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Commonwealth Parliament, House of Representatives election

Election of 5 May 1917

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House of Representatives votes and seats won, national summary

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Election held on 5 May 1917
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 nFirst preference vote share %Change from previous election %Seats won nUncontested seats held nSeat share %
Nationalist Party (Nationalists) 1,021,138  54.22  * 53  7  70.67 
Australian Labor Party 827,541  43.94  -6.95 22  3  29.33 
Independents 34,755  1.85  -.04 0  0  0 
Votes for other than listed parties00.00 0.00    
Totals1,883,434  100    75  10  100 

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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 in office at election: Hughes replaced Fisher as prime minister of an ALP government on 27 October 1915. Hughes formed a National Labor minority government on 14 November 1916 and then formed a Nationalist Party government on 17 February 1917.

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