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Australia 1917 federal election

What was the result of the 1917 federal election in Australia?

Nationalist Party won 53 of 75 seats with 54.2% of the vote. 78.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Australia
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Nationalist Party won 53 of 75 seats with 54.2% of the vote; 78.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Nationalist Party 53 54.2%
  • Australian Labor Party 22 43.9%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
38 of 75 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 54.2%

    Share of the vote won by Nationalist Party

    Nationalist Party won 53 of 75 seats. A majority needs 38.

  2. 78.3%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Nationalist Party5354.21,021,128
Australian Labor Party2243.9827,551
Independents01.834,755
Votes by party
  • Nationalist Party 1,021,128
  • Australian Labor Party 827,551
  • Independents 34,755

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?

78.3% of the 2,470,465 registered voters cast a ballot (1,934,478 ballots). 1,883,434 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Nationalist Party54.2% of votes70.7% of seats
  • Australian Labor Party43.9% of votes29.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 15.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.1 by votes and 1.7 by seats; Nationalist Party led Australian Labor Party by 10.3 points of the vote.

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