Election held on 25 October 1969
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 | 303,419 | 52.39 | +11.66 | 8 | 0 | 66.67 |
Liberal Party | 245,287 | 42.35 | -11.92 | 4 | 0 | 33.33 |
Democratic Labor Party | 17,930 | 3.10 | -0.43 | 0 | ||
Votes for other than listed parties | 12,521 | 2.16 | +0.68 | |||
Totals | 579,157 | 100.00 | 12 | 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).