Crossbench (20) Greens (9)   One Nation (4)   Xenophon Team (3)   Family First (1)   Liberal Democrat (1)   Lambie (1) George Brandis Liberal/National coalition George Brandis Liberal/National coalition The 2016 Australian federal election in the Senate was part of a double dissolution election held on Saturday 2 July to elect all 226 members of the 45th Parliament of Australia, after an extended eight-week official campaign period.

The final outcome in the 76-seat Australian Senate took over four weeks to complete despite significant voting changes.

[2][3][4] A number of initially-elected senators were declared ineligible a result of the 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, and replaced after recounts.

[7] This alternative method had been supported by both Labor and the Coalition in two separate, identical, bipartisan senate resolutions, passed in 1998 and 2010.

The incumbent Liberal/National Coalition government won 30 seats, a net loss of three − the Coalition lost four Senators, one each from New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia, but gained a Senator in Victoria.