AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917
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THE SENATE
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
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Enrolled voters:                  2,839,327      
Votes counted:                    2,202,901   77.6    
Informal votes:                      86,111   03.9  -00.3
Formal votes:                     2,116,790   96.1  +00.3
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Party                            Votes        %     Change   1917   +  1914  =  Total
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Nationalist Party                 1,172,118   55.4  +07.6     18    +    6   =   24
Australian Labor Party              925,549   43.7  -08.4      -    +   12   =   12
Others                               19,123   00.9             -    +    -   =    -
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Total                             2,116,790                   18    +   18   =   36
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This table shows the number of seats won by each party at this election, plus the seats
won in 1914, to give the total number of seats held by each party in the new Senate.