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Commonwealth Parliament, House of Representatives election

Election of 10 December 1977

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General election for the House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Australia
Date of election
10 December 1977

Government in office and parliamentary support before and after the election

Government in office at election

Prime Minister in office at date of election. (check notes to see if change of Prime Minister since previous election)
John Malcolm Fraser
Prime Minister's party affiliation
Liberal Party
House of Representatives support for government at election
Coalition
If coalition, coalition partner(s)
National Country Party

Government in office after election

Prime Minister in office after election.
John Malcolm Fraser
Prime Minister's party affiliation
Liberal Party
House of Representatives support for government after election
Coalition
If coalition, coalition partner(s)
National Country Party

Enrolment and voting

Total number of voters on the roll
8,548,779
Number of House of Representatives seats
124
Number of uncontested seats
0
If uncontested seats, number of voters on the roll in uncontested seats
Number of voters on the roll in contested seats
8,548,779
Total ballots cast (may differ from number of votes in multiple voting systems)
8,127,762
Turnout (rate of voting in contested seats)
95.08%
Total valid votes
7,922,854
Rate of informal (invalid) voting
2.52%
Informal (invalid) ballots in multiple voting system
Not applicable
Electoral system
Adult franchise at 18 years (from 1974); single member districts, preferential voting (AV); compulsory preferences; compulsory voting

House of Representatives votes and seats won, national summary

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Election held on 10 December 1977
Criteria for the inclusion of parties in this table are set out in the Glossary under 'listed party'

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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  3,141,051  39.65  -3.20  38  0  30.65 
Liberal Party  3,017,896  38.09  -3.71  66  0  53.23 
National Country Party  776,982  9.81  -1.24  19  0  15.32 
Australian Democrats  743,365  9.38  *  0     
Democratic Labor Party  113,271  1.43  +0.11  0     
Country Liberal Party (NT)  16,462  0.21  0.00  1  0  0.81 
Votes for other than listed parties 113,827 1.44 -0.92       
Totals 7,922,854  100.00    124  0  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, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1975-1984, Rushcutters Bay, NSW: Australian National University Press, 1986 (ISBN 008033038X); 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).

For a general survey of this election, see Howard R Penniman (editor), The Australian National Elections of 1977, Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1979 (ISBN 0844733571).


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