Election held on 22 November 1958
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 | 555,470 | 39.52 | +2.40 | 10 | 0 | 30.30 |
Liberal Party | 531,404 | 37.81 | -3.56 | 18 | 0 | 54.55 |
Democratic Labor Party | 207,247 | 14.75 | * | 0 | ||
Country Party | 103,735 | 7.38 | +1.90 | 5 | 0 | 15.15 |
Votes for other than listed parties | 7,533 | 0.54 | +0.29 | |||
Totals | 1,405,389 | 100.00 | 33 | 0 | 100.00 |
* Party did not contest previous election or did not meet criteria for listing, or contested previous election under a different party name.
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).