Commonwealth Parliament, House of Representatives election
Election of 13 December 1975
House of Representatives votes and seats won, national summary
Election held on 13 December 1975
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 | 3,313,004 | 42.84 | -6.46 | 36 | 0 | 28.35 |
| Liberal Party | 3,232,159 | 41.80 | +6.85 | 68 | 0 | 53.54 |
| National Country Party | 853,943 | 11.04 | * | 22 | 0 | 17.32 |
| Democratic Labor Party | 101,750 | 1.32 | -0.10 | 0 | ||
| Australia Party | 33,630 | 0.43 | -1.89 | 0 | ||
| Country Liberal Party (NT) | 15,976 | 0.21 | * | 1 | 0 | 0.79 |
| Votes for other than listed parties | 182,116 | 2.36 | +0.32 | |||
| Totals | 7,732,578 | 100.00 | 127 | 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.
Notes
Government at election: Fraser became prime minister of a Liberal Party-National Country Party coalition minority government on 11 November 1975 after the dismissal of the Whitlam Australian Labor Party majority government by the Governor General.
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), Australia at the Polls: The National Elections of 1975, Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1977 (ISBN 0844732397).