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Australia 1958 federal election

What was the result of the 1958 federal election in Australia?

Liberal Party of Australia won 58 of 124 seats with 37.1% of the vote. 95.4% 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 : Liberal Party of Australia won 58 of 124 seats with 37.1% of the vote; 95.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 8.0 points on 1955.

  • Australian Labor Party 47 −2 seats 42.9% −1.8 points
  • Liberal Party of Australia 58 +1 seat 37.1% −2.6 points
  • Democratic Labour Party 0 0 seats 9.4% +4.3 points
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 19 +1 seat 9.3% +1.4 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 1955 federal election, party by party.

63 of 124 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 37.1%

    Share of the vote won by Liberal Party of Australia

    Liberal Party of Australia won 58 of 124 seats. A majority needs 63.

  2. +1 seats

    Seats gained by Liberal Party of Australia

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1955. Australian Labor Party lost 2 seats.

  3. 95.4%

    Voter turnout

    Up 8.0 points on 1955.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Australian Labor Party47−242.9−1.82,154,023
Liberal Party of Australia58+137.1−2.61,863,563
Democratic Labour Party009.4+4.3469,723
National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia19+19.3+1.4465,320
Independents001.3−1.365,383

± is the change against the Australia 1955 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Australian Labor Party 2,154,023
  • Liberal Party of Australia 1,863,563
  • Democratic Labour Party 469,723
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 465,320
  • Independents 65,383

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?

95.4% of the 5,412,865 registered voters cast a ballot (5,166,100 ballots), up 8.0 points on 1955. 5,018,012 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1949 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Party of Australia37.1% of votes46.8% of seats
  • Australian Labor Party42.9% of votes37.9% of seats
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia9.3% of votes15.3% of seats
  • Democratic Labour Party9.4% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 11.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.9 by votes and 2.6 by seats; Australian Labor Party led Liberal Party of Australia by 5.8 points of the vote.

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