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Australia 1954 federal election

What was the result of the 1954 federal election in Australia?

Australian Labor Party won 59 of 123 seats with 50.1% of the vote. 90.6% 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 59 of 123 seats with 50.1% of the vote; 90.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.1 points on 1951.

  • Australian Labor Party 59 +5 seats 50.1% +2.4 points
  • Liberal Party of Australia 47 −5 seats 38.5% −2.0 points
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 17 0 seats 8.5% −1.2 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Australia 1951 federal election, party by party.

62 of 123 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 50.1%

    Share of the vote won by Australian Labor Party

    Australian Labor Party won 59 of 123 seats. A majority needs 62.

  2. +5 seats

    Seats gained by Australian Labor Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1951. Liberal Party of Australia lost 5 seats.

  3. 90.6%

    Voter turnout

    Down 3.1 points on 1951.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Australian Labor Party59+550.1+2.42,292,881
Liberal Party of Australia47−538.5−2.01,761,607
National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia1708.5−1.2389,334
Independents002.9+0.8132,616

± is the change against the Australia 1951 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Australian Labor Party 2,292,881
  • Liberal Party of Australia 1,761,607
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 389,334
  • Independents 132,616

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.

How many people voted?

90.6% of the 5,118,257 registered voters cast a ballot (4,638,944 ballots), down 3.1 points on 1951. 4,576,438 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1946.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Australian Labor Party50.1% of votes48.0% of seats
  • Liberal Party of Australia38.5% of votes38.2% of seats
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia8.5% of votes13.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.5 by votes and 2.5 by seats; Australian Labor Party led Liberal Party of Australia by 11.6 points of the vote.

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