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Commonwealth Parliament, Senate election in Victoria

(for more information on this election see national summary for the Senate)

Election of 13 December 1919

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Senate enrolment and voting in Victoria

Total number of voters on the roll in this state/territory
924,637
Total ballots cast (may differ from number of votes in multiple voting systems)
638,098
Turnout (rate of voting in contested seats)
76.20%
Total valid votes
588,493
Rate of informal (invalid) voting
7.77%

Electoral composition of the Senate for this election in Victoria

Total number of seats in the Senate
36
Total number of seats for each state
6
Number of seats for each territory
Seats to be filled at this Senate election in this state/territory
3
Casual vacancies/additional seats included in seats to be filled
0
Electoral System
Adult franchise; multimember districts; preferential voting (AV); optional preferences

Senate votes and seats won, and seats held in Victoria

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Election held on 13 December 1919
Criteria for the inclusion of parties in this table are set out in the Glossary under 'listed party'

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Party Name First preference vote n First preference vote share % Change from previous election % Seats won by ticket n Seats won by ticket % Seats won by party n Seats won by party % Seats held by party n Seats held by party %
National Party (Nationalists)  286,440  48.67  -6.19  3  100.00  3  100.00  6  100.00 
Australian Labor Party  251,433  42.72  -2.02  0           
Victorian Farmers Union  50,620  8.60  *  0           
Votes for other than listed parties 0 0.00 -0.39             
Totals 588,493  100.00    3  100.00  3  100.00  6  100.00 

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* Party did not contest previous election or did not meet criteria for listing, or contested previous election under a different party name.

Notes

See the Glossary of this website for information on Senate elections and details of the distinction between Seats won by ticket and Seats won by party, and between Seats won and Seats held.

The 1919 election was the first Senate election to use preferential voting (the alternative vote) in multimember electoral districts (the states) for the election of senators.

The votes gained by the Victorian Farmers Union for the Senate election in Victoria are included in the votes for the Country Party in the national summary for the Senate for this election.

Sources

Colin A Hughes and B D Graham, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, (Canberra; Australian National University Press, 1968 SBN 708112700); Commonwealth Parliament, Department of the Senate.