AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ======================================================================================== THE SENATE ======================================================================================== NATIONAL SUMMARY ======================================================================================== Enrolled voters: 3,444,766 Votes counted: 3,224,500 93.6 Informal votes: 318,667 09.9 +02.9 Formal votes: 2,905,833 90.1 -02.9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change 1928 + 1925 = Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nationalist and Country Party 1,449,169 49.9 -04.9 11 + 18 = 29 Country Party 17,154 00.6 - + - = - Australian Labor Party 1,422,418 49.0 +04.0 7 + - = 7 Others 17,092 00.5 - + - = - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,905,833 18 + 18 = 36 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This table shows the number of seats won by each party at this election, plus the seats won in 1925, to give the total number of seats held by each party in the new Senate. The Nationalist and Country parties ran joint tickets, except in South Australia. The Nationalists had 23 Senate places and the Country Party had six.