Australia 1951 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Australian Labor Party won 54 of 123 seats with 47.7% of the vote; 93.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.2 points on 1949.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 54 | +6 | 47.7 | +1.7 | 2,183,958 |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 52 | −3 | 40.5 | +1.2 | 1,857,086 |
| National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia | 17 | −2 | 9.7 | −1.1 | 444,798 |
| Independents | 0 | −1 | 2.1 | −1.8 | 96,902 |
± is the change against the Australia 1949 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Australian Labor Party 2,183,958
- Liberal Party of Australia 1,857,086
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 444,798
- Independents 96,902
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.
Share of the vote
Turnout
93.8% of the 4,981,965 registered voters cast a ballot (4,671,415 ballots), down 2.2 points on 1949. 4,582,744 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Australian Labor Party47.7% of votes43.9% of seats
- Liberal Party of Australia40.5% of votes42.3% of seats
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia9.7% of votes13.8% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.5 by votes and 2.6 by seats; Australian Labor Party led Liberal Party of Australia by 7.2 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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