Results of the 1999 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council)
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This election was known derogatively as the "Tablecloth Election", due to the unprecedented number of candidates contesting the Upper House, totalling 264 candidates for 81 parties. This meant that each of the 4 million ballot papers issued measured approximately 70x100cm, the size of a small tablecloth.
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | |||||
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Seats Won | Not Up | Total Seats | Seat Change | ||||||
Labor | 1,325,819 | 37.27 | 2.02 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 1 | ||
Liberal/National Coalition | 974,352 | 27.39 | 11.02 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | ||
One Nation | 225,668 | 6.34 | New | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | ||
Democrats | 142,768 | 4.01 | 0.80 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Christian Democrats | 112,699 | 3.17 | 0.16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Greens | 103,463 | 2.91 | 0.84 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Shooters | 59,295 | 1.67 | 1.17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Progressive Labour | 56,037 | 1.58 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Marijuana Smokers Rights | 43,991 | 1.24 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Legal System Reform | 35,712 | 1.00 | New | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | ||
Unity | 34,785 | 0.98 | New | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | ||
Country Summit Alliance | 31,771 | 0.89 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Registered Clubs Party | 27,564 | 0.77 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Gun Owners & Sporting Hunters | 25,106 | 0.71 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Country NSW Party | 19,819 | 0.56 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
What's Doing? | 18,318 | 0.51 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
ABFFOC | 15,800 | 0.44 | 0.84 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Outdoor Recreation | 7,264 | 0.20 | New | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | ||
Others | 297,530 | 8.36 | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 3,557,761 | 100.00 | – | 21 | 21 | 42 | – | ||
Valid votes | 3,557,761 | 92.83 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 274,594 | 7.17 | 1.06 | ||||||
Total votes | 3,832,355 | 100.00 | – | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,115,059 | 93.13 | 0.67 |
The rules for nominating candidates to the Legislative Council were tightened to prevent this from happening again, as well as the abolition of group ticket preferences in response to Malcolm Jones of the Outdoor Recreation Party being elected with 0.2% of the vote. This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 1999 New South Wales state election.
This was the so-called "Tablecoth election" due to the large size of the ballots used.
A record 264 candidates ran in this election. Even more would run in each succeeding election.