ID 0785

Commonwealth Parliament, Senate election in Western Australia

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

Election of 18 May 1974

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Senate enrolment and voting in Western Australia

Total number of voters on the roll in this state/territory
612,016
Total ballots cast (may differ from number of votes in multiple voting systems)
577,989
Turnout (rate of voting in contested seats)
94.44%
Total valid votes
517,953
Rate of informal (invalid) voting
10.39%

Electoral composition of the Senate for this election in Western Australia

Total number of seats in the Senate
60
Total number of seats for each state
10
Number of seats for each territory
Seats to be filled at this Senate election in this state/territory
10
Casual vacancies/additional seats included in seats to be filled
0
Electoral System
Adult franchise at 18 years (from 1974); multimember districts, proportional representation by the single transferable vote method (STV); compulsory preferences; compulsory voting

Senate votes and seats won, and seats held in Western Australia

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Election held on 18 May 1974
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 %
Australian Labor Party  230,181  44.44  +1.28  5  50.00  5  50.00  5  50.00 
Liberal Party  214,909  41.49  +15.81  4  40.00  4  40.00  4  40.00 
National Alliance  55,301  10.68  *  1  10.00  1  10.00  1  10.00 
Independents  8,303  1.60  -8.93  0           
Votes for other than listed parties 9,259 1.79 +0.65             
Totals 517,953  100.00    10  100.00  10  100.00  10  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.

In the national summary for the Senate for this election, the votes and seat won by the National Alliance in Western Australia are included in the votes and seats won by the Country Party.

Sources

Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1965-1974, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1977 (ISBN 0708113400); Gerard Newman, Federal Election Results 1949-2001, Canberra: Commonwealth Parliament, Department of the Parliamentary Library, Information and Research Services, Research Paper 9 2001-02, 2002 (ISSN 13287478).