New South Wales

1980 Australian federal election (New South Wales)

18 October 1980
All 43 NSW seats in the House of Representatives 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Bill Hayden Malcolm Fraser Party Labor Coalition Seats before 17 26 Seats won 18 25 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,357,556 1,351,591 Percentage 46.4% 46.3% Swing 4.0pp 1.2pp TPP 50.4% 49.6% TPP swing 2.8pp 2.8pp

Banks

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Banks § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Banks 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mountford	36,842	53.6	+5.0
	Liberal	Donald McConnell	25,316	36.8	−0.9
	Democrats	Montague Greene	6,600	9.6	−4.1
Total formal votes			68,768	97.5	−0.1
Informal votes			1,741	2.5	+0.1
Turnout			70,499	95.9	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Mountford		58.8	+4.6
	Liberal	Donald McConnell		41.2	−4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.6

Barton

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Barton § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Barton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rodney Madgwick	30,602	47.1	+6.1
	Liberal	Jim Bradfield	30,153	46.4	−2.0
	Democrats	Beverley Eley	2,464	3.8	−4.7
	Independent	Charles Bellchambers	1,749	2.7	+0.6
Total formal votes			64,967	98.0
Informal votes			1,299	2.0
Turnout			66,266	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Bradfield	32,739	50.4	−3.6
	Labor	Rodney Madgwick	32,228	49.6	+3.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.6

Bennelong

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Bennelong § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Bennelong 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Howard	36,075	53.9	−2.3
	Labor	John Guthrie	24,262	36.3	+6.3
	Democrats	Pamela Tuckwell	4,724	7.1	−5.9
	Progress	James Darby	1,856	2.8	+2.0
Total formal votes			66,917	98.1
Informal votes			1,292	1.9
Turnout			68,209	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Howard		58.4	−5.0
	Labor	John Guthrie		41.6	+5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.0

Berowra

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Berowra § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Berowra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Edwards	39,993	61.4	−1.5
	Labor	George Bennett	19,235	29.5	+5.0
	Democrats	James Boow	5,939	9.1	−2.4
Total formal votes			65,167	98.2
Informal votes			1,201	1.8
Turnout			66,368	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Harry Edwards		65.0	−4.6
	Labor	George Bennett		35.0	+4.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.6

Blaxland

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Blaxland § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Blaxland 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Keating	38,493	59.6	+5.4
	Liberal	Salvatore Napoli	20,024	31.0	−2.0
	Socialist Workers	James Doughney	3,203	5.0	+5.0
	Democrats	Phillip Grattan	2,103	3.3	−3.5
	Socialist Labour	Craig Marley	802	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			64,625	96.3
Informal votes			2,485	3.7
Turnout			67,110	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Keating		67.2	+5.6
	Liberal	Salvatore Napoli		32.8	−5.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.6

Bradfield

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Bradfield § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Bradfield 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Connolly	51,354	75.1	+2.5
	Labor	Keith McKeen	12,018	17.6	+3.4
	Democrats	Ilse Robey	5,018	7.3	−3.6
Total formal votes			68,390	98.5
Informal votes			1,042	1.5
Turnout			69,432	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Connolly		78.1	−1.6
	Labor	Keith McKeen		21.9	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.6

Calare

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Calare § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Calare

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Sandy Mackenzie	34,234	50.0	+18.4
	Labor	David Simmons	31,645	46.3	+5.8
	Democrats	Ann Ritter	2,539	3.7	−3.8
Total formal votes			68,418	98.6
Informal votes			996	1.4
Turnout			69,414	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Sandy Mackenzie		51.5	−3.7
	Labor	David Simmons		48.5	+3.7
	National Country hold		Swing	−3.7

Chifley

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Chifley § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Chifley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Armitage	46,289	65.2	+5.2
	Liberal	Philip Daly	19,199	27.0	−1.4
	Democrats	Keith Watson	2,539	3.6	−6.2
	Socialist Labour	Terence Cook	1,918	2.7	+2.7
	Communist	Geoffrey Evans	1,091	1.5	−1.4
Total formal votes			71,036	94.1
Informal votes			2,848	3.9
Turnout			73,884	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Armitage		70.1	+2.6
	Liberal	Philip Daly		29.9	−2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.6

Cook

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Cook § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Cook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Dobie	36,347	52.1	+0.5
	Labor	Ray Thorburn	28,422	40.7	+3.8
	Democrats	Alexander Kiss	4,391	6.3	−4.1
	Progress	Henry Soper	654	0.9	−0.2
Total formal votes			69,814	98.2
Informal votes			1,295	1.8
Turnout			71,109	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Don Dobie		55.1	−3.2
	Labor	Ray Thorburn		44.9	+3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.2

Cowper

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Cowper § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Cowper

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Ian Robinson	39,374	54.5	−9.4
	Labor	Valma Melville	29,192	40.4	+4.3
	Democrats	John Pierce	3,631	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			72,197	98.6
Informal votes			995	1.4
Turnout			73,192	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Ian Robinson		56.5	−7.4
	Labor	Valma Melville		43.5	+7.4
	National Country hold		Swing	−7.4

Cunningham

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Cunningham § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Cunningham 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stewart West	40,042	55.9	+2.4
	Liberal	Thomas Griffin	21,818	30.5	−0.8
	Democrats	Megan Sampson	5,185	7.2	−3.6
	Communist	Peter Cockcroft	2,585	3.6	+2.0
	Socialist Workers	Andrew Jamieson	1,197	1.7	+1.7
	Socialist Labour	Richard Moore	810	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			71,637	96.7
Informal votes			2,476	3.3
Turnout			74,113	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stewart West		65.1	+4.4
	Liberal	Thomas Griffin		34.9	−4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.4

Dundas

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Dundas § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Dundas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Philip Ruddock	35,836	53.2	−0.6
	Labor	Margery Hourihan	25,407	37.7	+3.8
	Democrats	Stephen Bastian	4,922	7.3	−2.3
	Progress	Archibald Brown	1,243	1.8	−0.9
Total formal votes			67,408	97.8
Informal votes			1,499	2.2
Turnout			68,907	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Philip Ruddock		58.4	−1.7
	Labor	Margery Hourihan		41.6	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.7

Eden-Monaro

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Eden-Monaro § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Eden-Monaro

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Murray Sainsbury	34,897	49.8	−1.9
	Labor	Jim Snow	31,588	45.1	+6.2
	Democrats	Norma Helmers	3,586	5.1	−3.5
Total formal votes			70,071	98.7
Informal votes			906	1.3
Turnout			70,977	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Murray Sainsbury	36,987	52.8	−3.1
	Labor	Jim Snow	33,084	47.2	+3.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.1

Farrer

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Farrer § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Farrer 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wal Fife	39,670	58.4	−3.5
	Labor	Lloyd Elliott	22,856	33.6	+3.7
	Democrats	Rodney Dominish	4,613	6.8	+0.7
	Progress	Maureen Nathan	808	1.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			67,947	98.4
Informal votes			1,100	1.6
Turnout			69,047	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wal Fife		61.8	−4.6
	Labor	Lloyd Elliott		38.2	+4.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.6

Grayndler

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Grayndler § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Grayndler 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leo McLeay	34,029	57.5	−0.2
	Liberal	George Dryden	20,538	34.7	+1.3
	Democrats	Albert Jarman	1,894	3.2	−4.0
	Socialist	Justin Walsh	1,405	2.4	+0.7
	Socialist Labour	Derek Mortimer	1,273	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			59,139	95.9
Informal votes			2,513	4.1
Turnout			61,652	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Leo McLeay		63.5	+1.3
	Liberal	Keith Tartak		36.5	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

Gwydir

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Gwydir § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Gwydir

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Ralph Hunt	38,796	58.4	−0.6
	Labor	Robert Hamilton	23,589	35.5	+2.8
	Democrats	Gloria Collison	4,004	6.0	+1.5
Total formal votes			66,389	98.5
Informal votes			1,041	1.5
Turnout			67,430	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Ralph Hunt		60.4	−2.9
	Labor	Robert Hamilton		39.6	+2.9
	National Country hold		Swing	−2.9

