Australia 1961 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Australian Labor Party won 62 of 124 seats with 48.0% of the vote; 95.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.2 points on 1958.
- Australia
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 62 | +15 | 48.0 | +5.1 | 2,534,702 |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 45 | −13 | 33.5 | −3.6 | 1,771,001 |
| Democratic Labour Party | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | −0.7 | 456,962 |
| National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia | 17 | −2 | 8.5 | −0.8 | 446,475 |
| Independents | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | +0.1 | 72,397 |
± is the change against the Australia 1958 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Australian Labor Party 2,534,702
- Liberal Party of Australia 1,771,001
- Democratic Labour Party 456,962
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 446,475
- Independents 72,397
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
95.2% of the 5,692,364 registered voters cast a ballot (5,420,548 ballots), down 0.2 points on 1958. 5,281,537 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Australian Labor Party48.0% of votes50.0% of seats
- Liberal Party of Australia33.5% of votes36.3% of seats
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia8.5% of votes13.7% of seats
- Democratic Labour Party8.7% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); Australian Labor Party led Liberal Party of Australia by 14.5 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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