Australian Labor Party

As of 5 October 2026, Australian Labor Party's latest result in our data is 32.6% of the vote and 77 seats in the Australia 2022 federal election; its highest share in our data, since 1946, came in 1954, with 50.1% of the vote.

Australia
30 elections in our data, 1946 to 2022

Australian Labor Party, share of the vote at national parliament elections

Every result

Election	Share %	Seats
Australia 2022 federal election	32.6	77 of 151
Australia 2019 federal election	33.3	68 of 151
Australia 2016 federal election	34.7	69 of 150
Australia 2013 federal election	33.4	55 of 150
Australia 2010 federal election	38.0	72 of 150
Australia 2007 federal election	43.4	83 of 150
Australia 2004 federal election	37.6	60 of 150
Australia 2001 federal election	37.8	65 of 150
Australia 1998 federal election	40.1	67 of 148
Australia 1996 federal election	38.8	49 of 148
Australia 1993 federal election	44.9	80 of 147
Australia 1990 federal election	39.4	78 of 148
Australia 1987 federal election	45.8	86 of 148
Australia 1984 federal election	47.5	82 of 148
Australia 1983 federal election	49.5	75 of 125
Australia 1980 federal election	45.1	51 of 125
Australia 1977 federal election	39.6	38 of 124
Australia 1975 federal election	42.8	36 of 127
Australia 1974 federal election	49.3	66 of 127
Australia 1972 federal election	49.6	67 of 125
Australia 1969 federal election	47.0	59 of 125
Australia 1966 federal election	40.0	41 of 124
Australia 1963 federal election	45.5	52 of 124
Australia 1961 federal election	48.0	62 of 124
Australia 1958 federal election	42.9	47 of 124
Australia 1955 federal election	44.7	49 of 124
Australia 1954 federal election	50.1	59 of 123
Australia 1951 federal election	47.7	54 of 123
Australia 1949 federal election	46.0	48 of 123
Australia 1946 federal election	49.7	43 of 75

Other parties in Australia

Sources and licence

ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Party Facts, Version 2023 (Bederke, Döring and Regel), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal

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Australian Labor Party

Share of the vote

Every result

Other parties in Australia

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