Election held on 12 October 1929
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 n | Uncontested seats held n | Seat share % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australian Labor Party | 412,595 | 48.90 | +9.25 | 13 | 3 | 65.00 |
National Party (Nationalists) | 267,758 | 31.74 | -8.06 | 3 | 0 | 15.00 |
Country Party | 102,276 | 12.12 | +0.99 | 2 | 0 | 10.00 |
Independent Nationalist Party | 29,919 | 3.55 | * | 1 | 0 | 5.00 |
Country Progressive Party | 27,942 | 3.31 | -1.63 | 1 | 0 | 5.00 |
Independents | 3,210 | 0.38 | -4.09 | 0 | ||
Votes for other than listed parties | 7 | 0.00 | -0.01 | |||
Totals | 843,707 | 100.00 | 20 | 3 | 100.00 |
* Party did not contest previous election or did not meet criteria for listing, or contested previous election under a different party name.
Country Progressive Party: Hughes and Graham give the primary listing for this party under the name 'Independent Country Party'; see Hughes and Graham, p. 343 (reference in 'Sources', below).
Colin A Hughes and B D Graham, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968, SBN 708102700).