Hughes

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Hughes § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Hughes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Les Johnson	40,470	57.0	+5.3
	Liberal	Chris Downy	23,951	33.7	+0.6
	Democrats	Questa Gill	5,867	8.3	−6.9
	Progress	Marjorie Wisby	687	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			70,975	97.9
Informal votes			1,517	2.1
Turnout			72,492	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Les Johnson		62.1	+2.8
	Liberal	Chris Downy		37.9	−2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.8

Hume

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Hume § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Hume

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Stephen Lusher	37,013	56.0	−1.0
	Labor	Sue West	27,614	41.8	+3.4
	Democrats	Gwendoline Wilson	1,478	2.2	−2.3
Total formal votes			66,105	98.8
Informal votes			832	1.2
Turnout			66,937	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Stephen Lusher		56.9	−2.4
	Labor	Sue West		43.1	+2.4
	National Country hold		Swing	−2.4

Hunter

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Hunter § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Hunter

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Brown	51,061	67.9	+7.2
	Liberal	Ashley Saunders	19,896	26.5	−1.3
	Democrats	Edwina Wilson	4,227	5.6	−5.9
Total formal votes			75,184	98.1
Informal votes			1,454	1.9
Turnout			76,638	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Brown		71.3	+4.8
	Liberal	Ashley Saunders		28.7	−4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.8

Kingsford Smith

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Kingsford Smith § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Kingsford-Smith 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lionel Bowen	44,083	69.5	+5.1
	Liberal	Collin O'Neill	17,148	27.0	−2.6
	Democrats	Oliver Nekula	2,167	3.4	−2.7
Total formal votes			63,398	96.6
Informal votes			2,262	3.4
Turnout			65,660	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lionel Bowen		71.5	+4.0
	Liberal	Collin O'Neill		28.5	−4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.0

Lowe

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Lowe § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Lowe 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir William McMahon	31,892	48.7	−4.1
	Labor	Jan Burnswoods	30,379	46.4	+7.2
	Democrats	Bradley Mulligan	1,987	3.0	−2.7
	Independent	Anthony Reasha	1,167	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			65,425	97.1
Informal votes			1,957	2.9
Turnout			67,382	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sir William McMahon	33,416	51.1	−5.2
	Labor	Jan Burnswoods	32,009	48.9	+5.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.2

Lyne

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Lyne § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Lyne 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leslie Brown	27,714	37.7	+3.7
	National Country	Bruce Cowan	23,413	31.8	−24.0
	Liberal	Milton Morris	20,636	28.1	+28.1
	Democrats	Edwin Poppleton	1,792	2.4	−7.8
Total formal votes			73,555	98.6
Informal votes			1,021	1.4
Turnout			74,576	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Bruce Cowan	43,350	58.9	−2.5
	Labor	Leslie Brown	30,205	41.1	+2.5
	National Country hold		Swing	−2.5

Macarthur

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Macarthur § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Macarthur 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Baume	37,786	51.2	+2.8
	Labor	Jim Groves	32,417	44.0	−0.6
	Democrats	Warren Steele	3,081	4.2	−1.9
	Independent	Ronald Sarina	470	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			73,754	98.2
Informal votes			1,317	1.8
Turnout			75,071	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Baume		53.2	+1.3
	Labor	Jim Groves		46.8	−1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.3

Mackellar

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Mackellar § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Mackellar 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Carlton	38,922	60.2	+4.8
	Labor	Kevin Mason	20,513	31.7	+3.5
	Democrats	Robert Williams	5,222	8.1	−3.1
Total formal votes			64,657	97.3
Informal votes			1,785	2.7
Turnout			66,442	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Carlton		63.5	−0.8
	Labor	Kevin Mason		36.5	+0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.8

Macquarie

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Macquarie § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Macquarie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ross Free	36,814	46.7	+7.3
	Liberal	Reg Gillard	34,699	44.0	+2.2
	Democrats	Richard Jackson-Hope	4,603	5.8	−5.0
	Independent	Raymond Butcher	1,958	2.5	+2.5
	Independent	Ronald Stanton	447	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Ian Perry	377	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			78,898	97.3
Informal votes			2,194	2.7
Turnout			81,092	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ross Free	41,687	52.8	+4.5
	Liberal	Reg Gillard	37,211	47.2	−4.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.5

Mitchell

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Mitchell § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Mitchell 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Cadman	48,860	63.2	+2.8
	Labor	Patrick McArdle	23,703	30.7	+3.6
	Democrats	Rosemary Mason	4,744	6.1	−3.1
Total formal votes			77,307	98.0
Informal votes			1,603	2.0
Turnout			78,910	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Cadman		65.6	−1.6
	Labor	Patrick McArdle		34.4	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.6

New England

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of New England § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: New England

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Ian Sinclair	34,454	52.7	−6.6
	Labor	Selby Dean	24,808	37.9	+6.5
	Democrats	Fiona Richardson	6,124	9.4	+0.1
Total formal votes			65,386	98.4
Informal votes			1,050	1.6
Turnout			66,436	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Ian Sinclair		56.5	−7.5
	Labor	Selby Dean		43.5	+7.5
	National Country hold		Swing	−7.5

Newcastle

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Newcastle1980

1980 Australian federal election: Newcastle 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Jones	38,321	58.0	+0.7
	Liberal	Richard Bevan	22,823	34.5	+1.1
	Democrats	John Cleverly	2,132	3.2	−2.1
	Communist	Darrell Dawson	1,629	2.5	−1.6
	Socialist Workers	Geoffrey Payne	1,204	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			66,109	97.8
Informal votes			1,504	2.2
Turnout			67,613	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Charles Jones		63.8	+0.1
	Liberal	Richard Bevan		36.2	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.1

North Sydney

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of North Sydney § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Spender	37,016	60.0	+1.4
	Labor	Maxine Broughton	19,223	31.2	+5.0
	Democrats	Anita Stiller	3,573	5.8	−5.2
	Progress	Peter Corrie	1,131	1.8	−0.8
	Independent	Josephine Chisholm-Mallett	737	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			61,680	97.8
Informal votes			1,410	2.2
Turnout			63,090	90.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Spender		64.5	−2.8
	Labor	Maxine Broughton		35.5	+2.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.8

Parramatta

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Parramatta § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Parramatta 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Brown	35,810	54.0	+2.0
	Liberal	Lance Shaw	23,058	34.8	−5.0
	Democrats	Warwick Barber	6,191	9.3	+1.1
	Independent	Jim Saleam	1,248	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			66,307	96.5
Informal votes			2,410	3.5
Turnout			68,717	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Brown		60.2	+4.1
	Liberal	Lance Shaw		39.8	−4.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.1

Paterson

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Paterson § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Paterson 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Frank O'Keefe	36,416	55.1	−2.5
	Labor	Francis Murray	24,946	37.7	+3.4
	Democrats	Denis Driver	4,265	6.4	−0.3
	Independent	William Reeve-Parker	516	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			66,143	98.3
Informal votes			1,124	1.7
Turnout			67,267	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Frank O'Keefe		57.7	−4.5
	Labor	Francis Murray		42.3	+4.5
	National Country hold		Swing	−4.5

Phillip

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Phillip § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Phillip 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jack Birney	29,541	48.7	+0.7
	Labor	Jeannette McHugh	27,904	46.0	+2.0
	Democrats	Leslie Reiss	2,781	4.6	−2.5
	Independent	Russell Deiley	474	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			60,700	97.5
Informal votes			1,579	2.5
Turnout			62,279	89.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jack Birney	30,744	50.6	−1.4
	Labor	Jeannette McHugh	29,956	49.4	+1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.4

Prospect

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Prospect § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Prospect

