Commonwealth Parliament, House of Representatives election in Western Australia
(for more information on this election see national summary for the House of Representatives)
Election of 10 December 1977
House of Representatives votes and seats won in Western Australia
Election held on 10 December 1977
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 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party | 307,699 | 48.68 | -4.95 | 9 | 0 | 90.00 |
| Australian Labor Party | 205,793 | 32.56 | -7.57 | 1 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Australian Democrats | 70,590 | 11.17 | * | 0 | ||
| National Country Party | 25,559 | 4.04 | -1.00 | 0 | ||
| Progress Party | 17,879 | 2.83 | * | 0 | ||
| Votes for other than listed parties | 4,504 | 0.71 | -0.48 | |||
| Totals | 632,024 | 100.00 | 10 | 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).