AUSTRALIAN HALF-SENATE ELECTION OF 9 MAY 1953
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THE SENATE
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
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Enrolled voters:                  5,067,743         
Votes counted:                    4,810,964   94.9  
Informal votes:                     219,375   04.6  -02.5
Formal votes:                     4,591,589   95.4  +02.5
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Party                            Votes        %     Change   1953   +  1951  =  Total
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Liberal Party / Country Party     2,039,938   44.4  -05.3     13    +   18   =   31
Australian Labor Party            2,323,968   50.6  +04.7     17    +   12   =   29
Others                              227,683   05.0             -    +    -   =    -
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Total                             4,591,589                   30    +   30   =   60
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This table shows the number of seats won by each party at this election, plus the long-
term seats won at the double dissolution election in 1951, to give the total number of 
seats held by each party in the new Senate. 

The Liberal and Country parties ran joint tickets. The Liberals had 27 Senate places and 
the Country Party had four.