AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903
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THE SENATE
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
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Party                            Votes        %     Change   Seats  +  1901    Total
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Protectionist                       137,456   16.1  -14.3      2    +    5       7
Free Trade                          271,656   31.8  -04.3      4    +    9      13
Labour                              282,099   33.0  +22.4     10    +    4      14
Others                              163,985   19.1             2    +    -       2
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Total                               855,196                   18    +   18      36
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Each voter could cast up to three votes. But since voters could cast fewer than three 
votes if they chose, the actual number of voters is not known. These figures have been 
obtained by dividing the number of votes polled by each party in each state by three. 
They are approximations only.

This table shows the number of seats won by each party at this election, plus the seats
won in 1901 (allowing for changes of party by some Senators), to give the total number 
of seats held by each party in the new Senate.

The Others were one independent in Victoria and one Revenue Tariffist in Tasmania.