Election held on 10 December 1955
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 | 258,994 | 42.06 | -0.39 | 5 | 0 | 27.78 |
Liberal Party | 196,214 | 31.86 | -0.24 | 8 | 1 | 44.44 |
Country Party | 129,001 | 20.95 | -0.95 | 5 | 1 | 27.78 |
Independents | 24,726 | 4.02 | +1.46 | 0 | ||
Votes for other than listed parties | 6,851 | 1.11 | +0.14 | |||
Totals | 615,786 | 100.00 | 18 | 2 | 100.00 |
Colin A Hughes and B D Graham, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra; Australian National University Press, 1968 (SBN 708102700); 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 1328 7478), online here.