Election held on 12 October 1929
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 | 587,691 | 51.49 | -0.62 | 20 | 2 | 71.43 |
Nationalist Party (Nationalists) | 342,063 | 29.97 | -6.86 | 2 | 0 | 7.14 |
Country Party | 118,334 | 10.37 | +2.63 | 4 | 1 | 14.29 |
Independent Nationalist Party | 65,254 | 5.72 | * | 2 | 0 | 7.14 |
Independents | 27,945 | 2.45 | -0.87 | 0 | ||
Votes for other than listed parties | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
Totals | 1,141,287 | 100.00 | 28 | 3 | 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 and B D Graham, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968, SBN 708102700).