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Australia 1913 federal election

What was the result of the 1913 federal election in Australia?

Commonwealth Liberal Party won 38 of 75 seats with 48.9% of the vote. 73.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Commonwealth Liberal Party won 38 of 75 seats with 48.9% of the vote; 73.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Commonwealth Liberal Party 38 48.9%
  • Australian Labor Party 37 48.5%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
38 of 75 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 48.9%

    Share of the vote won by Commonwealth Liberal Party

    Commonwealth Liberal Party won 38 of 75 seats. A majority needs 38.

  2. 73.5%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Commonwealth Liberal Party3848.9930,076
Australian Labor Party3748.5921,099
Independents02.649,194
Votes by party
  • Commonwealth Liberal Party 930,076
  • Australian Labor Party 921,099
  • Independents 49,194

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.

How many people voted?

73.5% of the 2,661,377 registered voters cast a ballot (1,955,723 ballots). 1,900,369 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Commonwealth Liberal Party48.9% of votes50.7% of seats
  • Australian Labor Party48.5% of votes49.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.1 by votes and 2.0 by seats; Commonwealth Liberal Party led Australian Labor Party by 0.4 points of the vote.

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