Election held on 26 November 1966
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 | 862,631 | 40.74 | -6.81 | 17 | 0 | 36.96 |
Liberal Party | 862,407 | 40.73 | +3.80 | 20 | 0 | 43.48 |
Country Party | 226,355 | 10.69 | +0.89 | 9 | 0 | 19.57 |
Democratic Labor Party | 96,102 | 4.54 | +0.12 | 0 | ||
Independents | 35,419 | 1.67 | * | 0 | ||
Votes for other than listed parties | 34,562 | 1.63 | +0.32 | |||
Totals | 2,117,476 | 100.00 | 46 | 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, 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).