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Australia 1925 federal election

What was the result of the 1925 federal election in Australia?

Nationalist Party won 37 of 76 seats with 42.5% of the vote. 91.4% 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 37 of 76 seats with 42.5% of the vote; 91.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Australian Labor Party 24 45.0%
  • Nationalist Party 37 42.5%
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 14 10.7%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
39 of 76 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 42.5%

    Share of the vote won by Nationalist Party

    Nationalist Party won 37 of 76 seats. A majority needs 39.

  2. 91.4%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Australian Labor Party2445.01,314,480
Nationalist Party3742.51,238,910
National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia1410.7313,363
Independents11.750,929
Votes by party
  • Australian Labor Party 1,314,480
  • Nationalist Party 1,238,910
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 313,363
  • Independents 50,929

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?

91.4% of the 3,268,739 registered voters cast a ballot (2,988,591 ballots). 2,918,004 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Nationalist Party42.5% of votes48.7% of seats
  • Australian Labor Party45.0% of votes31.6% of seats
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia10.7% of votes18.4% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 11.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.5 by votes and 2.7 by seats; Australian Labor Party led Nationalist Party by 2.5 points of the vote.

Time and source Data as of