AUSTRALIAN SENATE ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961
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Source: Australian Government publications

NATIONAL SUMMARY
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Enrolled voters:                  5,384,350
Votes counted:                    5,384,350   95.3
Informal votes:                     572,087   10.6  +00.3
Formal votes:                     4,812,263   89.4  -00.3
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Party                            Votes        %     Change    1961   +  1958  =  Total
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Liberal CP coalition              2,025,078   42.0  -02.0      15    +   15   =   30
Australian Labor Party            2,151,339   44.7  +02.0      14    +   14   =   28
Democratic Labor Party              472,578   09.8  +01.4       -    +    1   =    1
Others                              163,268   03.4              1    +    -   =    1
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Total                             4,812,263                    30    +   30   =   60
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This table shows the number of seats won by each party at this election, plus the seats
won in 1958, to give the total number of seats held by each party in the new Senate. 
Voting figures are compared with the 1961 Senate election. 

The "Other" was an independent.