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Klugman	39,419	57.9	+3.3
	Liberal	Alan Byers	24,967	36.6	+3.3
	Democrats	Robert Goodere	3,751	5.5	−6.1
Total formal votes			68,137	95.5
Informal votes			3,227	4.5
Turnout			71,364	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dick Klugman		61.2	+1.3
	Liberal	Alan Byers		38.8	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

Reid

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Reid § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Reid

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Uren	38,675	61.6	+3.1
	Liberal	Yvonne Maio	18,885	30.1	−2.0
	Independent	Neville Gray	3,664	5.8	+5.8
	Democrats	Paul Terrett	1,548	2.5	−6.9
Total formal votes			62,772	96.5
Informal votes			2,300	3.5
Turnout			65,072	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Uren		65.5	+2.8
	Liberal	Yvonne Maio		34.5	−2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.8

Richmond

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Richmond § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Richmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Doug Anthony	42,037	56.9	−4.5
	Labor	Terence McGee	26,574	36.0	+4.2
	Democrats	Ashley Albanese	5,216	7.1	+1.7
Total formal votes			73,827	98.8
Informal votes			906	1.2
Turnout			74,733	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Doug Anthony		60.3	−4.5
	Labor	Terence McGee		39.7	+4.5
	National Country hold		Swing	−4.5

Riverina

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Riverina § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Riverina

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frederick Smith	30,698	46.9	−1.9
	National Country	Noel Hicks	21,663	33.1	−15.6
	Liberal	Brian Thornton	11,072	16.9	+16.9
	Democrats	John Newman	1,414	2.2	+2.2
	Independent	Frederick Martin	549	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			65,396	97.6
Informal votes			1,628	2.4
Turnout			67,024	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Noel Hicks	33,055	50.5	+0.6
	Labor	Frederick Smith	32,345	49.5	−0.6
	National Country gain from Labor		Swing	+0.6

Robertson

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Robertson § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Robertson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Cohen	41,569	52.4	+5.7
	Liberal	Brian Gill	30,390	38.3	−4.8
	Democrats	Trevor Willsher	4,629	5.8	−4.4
	Independent	Paul Baker	2,696	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			79,284	98.1
Informal votes			1,501	1.9
Turnout			80,785	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Cohen		58.1	+5.8
	Liberal	Brian Gill		41.9	−5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.8

Shortland

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Shortland § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Shortland 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Morris	45,509	61.0	+6.5
	Liberal	Eddie Namir	20,611	27.6	−7.6
	Democrats	Lionel Lambkin	5,111	6.8	−3.5
	Socialist Labour	Robert Buhler	3,422	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			74,653	98.0
Informal votes			1,497	2.0
Turnout			76,150	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Morris		69.3	+9.6
	Liberal	Eddie Namir		30.7	−9.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.6

St George

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of St George § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: St George 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Morrison	34,855	53.4	+8.3
	Liberal	Maurice Neil	27,946	42.8	−5.1
	Democrats	Beverley Davis	2,509	3.8	−2.5
Total formal votes			65,310	97.5
Informal votes			1,680	2.5
Turnout			66,990	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Morrison		56.1	+8.1
	Liberal	Maurice Neil		43.9	−8.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.1

Sydney

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Sydney § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Les McMahon	36,720	62.0	−1.2
	Liberal	Cliff Reece	13,364	22.6	−0.1
	Democrats	Maxwell Adams	4,816	8.1	+2.6
	Communist	Judy Mundey	2,850	4.8	−1.5
	Socialist Workers	Juanita Keig	1,477	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			59,227	95.9
Informal votes			2,545	4.1
Turnout			61,772	88.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Les McMahon		73.8	+0.4
	Liberal	Cliff Reece		26.2	−0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

Warringah

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Warringah § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Warringah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael MacKellar	39,270	62.5	−0.4
	Labor	Desmond Murphy	17,864	28.4	+3.7
	Democrats	Arthur Bishop	3,944	6.3	−3.5
	Progressive Conservative	John McGrath	1,297	2.1	+2.1
	Progress	David Rennie	490	0.8	−1.8
Total formal votes			62,865	98.5
Informal votes			1,593	2.5
Turnout			64,458	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael MacKellar		67.4	−2.8
	Labor	Desmond Murphy		32.6	+2.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.8

Wentworth

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Wentworth § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Wentworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Ellicott	36,426	60.5	+3.0
	Labor	Stephen McGoldrick	20,086	33.3	+1.9
	Democrats	Joan Kersey	3,746	6.2	−1.9
Total formal votes			60,258	97.5
Informal votes			1,540	2.5
Turnout			61,798	88.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bob Ellicott		63.0	−1.4
	Labor	Stephen McGoldrick		37.0	+1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.4

Werriwa

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Werriwa § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Werriwa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Kerin	45,296	57.9	+2.4
	Liberal	Marie Rutledge	23,813	30.4	−3.5
	Democrats	Keith Olson	5,074	6.5	−2.5
	Independent	Edward Bell	4,079	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			78,262	96.8
Informal votes			2,577	3.2
Turnout			80,839	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Kerin		66.6	+6.4
	Liberal	Marie Rutledge		33.4	−6.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.4

Victoria

1980 Australian federal election (Victoria)

18 October 1980
All 33 Victorian seats in the House of Representatives 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Bill Hayden Malcolm Fraser Party Labor Coalition Seats before 10 23 Seats won 17 16 Seat change 7 7 Popular vote 1,016,617 983,901 Percentage 45.5% 44.0% Swing 8.3pp 1.2pp TPP 50.7% 49.3% TPP swing 6.2pp 6.2pp

Balaclava

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Balaclava § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Macphee	32,729	51.6	+1.0
	Labor	Chris Kennedy	22,933	36.2	+7.2
	Democrats	Zelma Furey	7,743	12.2	−3.2
Total formal votes			63,405	97.8
Informal votes			1,444	2.2
Turnout			64,849	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Macphee		56.1	−7.2
	Labor	Chris Kennedy		43.9	+7.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.2

Ballarat

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Ballarat § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Ballarat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Short	30,551	46.0	−2.0
	Labor	John Mildren	29,990	45.2	+8.2
	Democrats	Graham Gough	3,736	5.6	−4.3
	Democratic Labor	John Cotter	2,099	3.2	−1.8
Total formal votes			66,376	98.9
Informal votes			1,239	1.8
Turnout			67,615	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Mildren	33,623	50.7	+8.2
	Liberal	Jim Short	32,753	49.3	−8.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.2

Batman

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Batman § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Batman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Howe	37,065	55.5	+8.2
	Liberal	Rosemary Kemp	20,785	31.1	−6.3
	Democratic Labor	Allen Doyle	4,945	7.4	+2.1
	Democrats	Jeffrey McAlpine	4,002	6.0	−4.0
Total formal votes			66,797	97.1
Informal votes			2,004	2.9
Turnout			68,801	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Howe		60.7	+7.3
	Liberal	Rosemary Kemp		39.3	−7.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.3

Bendigo

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Bendigo § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Bourchier	31,468	47.3	−0.7
	Labor	Victor Dolby	29,257	44.0	+9.5
	Democrats	George Hunter	5,828	8.8	−3.8
Total formal votes			66,553	98.6
Informal votes			919	1.4
Turnout			67,472	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Bourchier	34,122	51.3	−6.9
	Labor	Victor Dolby	32,431	48.7	+6.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.9

Bruce

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Bruce § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Bruce

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Billy Snedden	34,982	48.8	−1.6
	Labor	Gayle Whyte	27,457	38.3	+7.2
	Democrats	Fraser Hercus	7,942	11.1	−4.1
	Democratic Labor	Elaine Mulholland	954	1.3	−2.0
	Independent	Wilhelm Kapphan	366	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			71,701	97.6
Informal votes			1,737	2.4
Turnout			73,438	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sir Billy Snedden	39,724	55.4	−5.6
	Labor	Gayle Whyte	31,977	44.6	+5.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.6

