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Australia 1937 federal election

What was the result of the 1937 federal election in Australia?

Australian Labor Party won 29 of 75 seats with 43.1% of the vote. 96.2% 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 29 of 75 seats with 43.1% of the vote; 96.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Australian Labor Party 29 43.1%
  • United Australia Party 28 33.7%
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 12 11.5%
  • Victorian National Party 3 3.4%
  • Douglas Credit Party 0 2.2%
  • Independent UAP (NSW) 1 0.7%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
38 of 75 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 43.1%

    Share of the vote won by Australian Labor Party

    Australian Labor Party won 29 of 75 seats. A majority needs 38.

  2. 96.2%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Australian Labor Party2943.11,555,737
United Australia Party2833.71,214,526
National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia1211.5414,779
Independents14.2153,213
Victorian National Party33.4121,321
Douglas Credit Party02.279,432
Independent UAP (NSW)10.725,522
Unnamed party with one seat10.724,179
Votes by party
  • Australian Labor Party 1,555,737
  • United Australia Party 1,214,526
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 414,779
  • Independents 153,213
  • Victorian National Party 121,321
  • Douglas Credit Party 79,432
  • Independent UAP (NSW) 25,522
  • Unnamed party with one seat 24,179

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?

96.2% of the 3,848,020 registered voters cast a ballot (3,701,822 ballots). 3,605,862 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Australian Labor Party43.1% of votes38.7% of seats
  • United Australia Party33.7% of votes37.3% of seats
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia11.5% of votes16.0% of seats
  • Victorian National Party3.4% of votes4.0% of seats
  • Independent UAP (NSW)0.7% of votes1.3% of seats
  • Douglas Credit Party2.2% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.2 by votes and 3.2 by seats; Australian Labor Party led United Australia Party by 9.4 points of the vote.

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