Commonwealth Parliament, House of Representatives election
Election of 10 December 1955
Government in office and parliamentary support before and after the election
Government in office at election
Government in office after election
Enrolment and voting
House of Representatives votes and seats won, national summary
Election held on 10 December 1955
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 | 1,961,829 | 44.63 | -5.40 | 47 | 0 | 38.52 |
| Liberal Party | 1,746,485 | 39.73 | +1.43 | 57 | 5 | 46.72 |
| Country Party | 347,445 | 7.90 | -0.61 | 18 | 5 | 14.75 |
| Anti-Communist Labor Party (Democratic Labor Party from 1958) | 227,083 | 5.17 | * | 0 | ||
| Votes for other than listed parties | 112,693 | 2.56 | -0.58 | |||
| Totals | 4,395,535 | 100.00 | 122 | 10 | 100.00 |
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* Party did not contest previous election or did not meet criteria for listing, or contested previous election under a different party name.
Sources
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).
Although the book deals with political competition in a single electoral region, information on the 1955 general election for the House of Representatives and its context can be found in D W Rawson and Susan M Holtzinger, Politics in Eden-Monaro: The Personalities and the Campaigns, London: Heinemann, 1958.