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Australia 1931 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : United Australia Party won 34 of 76 seats with 36.4% of the vote; 95.1% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
United Australia Party3436.41,155,809
Australian Labor Party1527.1860,260
National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia1612.2388,544
Lang Labor410.6335,309
Independents17.9250,794
Emergency Committee of South Australia65.5174,288
Votes by party
  • United Australia Party 1,155,809
  • Australian Labor Party 860,260
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 388,544
  • Lang Labor 335,309
  • Independents 250,794
  • Emergency Committee of South Australia 174,288

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

95.1% of the 3,458,073 registered voters cast a ballot (3,287,992 ballots). 3,173,515 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • United Australia Party36.4% of votes44.7% of seats
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia12.2% of votes21.1% of seats
  • Australian Labor Party27.1% of votes19.7% of seats
  • Emergency Committee of South Australia5.5% of votes7.9% of seats
  • Lang Labor10.6% of votes5.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 11.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.1 by votes and 3.4 by seats; United Australia Party led Australian Labor Party by 9.3 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

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