Burke

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Burke (1969–2004) § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Burke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Theophanous	37,984	54.1	+3.7
	Liberal	Greg Ross	26,803	38.2	+5.9
	Democrats	Eric Spencer	5,413	7.7	−3.4
Total formal votes			70,200	96.8
Informal votes			2,357	3.2
Turnout			72,557	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Theophanous		58.8	+2.2
	Liberal	Greg Ross		41.2	−2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

Casey

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Casey § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Casey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Falconer	31,107	45.4	−2.9
	Labor	Peter Watson	26,841	39.2	+8.9
	Democrats	Basil Smith	7,032	10.3	−6.4
	Independent	Bertram Wainer	2,720	4.0	+4.0
	United Christian	Martin Hetherich	563	0.8	+0.8
	Independent	Wilfrid Thiele	193	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			68,456	97.7
Informal votes			1,638	2.3
Turnout			70,094	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Falconer	35,527	51.9	−8.3
	Labor	Peter Watson	32,929	48.1	+8.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.3

Chisholm

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Chisholm § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Chisholm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Graham Harris	32,211	47.1	+0.6
	Labor	Helen Mayer	28,058	41.1	+9.6
	Democrats	Alan Swindon	7,377	10.8	−6.4
	Australia	Terence Pooley	701	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			68,347	98.0
Informal votes			1,394	2.0
Turnout			69,741	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Graham Harris	35,652	52.2	−6.7
	Labor	Helen Mayer	32,695	47.8	+6.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.7

Corangamite

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Corangamite § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tony Street	37,913	56.6	−1.9
	Labor	Neil Gedge	20,959	31.3	+4.9
	Democrats	Kathleen May	5,031	7.5	−2.4
	Democratic Labor	Bernie Finn	3,043	4.5	+0.2
Total formal votes			66,946	98.3
Informal votes			1,164	1.7
Turnout			68,110	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tony Street		62.8	−5.0
	Labor	Neil Gedge		37.2	+5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.0

Corio

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Corio § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Corio 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	39,138	56.6	+8.2
	Liberal	Mieczyslaw Parks	24,051	34.8	−5.5
	Democrats	Reginald Sweeten	3,418	4.9	−2.4
	Democratic Labor	James Jordan	2,528	3.7	−0.4
Total formal votes			69,135	97.5
Informal votes			1,781	2.5
Turnout			70,916	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Scholes		59.8	+6.9
	Liberal	Mieczyslaw Parks		40.2	−6.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.9

Deakin

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Deakin § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Deakin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Jarman	33,011	43.7	−2.4
	Labor	John Madden	31,277	41.4	+9.0
	Democrats	Edwin Adamson	9,014	11.9	−4.4
	Democratic Labor	Peter Ferwerda	2,291	3.0	−2.2
Total formal votes			75,593	98.1
Informal votes			1,469	1.9
Turnout			77,062	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Jarman	39,561	52.3	−5.1
	Labor	John Madden	36,032	47.7	+5.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.1

Diamond Valley

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Diamond Valley § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Diamond Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Brown	35,082	48.6	+0.1
	Labor	John Scomparin	29,186	40.4	+9.2
	Democrats	Geoffrey Loftus-Hills	7,936	11.0	−5.2
Total formal votes			72,204	98.0
Informal votes			1,438	2.0
Turnout			73,642	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Brown	38,750	53.7	−6.6
	Labor	John Scomparin	33,454	46.3	+6.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.6

Flinders

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Flinders § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Flinders

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Phillip Lynch	36,587	50.3	−0.2
	Labor	Jean McLean	28,565	39.2	+9.4
	Democrats	William Towers	7,643	10.5	−5.0
Total formal votes			72,795	98.1
Informal votes			1,433	1.9
Turnout			74,228	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Phillip Lynch		54.6	−6.1
	Labor	Jean McLean		45.4	+6.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.1

Gellibrand

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Gellibrand § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Gellibrand

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ralph Willis	43,474	65.5	+7.2
	Liberal	John Kelly	14,711	22.2	−0.9
	Democrats	Shirley Bold	5,955	9.0	+0.4
	Socialist Workers	Lynne Bryer	2,268	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			66,408	94.4
Informal votes			3,184	4.6
Turnout			69,592	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Willis		73.4	+8.9
	Liberal	John Kelly		26.6	−8.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.9

Gippsland

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Gippsland § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Gippsland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Peter Nixon	37,180	56.7	−1.3
	Labor	Graeme McIntyre	19,791	30.2	+6.5
	Democrats	Pierre Forcier	6,861	10.5	+0.1
	Independent	Bruce Ingle	1,684	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			65,516	97.9
Informal votes			1,385	2.1
Turnout			66,901	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Peter Nixon		61.9	−2.6
	Labor	Graeme McIntyre		38.1	+2.6
	National Country hold		Swing	−2.6

Henty

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Henty § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Henty

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joan Child	32,102	49.1	+7.6
	Liberal	Ken Aldred	27,702	42.3	−2.7
	Democrats	Jonathan Melland	3,926	6.0	−3.9
	Democratic Labor	John Mulholland	1,698	2.6	−0.5
Total formal votes			65,428	97.8
Informal votes			1,441	2.2
Turnout			66,869	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joan Child	34,541	52.8	+5.5
	Liberal	Ken Aldred	30,887	47.2	−5.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.5

Higgins

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Higgins § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Higgins

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roger Shipton	37,292	57.0	+1.8
	Labor	Jennifer Bundy	22,512	34.4	+8.2
	Democrats	James Thornley	4,554	7.0	−5.5
	Imperial British	Maureen Holmes	636	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Wilhelm Kapphan	437	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			65,431	97.9
Informal votes			1,412	2.1
Turnout			66,843	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Roger Shipton		60.7	−5.3
	Labor	Jennifer Bundy		39.3	+5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.3

Holt

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Holt § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Holt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Duffy	39,232	52.1	+11.9
	Liberal	William Yates	28,940	38.4	−4.6
	Democrats	Brian Stockton	5,810	7.7	−5.1
	Democratic Labor	Michael Rowe	1,352	1.8	−2.3
Total formal votes			75,334	97.2
Informal votes			2,191	2.8
Turnout			77,525	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Duffy		56.9	+8.7
	Liberal	William Yates		43.1	−8.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.7

Hotham

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Hotham § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Hotham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lewis Kent	35,201	48.5	+10.4
	Liberal	Roger Johnston	28,054	38.7	−1.7
	Democrats	Robyn Groves	8,138	11.2	−7.2
	Democratic Labor	Edward Woods	1,128	1.6	−1.5
Total formal votes			72,521	97.0
Informal votes			2,250	3.0
Turnout			74,771	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lewis Kent	39,177	54.0	+5.7
	Liberal	Roger Johnston	33,344	46.0	−5.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.7

Indi

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Indi § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Indi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ewen Cameron	26,745	41.8	+15.6
	Labor	Carole Marple	21,190	33.1	+7.9
	National Country	Allan Garrett	12,486	19.5	−16.4
	Democrats	Ralph Fleming	2,695	4.2	−2.9
	Independent	Patrick Flanagan	581	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Brian Lumsden	334	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			64,031	97.0
Informal votes			1,972	3.0
Turnout			66,003	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ewen Cameron	39,947	62.4	+7.3
	Labor	Carole Marple	24,084	37.6	+37.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.3

Isaacs

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Isaacs § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Isaacs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Charles	31,192	45.1	+10.5
	Liberal	Bill Burns	26,293	38.0	−6.4
	Democrats	Michael Bakos	9,777	14.1	−2.9
	Independent	Sydney Balhorn	1,955	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			69,217	97.8
Informal votes			1,534	2.2
Turnout			70,751	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Charles	35,856	51.8	+9.1
	Liberal	Bill Burns	33,361	48.2	−9.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.1

Kooyong

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Kooyong § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Kooyong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Peacock	38,013	57.6	+2.0
	Labor	Wesley Blackmore	22,356	33.9	+8.2
	Democrats	James Lysaght	5,630	8.5	−3.9
Total formal votes			65,999	98.2
Informal votes			1,181	1.8
Turnout			67,180	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Peacock		61.1	−6.6
	Labor	Wesley Blackmore		38.9	+6.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.6

