Election held on 18 May 1974
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 | 261,107 | 46.34 | +0.23 | 5 | 0 | 50.00 |
Liberal Party | 233,240 | 41.40 | +2.08 | 5 | 0 | 50.00 |
National Alliance | 60,325 | 10.71 | * | 0 | ||
Votes for other than listed parties | 8,742 | 1.55 | -0.21 | |||
Totals | 563,414 | 100.00 | 10 | 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).