Election held on 28 April 1951
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 | 644,153 | 49.14 | +2.33 | 15 | 0 | 45.45 |
Liberal Party | 571,398 | 43.59 | +2.17 | 15 | 0 | 45.45 |
Country Party | 67,831 | 5.17 | -3.04 | 3 | 0 | 9.09 |
Independents | 15,331 | 1.17 | -1.75 | 0 | ||
Votes for other than listed parties | 12,216 | 0.93 | +0.30 | |||
Totals | 1,310,929 | 100.00 | 33 | 0 | 100.00 |
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), online here.