AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ======================================================================================== THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ======================================================================================== NATIONAL SUMMARY ======================================================================================== Enrolled voters: 3,542,950 Votes counted: 2,959,182 83.5 Informal votes: 92,367 03.1 -01.8 Formal votes: 2,866,815 96.9 +01.8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nationalist Party 963,562 33.6 -05.5 14 -15 Country Party 281,892 09.8 -00.7 10 -03 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total coalition 1,245,454 43.4 -06.2 24 -18 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian Labor Party 1,406,327 49.1 +04.5 46 +15 Others 215,052 07.5 5 +03 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,866,815 75 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nine seats were uncontested, lowering turnout. Six ALP members and hree CP members were elected unopposed. The ALP and CP vote are therefore substantially understated. Had all seats been contested, the ALP would have won a majority of the primary vote. VOTES AND SEATS BY STATE OR TERRITORY ======================================================================================== NEW SOUTH WALES ======================================================================================== Enrolled voters: 1,387,552 Votes counted: 1,174,445 84.6 Informal votes: 33,158 02.8 -02.0 Formal votes: 1,141,287 97.2 +02.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nationalist Party 342,073 30.0 -06.8 2 -07 Country Party 104,586 09.2 +01.5 4 -01 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total coalition 446,659 39.2 -05.3 6 -08 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian Labor Party 587,691 51.5 -00.6 20 +06 Others 106,947 09.3 2 +02 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,141,287 28 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Three seats were uncontested, lowering turnout. One CP member and two ALP members were elected unopposed. The apparent decline in the ALP vote results from the distortion of the vote totals in 1928 caused by the large number of uncontested seats. VICTORIA ======================================================================================== Enrolled voters: 1,023,294 Votes counted: 857,411 83.8 Informal votes: 13,704 01.6 -01.6 Formal votes: 843,707 98.4 +01.6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nationalist Party 267,758 31.7 -08.1 3 -05 Country Party 102,276 12.1 +01.0 2 -01 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total coalition 370,034 43.8 -07.1 5 -06 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian Labor Party 412,595 48.9 +09.2 13 +05 Others 61,078 07.3 2 +01 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 843,707 20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Three seats were uncontested, lowering turnout. Three ALP members were elected unopposed. The ALP vote is therefore understated. QUEENSLAND ======================================================================================== Enrolled voters: 479,914 Votes counted: 454,068 94.6 Informal votes: 35,219 07.8 +02.3 Formal votes: 418,849 92.2 -02.3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nationalist Party 189,678 45.3 +08.6 5 -01 Country Party 46,464 11.1 -04.8 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total coalition 236,142 56.4 +03.8 7 -01 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian Labor Party 173,417 41.4 -06.0 3 +01 Others 9,290 02.2 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 418,849 10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH AUSTRALIA ======================================================================================== Enrolled voters: 322,747 Votes counted: 254,237 78.8 Informal votes: 5,765 02.3 -07.1 Formal votes: 248,472 97.7 +07.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nationalist Party 79,446 32.0 -11.9 2 Country Party 22,882 09.2 -04.9 - -01 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total coalition 102,328 41.2 -16.8 2 -01 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian Labor Party 129,134 52.0 +11.8 5 +01 Others 17,010 06.8 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 248,472 7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One seat was uncontested, lowering turnout. One ALP member was elected unopposed. The ALP vote is therefore understated. WESTERN AUSTRALIA ======================================================================================== Enrolled voters: 212,984 Votes counted: 108,094 50.8 Informal votes: 2,439 02.3 -01.5 Formal votes: 105,655 97.7 +01.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nationalist Party 35,150 33.3 +03.1 1 Country Party 5,684 05.4 -14.0 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total coalition 40,834 38.7 -10.9 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian Labor Party 56,654 53.6 +12.4 2 Others 8,167 07.7 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 105,655 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two seats were uncontested, greatly lowering turnout. Two CP members were elected unopposed. The CP vote is therefore greatly understated and the ALP and Nationalist vote correspondingly overstated. TASMANIA ======================================================================================== Enrolled voters: 116,459 Votes counted: 110,927 95.2 Informal votes: 2,064 01.9 -04.5 Formal votes: 108,863 98.1 +04.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nationalist Party 49,467 45.5 -13.7 1 -02 Australian Labor Party 46,836 43.0 +23.8 3 +02 Others 12,560 11.5 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 108,863 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------