John Button Labor John Button Labor The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1987 federal election.

Senators total 29 coalition (27 Liberal, one coalition National, one CLP), 32 Labor, one Jo Vallentine Peace Group, four non-coalition National, seven Democrats, one Nuclear Disarmament and one Independent.

[1] Territory Senators served until the next federal election.

State Senator terms were nominally three or six years, backdated from 1 July 1987.

The Senate used the order-elected method to allocate three- and six-year seats, despite provisions for the AEC to conduct a special recount.