La Trobe

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of La Trobe § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: La Trobe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Milton	31,439	45.2	+4.9
	Liberal	Marshall Baillieu	28,282	40.7	−0.9
	Democrats	James Leicester	7,201	10.4	−3.7
	United Christian	Cornelis Hellema	1,487	2.1	+2.1
	Democratic Labor	Desmond Burke	867	1.2	−1.1
	Independent	Wilhelm Kapphan	262	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			69,538	97.2
Informal votes			2,015	2.8
Turnout			71,553	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Milton	36,360	52.3	+3.1
	Liberal	Marshall Baillieu	33,178	47.7	−3.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.1

Lalor

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Lalor § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Lalor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Jones	50,509	68.3	+17.8
	Liberal	Thomas Meskos	18,944	25.6	−2.5
	Democrats	Ivan Pollock	4,446	6.0	−3.9
Total formal votes			73,899	96.0
Informal votes			3,103	4.0
Turnout			77,002	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Jones		71.9	+14.3
	Liberal	Thomas Meskos		28.1	−14.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+14.3

Mallee

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Mallee § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Mallee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Peter Fisher	29,502	47.2	−1.1
	Labor	Geoffrey Ferns	14,967	23.9	+2.1
	Liberal	Neville Goodwin	13,393	21.4	−2.4
	Democrats	Colin Kavanagh	2,736	4.4	+4.4
	Independent	Leslie Connolly	1,592	2.5	+2.5
	Independent	Ronald Nicholson	362	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			62,552	96.5
Informal votes			2,254	3.5
Turnout			64,806	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Peter Fisher	44,303	70.8	−2.5
	Labor	Geoffrey Ferns	18,249	29.2	+2.5
	National Country hold		Swing	−2.5

Maribyrnong

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Maribyrnong § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Maribyrnong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Moss Cass	37,991	54.6	+11.0
	Liberal	Geoffrey Ireland	24,439	35.1	−1.6
	Democrats	Henrik Jersic	7,129	10.2	−3.3
Total formal votes			69,559	97.4
Informal votes			1,880	2.6
Turnout			71,439	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Moss Cass		60.7	+8.7
	Liberal	Geoffrey Ireland		39.3	−8.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.7

McMillan

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of McMillan § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: McMillan 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Barry Simon	28,957	44.2	−0.3
	Labor	Barry Cunningham	28,100	42.9	+7.5
	Democrats	Sandra Burke	4,748	7.3	−6.9
	Democratic Labor	Brian Handley	3,295	5.0	+0.2
	Independent	Robert McCracken	378	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			65,478	97.3
Informal votes			1,803	2.7
Turnout			67,281	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Cunningham	33,647	51.4	+6.2
	Liberal	Barry Simon	31,831	48.6	−6.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.2

Melbourne

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Melbourne § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Innes	35,812	60.7	+6.6
	Liberal	Robert Fallshaw	16,573	28.1	+4.5
	Democrats	Alan Hughes	4,199	7.1	−1.8
	Communist	Max Ogden	1,534	2.6	+0.1
	Imperial British	James Ferrari	879	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			58,997	95.7
Informal votes			2,677	4.3
Turnout			61,674	90.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Innes		68.1	+6.3
	Liberal	Robert Fallshaw		31.9	−6.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.3

Melbourne Ports

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Melbourne Ports § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Melbourne Ports

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clyde Holding	33,992	57.0	+7.0
	Liberal	Colin Bell	20,252	33.9	+0.9
	Democrats	Stephen Duthy	4,336	7.3	−2.5
	Independent	Gordon Moffatt	806	1.4	+1.4
	Independent	Wilhelm Kapphan	270	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			59,656	96.2
Informal votes			2,373	3.8
Turnout			62,029	89.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Clyde Holding		62.3	+6.8
	Liberal	Colin Bell		37.7	−6.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.8

Murray

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Murray § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Murray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Bruce Lloyd	30,338	46.2	−6.6
	Labor	Joan Groves	15,679	23.9	+6.9
	Liberal	Bill Hunter	14,616	22.3	+7.4
	Democrats	Douglas Linford	3,856	5.9	−4.7
	Independent	Diane Teasdale	1,171	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			65,660	97.0
Informal votes			2,009	3.0
Turnout			67,669	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Bruce Lloyd	44,323	67.5	+1.3
	Labor	Joan Groves	21,337	32.5	−1.3
	National Country hold		Swing	+1.3

Scullin

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Scullin § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jenkins	46,883	67.1	+15.3
	Liberal	Geoffrey Lutz	18,892	27.0	−6.5
	Democrats	Brian Kidd	4,068	5.8	−3.6
Total formal votes			69,843	96.8
Informal votes			2,304	3.2
Turnout			72,147	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jenkins		70.6	+13.6
	Liberal	Geoffrey Lutz		29.4	−13.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.6

Wannon

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Wannon § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Wannon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser	37,680	58.4	+1.7
	Labor	Keith Wilson	22,670	35.1	+4.1
	Democrats	Bernhard Kruger	2,625	4.1	−1.7
	Independent	Joseph Young	1,546	2.4	−6.9
Total formal votes			64,521	98.3
Informal votes			1,089	1.7
Turnout			65,610	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Fraser		61.2	−4.4
	Labor	Keith Wilson		38.8	+4.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.4

Wills

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Wills § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Wills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Hawke	42,815	65.1	+7.5
	Liberal	Vincenzo d'Aquino	17,337	26.4	+0.0
	Democrats	Kenneth Goss	2,407	3.7	−4.8
	Democratic Labor	Thomas Stewart	1,256	1.9	−5.5
	Socialist Workers	Solomon Salby	677	1.0	+1.0
	Socialist Labour	Michael Head	490	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Martin Newell	410	0.6	+0.6
	Communist	Philip Herington	368	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			65,760	94.5
Informal votes			3,846	5.5
Turnout			69,606	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Hawke		69.9	+7.3
	Liberal	Vincenzo d'Aquino		30.1	−7.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.3

Queensland

1980 Australian federal election (Queensland)

18 October 1980
All 19 Queensland seats in the House of Representatives 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Malcolm Fraser Bill Hayden Party Coalition Labor Seats before 16 3 Seats won 14 5 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 615,822 535,846 Percentage 49.2% 42.8% Swing 4.50pp 5.1pp TPP 53.1% 46.9% TPP swing 4.9pp 4.9pp

Bowman

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Bowman § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Bowman 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Jull	33,695	48.8	−1.2
	Labor	Len Keogh	31,722	45.9	+6.2
	Democrats	Thomas Martin	3,648	5.3	−3.3
Total formal votes			69,065	98.6
Informal votes			978	1.4
Turnout			70,043	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Jull	35,351	51.2	−5.1
	Labor	Len Keogh	33,714	48.8	+5.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.1

Brisbane

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Brisbane § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Manfred Cross	29,621	48.1	+6.8
	Liberal	Peter Johnson	27,497	44.7	−2.4
	Democrats	Anthony Walters	3,664	6.0	−4.0
	Independent	William Kenney	788	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			61,570	98.1
Informal votes			1,180	1.9
Turnout			62,750	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Manfred Cross	31,881	51.8	+5.0
	Liberal	Peter Johnson	29,689	48.2	−5.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.0

Capricornia

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Capricornia § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Capricornia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Doug Everingham	32,688	50.9	+2.0
	National Country	Colin Carige	21,292	33.2	−8.1
	Liberal	William Park	7,781	12.1	+6.2
	Democrats	Lloyd Webber	2,177	3.4	−0.2
	Progress	Paul Rackemann	225	0.4	+0.1
Total formal votes			64,162	98.7
Informal votes			855	1.3
Turnout			65,017	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Doug Everingham		54.3	+3.1
	National Country	Colin Carige		45.7	−3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

