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Commonwealth Parliament, House of Representatives election in Victoria

(for more information on this election see national summary for the House of Representatives)

Election of 30 November 1963


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House of Representatives votes and seats won in Victoria

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Election held on 30 November 1963
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  620,253  40.37  -1.22  10  30.30 
Liberal Party   600,306  39.07  +4.23  18  54.55 
Democratic Labor Party  190,254  12.38  -2.72     
Country Party  116,790  7.60  +0.06  15.15 
Independents  5,654  0.37     
Votes for other than listed parties 3,308 0.22 -0.72       
Totals 1,536,565  100.00    33  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), online here.