[7] The initial election saw Wayne Dropulich of the Australian Sports Party win a seat in Western Australia, but the subsequent voiding of the result and ensuing special election saw the Palmer United Party gain a third seat.

[8] Group voting tickets came under scrutiny because multiple candidates were provisionally elected with the vast majority of their 14.3 per cent quotas coming from the preferences of other parties across the political spectrum.

[12][13][14] Motoring's Ricky Muir won a senate seat on a record-low primary vote of 0.5 per cent in Victoria.

[15][16] Family First's Bob Day won a seat on a primary vote of 3.8 per cent in South Australia.

[20] Xenophon and larger parties including the incoming government announced they would look at changes to the GVT system.