Australia 1934 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : United Australia Party won 27 of 75 seats with 31.9% of the vote; 95.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Australia
- Held
Result
- United Australia Party27
- Australian Labor Party18
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia12
- Lang Labor9
- Liberal and Country League5
- Australian Country Party (Vic)2
- Independent Nationalist1
- Independents1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Australia Party | 27 | 31.9 | 1,134,490 |
| Australian Labor Party | 18 | 26.8 | 953,101 |
| Lang Labor | 9 | 14.4 | 510,480 |
| National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia | 12 | 10.4 | 370,405 |
| Douglas Credit Party | 0 | 4.7 | 166,589 |
| Liberal and Country League | 5 | 4.0 | 142,583 |
| Independents | 1 | 3.0 | 107,335 |
| Australian Country Party (Vic) | 2 | 2.2 | 77,563 |
| Communist Party of Australia | 0 | 1.3 | 47,499 |
| Independent Nationalist | 1 | 1.0 | 36,488 |
Votes by party
- United Australia Party 1,134,490
- Australian Labor Party 953,101
- Lang Labor 510,480
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 370,405
- Douglas Credit Party 166,589
- Liberal and Country League 142,583
- Independents 107,335
- Australian Country Party (Vic) 77,563
- Communist Party of Australia 47,499
- Independent Nationalist 36,488
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
95.2% of the 3,864,439 registered voters cast a ballot (3,679,621 ballots). 3,553,246 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- United Australia Party31.9% of votes36.0% of seats
- Australian Labor Party26.8% of votes24.0% of seats
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia10.4% of votes16.0% of seats
- Lang Labor14.4% of votes12.0% of seats
- Liberal and Country League4.0% of votes6.7% of seats
- Australian Country Party (Vic)2.2% of votes2.7% of seats
- Independent Nationalist1.0% of votes1.3% of seats
- Douglas Credit Party4.7% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.7 by votes and 4.3 by seats; United Australia Party led Australian Labor Party by 5.1 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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