Darling Downs

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Darling Downs § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Darling Downs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Tom McVeigh	41,011	63.3	−4.8
	Labor	Janet Hunt	19,379	29.9	+0.3
	Democrats	Maria Hayboer	3,551	5.5	+5.5
	Progress	David Proud	870	1.3	−1.1
Total formal votes			64,811	98.7
Informal votes			850	1.3
Turnout			65,661	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Tom McVeigh		65.8	−4.5
	Labor	Janet Hunt		34.2	+4.5
	National Country hold		Swing	−4.5

Dawson

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Dawson § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Dawson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Ray Braithwaite	33,205	50.1	−5.8
	Labor	Barbara Hill	29,960	45.2	+3.3
	Democrats	Brian Caldwell	2,299	3.5	+3.5
	Independent	Robert Oakes	539	0.8	+0.8
	Progress	Kelly Crombie	330	0.5	−1.7
Total formal votes			66,333	98.4
Informal votes			1,080	1.6
Turnout			67,413	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Ray Braithwaite		52.2	−5.7
	Labor	Barbara Hill		47.8	+5.7
	National Country hold		Swing	−5.7

Fadden

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Fadden § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Cameron	37,170	48.0	+14.4
	Labor	David Beddall	33,736	43.6	+5.2
	Democrats	Janice Barber	5,812	7.5	−1.4
	Progress	Dallas Graham	648	0.8	+0.5
Total formal votes			77,366	98.1
Informal votes			1,506	1.9
Turnout			78,872	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Don Cameron	39,808	51.5	−4.5
	Labor	David Beddall	37,558	48.5	+4.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.5

Fisher

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Fisher § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Fisher

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Evan Adermann	41,167	53.3	−6.3
	Labor	Fay Price	26,865	34.8	+5.7
	Democrats	Gavin Black	6,250	8.1	−1.7
	Independent	Gail Perry	2,134	2.8	+2.8
	Progress	Rodney Jeanneret	848	1.1	−0.5
Total formal votes			77,264	97.9
Informal votes			1,653	2.1
Turnout			78,917	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Evan Adermann		58.9	−7.0
	Labor	Fay Price		41.1	+7.0
	National Country hold		Swing	−7.0

Griffith

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Griffith § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Griffith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Humphreys	32,249	55.8	+8.8
	Liberal	Dennis Young	16,019	27.7	−5.8
	National Country	Noel Willersdorf	4,732	8.2	−1.5
	Democrats	Gillian Newman	2,474	4.3	−3.6
	Socialist Workers	Mark Carey	2,293	4.0	+4.0
Total formal votes			57,767	97.1
Informal votes			1,707	2.9
Turnout			59,474	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Humphreys		62.9	+9.4
	Liberal	Dennis Young		37.1	−9.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.4

Herbert

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Herbert § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Herbert

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Dean	31,538	47.9	+14.4
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	30,575	46.5	+9.5
	Democrats	John Lamb	3,690	5.6	−2.2
Total formal votes			65,803	98.5
Informal votes			978	1.5
Turnout			66,781	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gordon Dean	33,462	50.9	−6.8
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	32,341	49.1	+6.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.8

Kennedy

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Kennedy § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Bob Katter, Sr.	33,744	60.2	−1.2
	Labor	Susan Hadlow	20,194	36.0	+3.3
	Progress	James Fryar	2,103	3.8	+2.0
Total formal votes			56,041	98.2
Informal votes			1,021	1.8
Turnout			57,062	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Bob Katter, Sr.		62.7	−1.5
	Labor	Susan Hadlow		37.3	+1.5
	National Country hold		Swing	−1.5

Leichhardt

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Leichhardt § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Leichhardt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	David Thomson	30,105	48.9	+1.6
	Labor	Anthony Mijo	28,500	46.3	+0.0
	Democrats	Ian Paul	2,985	4.8	−1.7
Total formal votes			61,590	97.9
Informal votes			1,308	2.1
Turnout			62,898	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	David Thomson	31,459	51.1	+0.2
	Labor	Anthony Mijo	30,131	48.9	−0.2
	National Country hold		Swing	+0.2

Lilley

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Lilley § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Lilley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Elaine Darling	29,434	48.0	+8.8
	Liberal	Kevin Cairns	28,964	47.2	−1.4
	Democrats	Joan Hadley	2,920	4.8	−3.6
Total formal votes			61,318	98.4
Informal votes			977	1.6
Turnout			62,295	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Elaine Darling	31,126	50.8	+6.8
	Liberal	Kevin Cairns	30,192	49.2	−6.8
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.8

Maranoa

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Maranoa § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Ian Cameron	35,035	57.3	−11.4
	Labor	Kenneth Abbey	18,047	29.5	+5.8
	Liberal	Reginald Kerslake	5,655	9.2	+9.2
	Democrats	Austin Brannigan	2,412	3.9	+0.6
Total formal votes			61,149	98.5
Informal votes			902	1.5
Turnout			62,051	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Ian Cameron		67.1	−6.5
	Labor	Kenneth Abbey		32.9	+6.5
	National Country hold		Swing	−6.5

McPherson

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of McPherson § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: McPherson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Robinson	32,459	43.3	−16.8
	Labor	Walter Ehrich	23,061	30.8	+3.2
	Independent	Louis Rowan	14,350	19.1	+19.1
	Democrats	Ian Crick	3,761	5.0	−4.2
	Independent	William Aabraham-Steer	1,339	1.8	+0.3
Total formal votes			74,970	97.7
Informal votes			1,778	2.3
Turnout			76,748	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Eric Robinson	40,170	53.6	−12.7
	Labor	Walter Ehrich	34,800	46.4	+12.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−12.7

Moreton

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Moreton § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Killen	31,157	50.7	−5.3
	Labor	Barbara Robson	25,997	42.3	+8.2
	Democrats	Betty Whitworth	2,877	4.7	−2.3
	Independent	Graham Bell	1,064	1.7	+0.2
	Progress	Patrick Dixon	407	0.7	−0.7
Total formal votes			61,502	98.1
Informal votes			1,221	1.9
Turnout			62,723	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Killen		54.6	−7.4
	Labor	Barbara Robson		45.4	+7.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.4

Oxley

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Oxley § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Oxley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Hayden	45,094	64.1	+9.1
	Liberal	Ronda Herrmann	20,461	29.1	−7.9
	Democrats	Wayne Martin	2,896	4.1	−2.7
	Independent	Miriam Cope	1,311	1.9	+1.9
		Robert Voysey	620	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			70,382	98.0
Informal votes			1,432	2.0
Turnout			71,814	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Hayden		68.8	+10.3
	Liberal	Ronda Herrmann		31.2	−10.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.3

Petrie

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Petrie § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Petrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Hodges	32,979	48.0	−4.8
	Labor	Deane Wells	29,319	42.7	+8.7
	Democrats	Pauline Moylan	4,668	6.8	−5.1
	Progress	Phillip Grimson	1,768	2.6	+1.3
Total formal votes			68,734	98.4
Informal votes			1,091	1.6
Turnout			69,825	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Hodges	36,671	53.4	−6.5
	Labor	Deane Wells	32,063	46.6	+6.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.5

Ryan

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Ryan § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Ryan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Moore	36,780	55.1	−5.9
	Labor	Peter Beattie	22,697	34.0	+0.8
	Democrats	Geoffrey Rees	6,004	9.0	+3.2
	Progress	Philip Sturgess	1,297	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			66,778	98.6
Informal votes			921	1.4
Turnout			67,699	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Moore		60.4	−3.0
	Labor	Peter Beattie		39.6	+3.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.0

Wide Bay

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Wide Bay § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Wide Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Clarrie Millar	33,377	50.4	−2.8
	Labor	James Finemore	26,708	40.4	+3.6
	Democrats	Geoffrey Schuh	4,414	6.7	−3.3
	Progress	Raymond Bird	1,675	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			66,174	98.5
Informal votes			997	1.5
Turnout			67,171	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Clarrie Millar		54.4	−3.8
	Labor	James Finemore		45.6	+3.8
	National Country hold		Swing	−3.8

