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Australia 1969 federal election

What was the result of the 1969 federal election in Australia?

Australian Labor Party won 59 of 125 seats with 47.0% of the vote. 95.0% 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 125 seats with 47.0% of the vote; 95.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.2 points on 1966.

  • Australian Labor Party 59 +18 seats 47.0% +7.0 points
  • Liberal Party of Australia 46 −15 seats 34.8% −5.3 points
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 20 −1 seat 8.6% −1.2 points
  • Democratic Labour Party 0 0 seats 6.0% −1.3 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 1966 federal election, party by party.

63 of 125 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 47.0%

    Share of the vote won by Australian Labor Party

    Australian Labor Party won 59 of 125 seats. A majority needs 63.

  2. +18 seats

    Seats gained by Australian Labor Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1966. Liberal Party of Australia lost 15 seats.

  3. 95.0%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.2 points on 1966.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Australian Labor Party59+1847.0+7.02,870,792
Liberal Party of Australia46−1534.8−5.32,125,987
National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia20−18.6−1.2523,232
Democratic Labour Party006.0−1.3367,977
Independents0−12.8+0.1172,484

± is the change against the Australia 1966 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Australian Labor Party 2,870,792
  • Liberal Party of Australia 2,125,987
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 523,232
  • Democratic Labour Party 367,977
  • Independents 172,484

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?

95.0% of the 6,606,233 registered voters cast a ballot (6,273,611 ballots), down 0.2 points on 1966. 6,114,118 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1955 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Australian Labor Party47.0% of votes47.2% of seats
  • Liberal Party of Australia34.8% of votes36.8% of seats
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia8.6% of votes16.0% of seats
  • Democratic Labour Party6.0% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.8 by votes and 2.6 by seats; Australian Labor Party led Liberal Party of Australia by 12.2 points of the vote.

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