32 of the 60 seats in the Senate 16 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Lionel Murphy
Ken Anderson
Vince Gair
Party
Labor
Coalition
Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955)
Seats won
14
13
3
Seats after
26
26
5
Seat change
1
2
1
Popular vote
2,376,215
2,149,023
625,142
Percentage
42.22%
38.18%
11.11%
Swing
2.81pp
4.59pp
1.34pp
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