ID 0280
Commonwealth Parliament, House of Representatives election
Election of 26 November 1966
General election for the House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Australia
Date of election
26 November 1966
Government in office and parliamentary support before and after the election
Government in office at election
Prime Minister in office at date of election. (check notes to see if change of Prime Minister since previous election)
Prime Minister's party affiliation
Liberal Party
House of Representatives support for government at election
Coalition
If coalition, coalition partner(s)
Country Party
Government in office after election
Prime Minister's party affiliation
Liberal Party
House of Representatives support for government after election
Majority
If coalition, coalition partner(s)
Country Party
Total number of voters on the roll
6,193,881
Number of House of Representatives seats
124
Number of uncontested seats
0
If uncontested seats, number of voters on the roll in uncontested seats
0
Number of voters on the roll in contested seats
6,193,881
Total ballots cast (may differ from number of votes in
multiple voting systems)
5,892,327
Turnout (rate of voting in contested seats)
95.13%
Total valid votes
5,709,749
Rate of informal (invalid) voting
3.1%
Informal (invalid) ballots in multiple voting system
Not applicable
Electoral system
Adult franchise at 21 years; single member districts; preferential voting (AV); compulsory preferences; compulsory voting
House of Representatives votes and seats won, national summary
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Election held on 26 November 1966
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 % |
| Liberal Party | 2,291,964 | 40.14 | +3.05 | 61 | 0 | 49.19 |
| Australian Labor Party | 2,282,834 | 39.98 | -5.49 | 41 | 0 | 33.06 |
| Country Party | 561,926 | 9.84 | +.9 | 21 | 0 | 16.94 |
| Democratic Labor Party | 417,411 | 7.31 | -.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 82,948 | 1.45 | +1.03 | 1 | 0 | .81 |
| Votes for other than listed parties | 72,666 | 1.27 | +1.00 | | | |
| Totals | 5,709,749 | 100 | | 124 | 0 | 100 |
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Notes
Prime minister at election: Holt became prime minister of a Liberal Party Country Party coalition government on 26 January 1966. As the member for the Australian Capital Territory had full voting rights in the House of Representatives following the 1966 election, and the member for the Northern Territory had full voitng rights from 1968, the figures for the two Territories are included in House of Representatives results for 1966. Before 1949 general election, residents of the ACT had no representation in the Commonwealth Parliament. By an Act of 1948, residents of the ACT was given representation in the House of Representatives but the member had voting rights only on matters affecting the ACT.
Note - 102670
Sources
Colin A Hughes,
A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1965-1974, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1977 (ISBN 0708113400); 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).
Note - 104165