Federal Election 2022 Results:

As mentioned in :

Some data around election results (as of June 28, 2022):

• Only about 8% of elected MPs are from an ethnic background (this includes Indigenous MPs)
• We have elected about 3% Indigenous MPs which is a fantastic result!

Please note that I am talking about the following data without including the senators who were not up for election this year (this is a half-senate election and so only 40 out of the 76 seats were facing election)

• Indigenous candidates have done very well in the senate with a 13% representation (among candidates of colour), and this includes 2 newly elected Indigenous women.
• Half of the senators elected come from the Labor party. In fact, they have elected (and re-elected) 100% of their candidates of colour for the senate which is worth praise.

List of Parties and Independents with Multicultural candidates (candidates of colour + Indigenous) running for election

Some data around candidates running for election:

• Of the 1203 candidates that nominated to run, only about 9% of candidates running for the House of Representatives are from an ethnic background (this includes Indigenous candidates).
• First Nations candidates make up of about 2% for the House of Representatives.

• Out of the 421 candidates that nominated to run, only about 10% of total candidates running for the Senate are from ethnic background (this includes Indigenous candidates).
• First Nations candidates make up of about 4% of total candidates running for the Senate.

• The Liberal party ran the most number of candidates of colour whereas The Australian Greens ran the most amount of Indigenous candidates for the lower house.

• For the Senate, the Greens have run the most number of candidates of colour and indigenous candidates than both Liberals and Labor combined.

Please note:

I’ve now included most candidates in my list except for the below as I couldn’t find much info about them online. I’d appreciate it if anyone could help me out with this task. Until then, I’ve just listed them here:

1. LIU Qian
2. CHANG Tshung-Hui  

Major parties

Minor Parties

Independent Candidates

House of Representatives

Senate

Australian Federation Party

Fusion Party Australia

TNL (formerly The New Liberals)

Independents