The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1996 federal election. Senators total 35 coalition (31 Liberal, three coalition National, one CLP), 29 Labor, two Green, two non-coalition National, seven Democrats, and one Independent. Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 1996, except the territories who took their seats immediately.
|- | | | style="text-align:left;"| The Seniors | style="text-align:left;"| 1. Beryl Evans <br /> 2. Lorraine Welsh | style="text-align:right;"| 8,268 | style="text-align:right;"| 0.2 | style="text-align:right;"| +0.2 |-