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Australia 1922 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Australian Labor Party won 30 of 76 seats with 42.3% of the vote; 59.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Australian Labor Party3042.3665,597
Nationalist Party2635.2553,920
National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia1412.6197,513
Liberal Party54.773,939
Independents14.672,449
Largest party without seats00.710,303
Votes by party
  • Australian Labor Party 665,597
  • Nationalist Party 553,920
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 197,513
  • Liberal Party 73,939
  • Independents 72,449
  • Largest party without seats 10,303

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

59.4% of the 2,774,274 registered voters cast a ballot (1,648,108 ballots). 1,573,721 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Australian Labor Party42.3% of votes39.5% of seats
  • Nationalist Party35.2% of votes34.2% of seats
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia12.6% of votes18.4% of seats
  • Liberal Party4.7% of votes6.6% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); Australian Labor Party led Nationalist Party by 7.1 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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