All 125 seats of the House of Representatives 63 seats were needed for a majority
Registered
6,606,233 6.66%
Turnout
6,273,661 (94.97%) (0.16 pp)
First party
Second party
Leader
John Gorton
Gough Whitlam
Party
Liberal/Country coalition
Labor
Leader since
10 January 1968
8 February 1967
Leader's seat
Higgins (Vic.)
Werriwa (NSW)
Last election
82 seats
41 seats
Seats won
66 seats
59 seats
Seat change
16
18
Popular vote
2,649,219
2,870,792
Percentage
43.32%
46.95%
Swing
6.66
6.98
TPP
49.80%
50.20%
TPP swing
7.10
7.10
Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
Prime Minister before election
John Gorton
Liberal/Country coalition
Subsequent Prime Minister
John Gorton
Liberal/Country coalition
The 1969 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 25 October 1969. The incumbent Liberal–Country coalition government, led by Prime Minister John Gorton, won the election with a severely diminished majority over the opposition Labor Party, led by Gough Whitlam despite losing the two party popular vote. Both major parties had changed their leaders in the run-up to the election, the first time this had occurred since 1946. The victory was the ninth consecutive general election won by the Coalition, and remains the record number of consecutive terms won by any Australian Federal Government.
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