All 124 seats of the House of Representatives 63 seats were needed for a majority in the House 34 (of the 64) seats of the Senate
Registered
8,548,779 3.47%
Turnout
8,127,762 (95.08%) (0.31 pp)
First party
Second party
Leader
Malcolm Fraser
Gough Whitlam
Party
Liberal/NCP coalition
Labor
Leader since
21 March 1975
8 February 1967
Leader's seat
Wannon (Vic.)
Werriwa (NSW)
Last election
91 seats
36 seats
Seats won
86 seats
38 seats
Seat change
5
2
Popular vote
3,811,340
3,141,051
Percentage
48.11%
39.65%
Swing
4.95
3.20
TPP
54.60%
45.40%
TPP swing
1.10
1.10
Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
Prime Minister before election
Malcolm Fraser
Liberal/NCP coalition
Subsequent Prime Minister
Malcolm Fraser
Liberal/NCP coalition
The 1977 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 10 December 1977. All 124 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 64 seats in the Senate were up for election.
The incumbent Liberal-National Country Coalition led by Malcolm Fraser, in government since 1975, was elected to a second term over the opposition Labor Party led by Gough Whitlam. While the Coalition suffered a five-seat swing, it still had a substantial 48-seat majority in the House. The Liberals retained an outright majority, with 67 seats. Although Fraser thus had no need for the support of the National Country Party, the Coalition was retained.
Whitlam became the first and only person to contest four federal elections as Leader of the Opposition. He was unable to recover much of the ground Labor had lost in its severe defeat two years prior, and resigned as leader shortly after the election.
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