Results of the 1954 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
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This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1954 federal election.
Australian federal election, 29 May 1954[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 5,096,468 | |||||
Votes cast | 4,619,571 | Turnout | 96.09 | +0.09 | ||
Informal votes | 91,910 | Informal | 1.99 | +0.09 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 2,266,979 | 50.07% | +2.44% | 57 | + 5 | |
Liberal | 1,765,799 | 39.00% | –1.62% | 47 | – 5 | |
Country | 388,171 | 8.57% | –1.15% | 17 | ± 0 | |
Communist | 56,675 | 1.25% | +0.27% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 50,027 | 1.11% | +0.06% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Total | 4,527,651 | 121 |