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 % |
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Australian Labor Party | 354,674 | 42.11 | -4.22 | 6 | 0 | 33.33 |
Liberal Party | 253,663 | 30.12 | +1.51 | 8 | 0 | 44.44 |
Country Party | 165,358 | 19.63 | +1.38 | 4 | 0 | 22.22 |
Democratic Labor Party | 63,175 | 7.50 | +1.18 | 0 | ||
Votes for other than listed parties | 5,365 | 0.64 | +0.16 | |||
Totals | 842,235 | 100.00 | 18 | 0 | 100.00 |
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).