Australia 1974 federal election
What was the result of the 1974 federal election in Australia?
Australian Labor Party won 66 of 127 seats with 49.3% of the vote. 95.4% 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 : Australian Labor Party won 66 of 127 seats with 49.3% of the vote; 95.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, unchanged on 1972.
- Australian Labor Party 66 −1 seat 49.3% −0.3 points
- Liberal Party of Australia 40 +2 seats 34.9% +2.9 points
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 21 +1 seat 10.8% +1.4 points
- Australia Party 0 0 seats 2.3% −0.1 points
- Democratic Labour Party 0 0 seats 1.4% −3.8 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 1972 federal election, party by party.
- Australian Labor Party66
- Liberal Party of Australia40
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia21
Key numbers
49.3%
Share of the vote won by Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party won 66 of 127 seats. A majority needs 64.
+2 seats
Seats gained by Liberal Party of Australia
The largest gain in seats compared with 1972. Australian Labor Party lost 1 seat.
95.4%
Voter turnout
Unchanged on 1972.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 66 | −1 | 49.3 | −0.3 | 3,644,110 |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 40 | +2 | 34.9 | +2.9 | 2,582,968 |
| National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia | 21 | +1 | 10.8 | +1.4 | 796,577 |
| Australia Party | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | −0.1 | 172,176 |
| Democratic Labour Party | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | −3.8 | 104,974 |
± is the change against the Australia 1972 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Australian Labor Party 3,644,110
- Liberal Party of Australia 2,582,968
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 796,577
- Australia Party 172,176
- Democratic Labour Party 104,974
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 7,897,649 registered voters cast a ballot (7,535,768 ballots), unchanged on 1972. 7,391,006 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1963 in our data.
How do the votes compare with the seats?
- Australian Labor Party49.3% of votes52.0% of seats
- Liberal Party of Australia34.9% of votes31.5% of seats
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia10.8% of votes16.5% of seats
- Australia Party2.3% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.7 by votes and 2.5 by seats; Australian Labor Party led Liberal Party of Australia by 14.4 points of the vote.
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