1970 Australian Senate election
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Elections were held on 21 November 1970 to elect 32 of the 60 seats in the Australian Senate. This is the most recent occasion on which a Senate election was held with no accompanying election to the House of Representatives; the two election cycles had been out of synchronisation since 1963. The governing Coalition and the opposition Australian Labor Party won 13 and 14 seats respectively, resulting in a total of 26 seats each, while the Democratic Labor Party and three independents (two newly elected) held the remaining seats.
Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats Won | Seats Held | Change | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | 2,376,215 | 42.22 | –2.81 | 14 | 26 | –1 | |
| Liberal–Country coalition (total) | 2,149,023 | 38.18 | –4.59 | 13 | 26 | –2 | |
| Liberal–Country joint ticket | 1,098,134 | 19.51 | –14.31 | 4 | * | * | |
| Liberal | 991,473 | 17.61 | +9.47 | 8 | 21 | 0 | |
| Country | 59,416 | 1.06 | +0.24 | 1 | 5 | –2 | |
| Democratic Labor | 625,142 | 11.11 | +1.34 | 3 | 5 | +1 | |
| Australia | 163,343 | 2.90 | +2.90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pensioner Power | 28,983 | 0.51 | +0.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Defence of Government Schools | 27,796 | 0.49 | +0.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Socialist | 24,017 | 0.43 | +0.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent / Other | 234,314 | 4.16 | +2.46 | 2 | 3 | +2 | |
| Total | 5,628,833 | | | 32 | 60 |
- Notes
- In New South Wales and Queensland, the coalition parties ran a joint ticket. Of the four senators elected on a joint ticket, three were members of the Liberal Party and one was a member of the Country Party. In Western Australia, the coalition parties ran on separate tickets. In South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria, only the Liberal Party ran a ticket.
- Two independents were elected – Michael Townley of Tasmania and Syd Negus of Western Australia. This brought the total number of independents in the Senate to three, the other being Reg Turnbull of Tasmania.[1]
See also
- Candidates of the Australian Senate election, 1970
- Members of the Australian Senate, 1971–1974
References
^ Parliamentary Handbook – Members of the Senate since 1901 Archived 25 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
References
University of WA election results in Australia since 1890