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Australia 1977 federal election

What was the result of the 1977 federal election in Australia?

Liberal Party of Australia won 67 of 124 seats with 38.1% of the vote. 95.1% 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 67 of 124 seats with 38.1% of the vote; 95.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.3 points on 1975.

  • Australian Labor Party 38 +2 seats 39.6% −3.2 points
  • Liberal Party of Australia 67 −1 seat 38.1% −3.7 points
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 18 −4 seats 9.8% −1.2 points
  • Australian Democrats 0 9.4%
  • Democratic Labour Party 0 0 seats 1.4% +0.1 points
  • Country Liberal Party 1 0 seats 0.2% 0.0 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 1975 federal election, party by party.

63 of 124 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 38.1%

    Share of the vote won by Liberal Party of Australia

    Liberal Party of Australia won 67 of 124 seats. A majority needs 63.

  2. +2 seats

    Seats gained by Australian Labor Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1975. National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia lost 4 seats.

  3. 95.1%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.3 points on 1975.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Australian Labor Party38+239.6−3.23,141,051
Liberal Party of Australia67−138.1−3.73,017,896
National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia18−49.8−1.2776,982
Australian Democrats09.4743,365
Independents001.4−0.3113,827
Democratic Labour Party001.4+0.1113,271
Country Liberal Party100.20.016,462

± is the change against the Australia 1975 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Australian Labor Party 3,141,051
  • Liberal Party of Australia 3,017,896
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 776,982
  • Australian Democrats 743,365
  • Independents 113,827
  • Democratic Labour Party 113,271
  • Country Liberal Party 16,462

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?

95.1% of the 8,548,779 registered voters cast a ballot (8,127,762 ballots), down 0.3 points on 1975. 7,922,854 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1969 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Party of Australia38.1% of votes54.0% of seats
  • Australian Labor Party39.6% of votes30.6% of seats
  • National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia9.8% of votes14.5% of seats
  • Country Liberal Party0.2% of votes0.8% of seats
  • Australian Democrats9.4% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 15.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.1 by votes and 2.5 by seats; Australian Labor Party led Liberal Party of Australia by 1.5 points of the vote.

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