Commonwealth Parliament, Senate election
Election of 13 December 1975
Government in office at Senate election
Senate enrolment and voting
Electoral composition of the Senate for this election
Senate votes and seats won, and seats held, national summary
Election held on 13 December 1975
Criteria for the inclusion of parties in this table are set out in the Glossary under 'listed party'
| 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 | 2,931,310 | 40.91 | -6.38 | 27 | 42.19 | 27 | 42.19 | 27 | 42.19 |
| Liberal Party - National Country Party (joint ticket) | 2,855,721 | 39.86 | * | 17 | 26.56 | ||||
| Liberal Party | 793,772 | 11.08 | +3.26 | 16 | 25.00 | 27 | 42.19 | 27 | 42.19 |
| Democratic Labor Party | 191,049 | 2.67 | -0.89 | 0 | |||||
| Independents | 114,310 | 1.60 | -0.24 | 1 | 1.56 | 1 | 1.56 | 1 | 1.56 |
| Liberal Movement (SA) | 76,426 | 1.07 | +0.11 | 1 | 1.56 | 1 | 1.56 | 1 | 1.56 |
| National Country Party | 38,366 | 0.54 | * | 1 | 1.56 | 7 | 10.94 | 8 | 12.50 |
| Country Liberal Party (NT) | 15,519 | 0.22 | * | 1 | 1.56 | 1 | 1.56 | ||
| Votes for other than listed parties | 148,240 | 2.07 | +0.98 | ||||||
| Totals | 7,164,713 | 100.00 | 64 | 100.00 | 64 | 100.00 | 64 | 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
In the table above, see the Glossary distinctions between Seats won by ticket and Seats won by party, and between Seats won by party and Seats held by party.
At the 1975 election, the residents of the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory were represented in the Senate for the first time. The Senate was increased from 60 to 64 senators following the election of territory senators; two from each territory. The term of office of these senators is limited to the period between general elections for the House of Representatives, Senate elections for territory senators occurring at every House of Representatives election. See the Glossary of this website for information on the territories.
In the national summary for the Senate for this election, the seats held by the National Country Party include the seat won by the Country Liberal Party in the Northern Territory.
Sources
Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1975-1984, Rushcutters Bay, NSW: Australian National University Press, 1986 (ISBN 008033038X); 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).
For a general survey of this election, see Howard R Penniman (editor), Australia at the Polls: The National Elections of 1975, Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1977 (ISBN 0844732397).