Australia 1919 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Nationalist Party won 37 of 75 seats with 45.1% of the vote; 71.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Australia
- Held
Result
- Nationalist Party37
- Australian Labor Party26
- Victorian Farmers' Union5
- Nationalist and Farmers (NSW)3
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia2
- Farmers and Settlers (NSW)1
- Independent Nationalist1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist Party | 37 | 45.1 | 860,519 |
| Australian Labor Party | 26 | 42.5 | 811,244 |
| Victorian Farmers' Union | 5 | 4.2 | 79,839 |
| Nationalist and Farmers (NSW) | 3 | 2.4 | 46,730 |
| Independent Nationalist | 1 | 1.7 | 32,507 |
| Independents | 0 | 1.5 | 28,077 |
| Farmers and Settlers (NSW) | 1 | 1.0 | 19,467 |
| National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia | 2 | 0.9 | 17,753 |
Votes by party
- Nationalist Party 860,519
- Australian Labor Party 811,244
- Victorian Farmers' Union 79,839
- Nationalist and Farmers (NSW) 46,730
- Independent Nationalist 32,507
- Independents 28,077
- Farmers and Settlers (NSW) 19,467
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 17,753
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.
Share of the vote
Turnout
71.6% of the 2,762,633 registered voters cast a ballot (1,977,843 ballots). 1,909,231 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Nationalist Party45.1% of votes49.3% of seats
- Australian Labor Party42.5% of votes34.7% of seats
- Victorian Farmers' Union4.2% of votes6.7% of seats
- Nationalist and Farmers (NSW)2.4% of votes4.0% of seats
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia0.9% of votes2.7% of seats
- Independent Nationalist1.7% of votes1.3% of seats
- Farmers and Settlers (NSW)1.0% of votes1.3% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.6 by votes and 2.7 by seats; Nationalist Party led Australian Labor Party by 2.6 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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