All 124[a] seats of the House of Representatives 62 seats were needed for a majority in the House 32 (of the 60) seats of the Senate
Registered
5,384,624 4.10%
Turnout
5,141,109 (95.48%) (0.48 pp)
First party
Second party
Leader
Robert Menzies
H. V. Evatt
Party
Liberal/Country coalition
Labor
Leader since
23 September 1943
13 June 1951
Leader's seat
Kooyong (Vic.)
Hunter (NSW) (won seat)
Last election
75 seats
47 seats
Seats won
77
45 + NT + ACT
Seat change
2
2
Popular vote
2,298,512
2,137,890
Percentage
46.55%
42.81%
Swing
1.12
1.84
TPP
54.10%
45.90%
TPP swing
0.10
0.10
Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
Prime Minister before election
Robert Menzies
Liberal/Country coalition
Subsequent Prime Minister
Robert Menzies
Liberal/Country coalition
The 1958 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 22 November 1958. All 122 seats in the House of Representatives and 32 of the 60 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal–Country coalition led by Prime Minister Robert Menzies defeated the opposition Labor Party, led by H. V. Evatt.
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