John Button Labor John Button Labor The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1984 federal election.

Following this election, the Senate was composed of 29 coalition (27 Liberal, one coalition National, one CLP), 34 Labor, one Nuclear Disarmament Party, four non-coalition National, seven Democrats, and one Independent.

[1][2] Senator terms were six years (three for territories), and all took their seats immediately due to the expansion of the senate from 64 to 76 members.

Senator terms for those contesting this election would have been for 6 year intervals starting from 1 July 1985, but the Double dissolution election of 1987 removed this necessity.

This election was the last time that Labor won more seats than the Coalition, despite receiving more votes than them in subsequent Senate elections and winning several victories in the House of Representatives since then.