ID 0275

Commonwealth Parliament, House of Representatives election

Election of 29 May 1954

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House of Representatives votes and seats won, national summary

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Election held on 29 May 1954
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 %
Australian Labor Party 2,280,098  50.03  +2.4 57  1  47.11 
Liberal Party 1,745,808  38.31  -2.31 47  3  38.84 
Country Party  388,171  8.52  -1.2 17  3  14.05 
Votes for other than listed parties143,2113.14 +2.00    
Totals4,557,288  100    121  7  100 

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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.

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