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Australia 1914 federal election

What was the result of the 1914 federal election in Australia?

Australian Labor Party won 42 of 75 seats with 50.9% 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 : Australian Labor Party won 42 of 75 seats with 50.9% of the vote; 73.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Australian Labor Party 42 50.9%
  • Commonwealth Liberal Party 32 47.2%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
38 of 75 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 50.9%

    Share of the vote won by Australian Labor Party

    Australian Labor Party won 42 of 75 seats. A majority needs 38.

  2. 73.5%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Australian Labor Party4250.9858,451
Commonwealth Liberal Party3247.2796,397
Independents11.931,915
Votes by party
  • Australian Labor Party 858,451
  • Commonwealth Liberal Party 796,397
  • Independents 31,915

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 2,348,441 registered voters cast a ballot (1,726,906 ballots). 1,686,763 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Australian Labor Party50.9% of votes56.0% of seats
  • Commonwealth Liberal Party47.2% of votes42.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.1 by votes and 2.0 by seats; Australian Labor Party led Commonwealth Liberal Party by 3.7 points of the vote.

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