South Australia

1980 Australian federal election (South Australia)

18 October 1980
All 11 SA seats in the House of Representatives 5 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Malcolm Fraser Bill Hayden Party Coalition Labor Seats before 5 6 Seats won 5 6 Seat change Popular vote 359,918 348,649 Percentage 45.9% 44.5% Swing 0.1pp 1.9pp TPP 50.4% 49.6% TPP swing 0.9pp 0.9pp

Adelaide

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Adelaide § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Adelaide 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Hurford	36,124	52.1	+1.2
	Liberal	Peter Camm	25,057	36.2	−2.1
	Democrats	Peter Adamson	8,109	11.7	+0.9
Total formal votes			69,290	97.2
Informal votes			2,008	2.8
Turnout			71,298	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Hurford		58.5	+2.2
	Liberal	Peter Camm		41.5	−2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

Barker

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Barker § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Barker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Porter	40,445	57.5	−5.9
	Labor	Norman Napper	20,323	28.9	+1.0
	Democrats	Ivor Childs	3,924	5.6	−3.1
	National Country	Anthony Beck	3,774	5.4	+5.4
	National Country	Kim Ross	1,920	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			70,386	97.1
Informal votes			2,090	2.9
Turnout			72,476	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Porter		57.5	−5.9
	Labor	Norman Napper		42.5	+5.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.9

Bonython

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Bonython § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Bonython

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neal Blewett	40,825	54.4	+3.9
	Liberal	Mark Mau	24,507	32.7	+1.9
	Democrats	John Longhurst	8,288	11.1	−7.5
	Socialist Labour	John Villain	716	1.0	+1.0
	Progressive Conservative	Donald Keitel	656	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			74,992	96.7
Informal votes			2,535	3.3
Turnout			77,527	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neal Blewett		62.4	+2.6
	Liberal	Mark Mau		37.6	−2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.6

Boothby

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Boothby § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Boothby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McLeay	41,542	56.2	−1.2
	Labor	Bruce Whyatt	22,001	29.7	+3.9
	Democrats	Martin Holt	9,664	13.1	−3.7
	Progressive Conservative	James Russell	762	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			73,969	98.1
Informal votes			1,408	1.9
Turnout			75,377	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John McLeay		62.6	−3.2
	Labor	Bruce Whyatt		37.4	+3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.2

Grey

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Grey § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Grey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Wallis	33,871	50.1	+3.4
	Liberal	Brian Fitzgerald	27,263	40.4	+1.2
	National Country	Anthony Haskett	3,342	4.9	−4.2
	Democrats	Mary Good	3,084	4.6	−0.4
Total formal votes			67,560	97.4
Informal votes			1,801	2.6
Turnout			69,361	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Laurie Wallis		53.4	+3.4
	Liberal	Brian Fitzgerald		46.6	−3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.4

Hawker

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Hawker § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Hawker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	34,066	49.4	+4.6
	Liberal	Mark Hanckel	29,187	42.3	−1.7
	Democrats	Kenneth Johnson	5,720	8.3	−1.9
Total formal votes			68,973	97.7
Informal votes			1,590	2.3
Turnout			70,563	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	37,073	53.8	+3.2
	Liberal	Mark Hanckel	31,900	46.2	−3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

Hindmarsh

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Hindmarsh § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Hindmarsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Scott	34,106	48.0	−7.2
	Liberal	George Basisovs	27,379	38.5	+6.0
	Democrats	Peter Gagliardi	6,535	9.2	−3.0
	Socialist Workers	Therese Doyle	1,531	2.2	+2.2
	Independent	Alf Gard	1,500	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			71,051	96.1
Informal votes			2,891	3.9
Turnout			73,942	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Scott		56.2	−5.1
	Liberal	George Basisovs		43.8	+5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.1

Kingston

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Kingston § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Kingston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Grant Chapman	35,069	46.3	+1.0
	Labor	Richard Gun	33,822	44.7	+2.8
	Democrats	Judith Jenkins	6,813	9.0	−3.8
Total formal votes			75,704	98.1
Informal votes			1,485	1.9
Turnout			77,189	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Grant Chapman	38,034	50.2	−1.6
	Labor	Richard Gun	37,670	49.8	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.6

Port Adelaide

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Port Adelaide § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Young	43,746	63.0	+3.0
	Liberal	Shirley de Garis	19,580	28.2	−2.2
	Democrats	Robert Manhire	4,846	7.0	−0.3
	Communist	Elliott Johnston	1,261	1.8	−0.5
Total formal votes			69,433	96.1
Informal votes			2,837	3.9
Turnout			72,270	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mick Young		68.8	+3.1
	Liberal	Shirley de Garis		31.2	−3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

Sturt

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Sturt § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Sturt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Wilson	37,018	50.9	−0.1
	Labor	Andrew Dunstan	29,457	40.5	−0.1
	Democrats	David d'Angelo	5,903	8.1	−5.4
	Progressive Conservative	Colin Wuttke	354	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			72,732	97.5
Informal votes			1,902	2.5
Turnout			74,634	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Wilson		54.0	−3.3
	Labor	Andrew Dunstan		46.0	+3.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.3

Wakefield

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Wakefield § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Wakefield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoffrey Giles	41,934	59.8	−2.1
	Labor	Alan Reid	20,308	29.0	−0.9
	Democrats	Rowland Beech	5,971	8.5	+0.3
	National Country	Duncan Rose	1,901	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			70,144	97.3
Informal votes			1,944	2.7
Turnout			72,058	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoffrey Giles		66.2	+0.2
	Labor	Alan Reid		33.8	−0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

Western Australia

1980 Australian federal election (Western Australia)

18 October 1980
All 11 WA seats in the House of Representatives 5 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Malcolm Fraser Bill Hayden Party Coalition Labor Seats before 9 1 Seats won 8 3 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 342,388 286,259 Percentage 50.2% 42.0% Swing 1.5pp 9.2pp TPP 53.3% 46.7% TPP swing 6.8pp 6.8pp

Canning

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Canning § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Canning 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mel Bungey	31,821	47.3	+0.6
	Labor	James Hansen	28,206	42.0	+13.6
	Democrats	Theresa Cunningham	6,285	9.4	−0.7
	Independent	Pamela Wells	896	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			67,208	97.3
Informal votes			1,839	2.7
Turnout			69,047	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mel Bungey	34,806	51.8	−13.0
	Labor	James Hansen	32,402	48.2	+13.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−13.0

Curtin

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Curtin § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Curtin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Victor Garland	35,373	58.9	+0.1
	Labor	Richard Grounds	19,680	32.8	+8.4
	Democrats	Gary Payne	4,985	8.3	−6.1
Total formal votes			60,038	97.8
Informal votes			1,321	2.2
Turnout			61,359	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Victor Garland		62.3	−6.5
	Labor	Richard Grounds		37.7	+6.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.5

Forrest

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Forrest § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Forrest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Drummond	31,005	51.3	+4.4
	Labor	Walter MacMillan	21,749	36.0	+6.7
	Democrats	Alfred Bussell	4,206	7.0	+0.0
	National Country	Francis Timms	3,468	5.7	−7.2
Total formal votes			60,428	97.3
Informal votes			1,663	2.7
Turnout			62,091	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Drummond		59.8	−4.4
	Labor	Walter MacMillan		40.2	+4.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.4

Fremantle

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Fremantle § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Dawkins	36,272	58.1	+8.5
	Liberal	Donald McLeod	21,425	34.3	−2.8
	Democrats	Graham Hull	3,791	6.1	−3.8
	Socialist Workers	Angelo Lopez	915	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			62,403	96.9
Informal votes			1,982	3.1
Turnout			64,385	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Dawkins		63.1	+6.8
	Liberal	Donald McLeod		36.9	−6.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.8

