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Australia 1975 federal election

What was the result of the 1975 federal election in Australia?

Liberal Party of Australia won 68 of 127 seats with 41.8% 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 : Liberal Party of Australia won 68 of 127 seats with 41.8% of the vote; 95.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, unchanged on 1974.

  • Australian Labor Party 36 −30 seats 42.8% −6.5 points
  • Liberal Party of Australia 68 +28 seats 41.8% +6.9 points
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 22 +1 seat 11.0% +0.2 points
  • Democratic Labour Party 0 0 seats 1.3% −0.1 points
  • Country Liberal Party 1 0.2%
  • 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 1974 federal election, party by party.

64 of 127 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 41.8%

    Share of the vote won by Liberal Party of Australia

    Liberal Party of Australia won 68 of 127 seats. A majority needs 64.

  2. +28 seats

    Seats gained by Liberal Party of Australia

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1974. Australian Labor Party lost 30 seats.

  3. 95.4%

    Voter turnout

    Unchanged on 1974.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Australian Labor Party36−3042.8−6.53,313,004
Liberal Party of Australia68+2841.8+6.93,232,159
National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia22+111.0+0.2853,943
Independents01.7132,632
Democratic Labour Party001.3−0.1101,750
Country Liberal Party10.215,976

± is the change against the Australia 1974 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Australian Labor Party 3,313,004
  • Liberal Party of Australia 3,232,159
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 853,943
  • Independents 132,632
  • Democratic Labour Party 101,750
  • Country Liberal Party 15,976

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 8,262,413 registered voters cast a ballot (7,881,873 ballots), unchanged on 1974. 7,732,578 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Party of Australia41.8% of votes53.5% of seats
  • Australian Labor Party42.8% of votes28.3% of seats
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia11.0% of votes17.3% of seats
  • Country Liberal Party0.2% of votes0.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 14.0 (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 1.0 point of the vote.

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