Kalgoorlie

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Kalgoorlie § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Kalgoorlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mick Cotter	26,562	46.5	−1.8
	Labor	Graeme Campbell	25,845	45.2	+6.8
	Democrats	Trevor Butler	4,723	8.3	+2.0
Total formal votes			57,130	97.6
Informal votes			1,419	2.4
Turnout			58,549	87.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Graeme Campbell	28,889	50.6	+8.1
	Liberal	Mick Cotter	28,241	49.4	−8.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.1

Moore

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Moore § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Hyde	31,021	47.0	+3.2
	Labor	Allen Blanchard	28,267	42.9	+15.1
	Democrats	Donald McComish	5,152	7.8	−4.4
	National Country	Gladwin Wood	1,506	2.3	−9.9
Total formal votes			65,946	97.5
Informal votes			1,658	2.5
Turnout			67,604	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Hyde	34,852	52.8	−11.1
	Labor	Allen Blanchard	31,094	47.2	+11.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−11.1

O'Connor

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of O'Connor § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: O'Connor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilson Tuckey	23,998	40.3	−6.5
	Labor	Robert Duncannon	13,814	23.2	+5.0
	National Country	Anthony Hassell	10,863	18.2	−8.0
	National	Eric Charlton	8,915	15.0	+15.0
	Democrats	Guy Wroth	1,994	3.3	−2.0
Total formal votes			59,584	96.7
Informal votes			2,041	3.3
Turnout			61,625	94.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Wilson Tuckey	37,249	62.5	−2.7
	National Country	Anthony Hassell	22,335	37.5	+2.7
	Liberal notional hold		Swing	−2.7

Perth

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Perth § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ross McLean	29,131	48.2	−2.6
	Labor	William Delaney	27,599	45.7	+10.4
	Democrats	Robert Foster	3,112	5.2	−4.6
	Progressive Conservative	June Steen-Olsen	551	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			60,403	97.0
Informal votes			1,843	3.0
Turnout			62,246	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ross McLean	30,807	51.0	−8.5
	Labor	William Delaney	29,596	49.0	+8.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.5

Stirling

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Stirling § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Stirling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Viner	30,307	48.9	−1.3
	Labor	Richard Pitts	26,135	42.2	+10.1
	Democrats	Jean Jenkins	4,242	6.8	−8.0
	Independent	Roger Broinowski	1,301	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			61,985	97.3
Informal votes			1,716	2.7
Turnout			63,701	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Viner	32,206	52.0	−7.7
	Labor	Richard Pitts	29,779	48.0	+7.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.7

Swan

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Swan § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kim Beazley	32,476	53.3	+13.7
	Liberal	John Martyr	24,401	40.1	−2.8
	Democrats	Jean Ritter	3,288	5.4	−6.4
	Socialist Workers	Stephen Painter	750	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			60,915	97.1
Informal votes			1,790	2.9
Turnout			62,705	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kim Beazley		57.6	+8.1
	Liberal	John Martyr		42.4	−8.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.1

Tangney

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Tangney § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Tangney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Shack	32,592	50.1	−0.1
	Labor	Maureen Wong	26,216	40.3	+8.6
	Democrats	Robert McCormack	6,288	9.7	−4.8
Total formal votes			65,096	97.7
Informal votes			1,549	2.3
Turnout			66,645	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Shack		54.6	−5.3
	Labor	Maureen Wong		45.4	+5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.3

Tasmania

1980 Australian federal election (Tasmania)

18 October 1980
All 5 Tasmanian seats in the House of Representatives 3 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Malcolm Fraser Bill Hayden Party Coalition Labor Seats before 5 0 Seats won 5 0 Seat change Popular vote 133,144 118,336 Percentage 51.9% 46.1% Swing 2.7pp 4.2pp TPP 52.9% 47.1% TPP swing 3.3pp 3.3pp

Bass

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Bass § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Bass

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Newman	27,586	53.0	−2.7
	Labor	Patti Warn	23,199	44.5	+7.8
	Independent	Olga Scully	1,310	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			52,095	97.5
Informal votes			1,320	2.5
Turnout			53,415	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kevin Newman		54.3	−5.7
	Labor	Patti Warn		45.7	+5.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.7

Braddon

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Braddon § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Braddon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray Groom	27,307	55.1	−3.1
	Labor	Lance Fee	22,275	44.9	+3.1
Total formal votes			49,582	97.1
Informal votes			1,496	2.9
Turnout			51,078	94.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.1

Denison

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Denison § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Denison

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Hodgman	25,751	50.2	−0.7
	Labor	Ken Wriedt	23,538	45.9	+1.2
	Democrats	Peter Creet	1,998	3.9	−0.5
Total formal votes			51,287	97.5
Informal votes			1,340	2.5
Turnout			52,627	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Hodgman		52.4	−0.7
	Labor	Ken Wriedt		47.6	+0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.7

Franklin

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Franklin § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Franklin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck	26,893	51.3	−3.4
	Labor	Fran Bladel	23,809	45.4	+0.1
	Democrats	John Thomson	1,734	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			52,436	97.6
Informal votes			1,264	2.4
Turnout			53,700	96.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Goodluck		52.7	−2.0
	Labor	Fran Bladel		47.3	+2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.0

Wilmot

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Wilmot § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Wilmot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Max Burr	25,607	50.1	−3.5
	Labor	David Llewellyn	25,515	49.9	+3.5
Total formal votes			51,122	97.1
Informal votes			1,547	2.9
Turnout			52,699	96.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.7

Australian Capital Territory

1980 Australian federal election (Australian Capital Territory)

18 October 1980
All 3 ACT seats in the House of Representatives 2 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Bill Hayden Malcolm Fraser Party Labor Coalition Seats before 1 1 Seats won 2 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 68,916 48,016 Percentage 53.73% 37.43% Swing 4.69pp 3.04pp TPP 58.60% 41.40% TPP swing 4.30pp 4.30pp

Canberra

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Canberra § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Canberra 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ros Kelly	32,352	52.4	+11.6
	Liberal	John Haslem	25,957	42.1	−1.1
	Democrats	Leo Nesic	2,845	4.6	−10.4
	Independent	Kevin Wise	574	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			61,728	98.1
Informal votes			1,215	1.9
Turnout			62,943	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ros Kelly		55.7	+6.7
	Liberal	John Haslem		44.3	−6.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.7

Fraser

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Fraser (Australian Capital Territory) § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Fraser

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Fry	36,564	57.3	−2.1
	Liberal	Michael Yabsley	22,059	34.6	−6.0
	Democrats	Dimmen de Graaff	4,156	6.5	+6.5
	Independent	Kevin Wise	636	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Basil Yakimov	367	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			63,782	97.6
Informal votes			1,537	2.4
Turnout			65,319	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken Fry		62.5	+3.1
	Liberal	Michael Yabsley		37.5	−3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

Northern Territory

1980 Australian federal election (Northern Territory)

18 October 1980
Division of Northern Territory
First party Second party   Leader Malcolm Fraser Bill Hayden Party Coalition Labor Seats before 1 0 Seats won 1 0 Seat change Popular vote 18,805 17,426 Percentage 43.6% 40.4% Swing 3.8pp 2.2pp TPP 51.2% 48.8% TPP swing 1.3pp 1.3pp

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Northern Territory § 1980

1980 Australian federal election: Northern Territory 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Grant Tambling	18,805	43.6	−3.8
	Labor	John Waters	17,426	40.4	−2.2
	Democrats	Max Stewart	2,509	5.8	−1.3
	Independent	Galarrwuy Yunupingu	2,415	5.6	+5.6
	Independent	Pamela Gardiner	1,129	2.6	+2.6
	Marijuana	Graham Gillian	486	1.1	+1.1
	Christian Democrat	John McElroy	272	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Malcolm Womersley	130	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			43,172	95.1
Informal votes			2,231	4.9
Turnout			45,403	82.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Grant Tambling	22,090	51.2	−1.3
	Labor	John Waters	21,082	48.8	+1.3
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−1.3

See also

• Candidates of the 1980 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1980–1983
• Results of the 1980 Australian federal election (Senate)