Enrolment, Voting & Informality Statistics
House of Representatives 1901-98
| Enrolment and Voting in House of Representatives Elections 1901-98 |
| Election Year | No. of Enrolled Voters | Total Votes Cast | Voter Turnout | Informal Votes |
| 1901 |
907,658 |
514,727 |
56.71 |
1.70 |
| 1903 |
1,470,902 |
739,402 |
50.27 |
2.50 |
| 1906 |
1,920, 397 |
988,553 |
51.48 |
3.73 |
| 1910 |
2,148,969 |
1,349,626 |
62.80 |
2.00 |
| 1913 |
2,661,377 |
1,955,723 |
73.49 |
2.83 |
| 1914 |
2,348,441 |
1,726,906 |
73.53 |
2.32 |
| 1917 |
2,470,465 |
1,934,478 |
78.30 |
2.64 |
| 1919 |
2,762,633 |
1,977,843 |
71.59 |
3.47 |
| 1922 |
2,775,650 |
1,648,108 |
59.38 |
4.51 |
| 1925 |
3,270,498 |
2,988,591 |
91.38 |
2.36 |
| 1928 |
2,916,251 |
2,730,185 |
93.62 |
4.90 |
| 1929 |
3,118,030 |
2,957,547 |
94.85 |
2.65 |
| 1931 |
3,460,315 |
3,287,992 |
95.02 |
3.48 |
| 1934 |
3,866,849 |
3,679,621 |
95.16 |
3.43 |
| 1937 |
3,851,206 |
3,701,822 |
96.12 |
2.59 |
| 1940 |
4,202,183 |
3,983,272 |
94.79 |
2.56 |
| 1943 |
4,411,697 |
4,247,847 |
96.29 |
2.89 |
| 1946 |
4,744,017 |
4,456,994 |
93.95 |
2.45 |
| 1949 |
4,913,654 |
4,714,360 |
95.94 |
1.98 |
| 1951 |
4,867,713 |
4,671,415 |
95.97 |
1.90 |
| 1954 |
4,829,546 |
4,638,944 |
96.05 |
1.35 |
| 1955 |
4,779,974 |
4,540,751 |
95.00 |
2.87 |
| 1958 |
5,412,865 |
5,166,100 |
95.44 |
2.87 |
| 1961 |
5,692,364 |
5,420,548 |
95.22 |
2.56 |
| 1963 |
5,860,935 |
5,609,410 |
95.71 |
1.82 |
| 1966 |
6,193,881 |
5,892,327 |
95.13 |
3.10 |
| 1969 |
6,606,873 |
6,273,611 |
94.96 |
2.54 |
| 1972 |
7,074,070 |
6,747,244 |
95.38 |
2.17 |
| 1974 |
7,898,922 |
7,535,768 |
95.40 |
1.92 |
| 1975 |
8,262,413 |
7,881,873 |
95.40 |
1.89 |
| 1977 |
|
|
95.08 |
|
| 1980 |
|
|
94.35 |
|
| 1983 |
|
|
94.64 |
2.1 |
| 1984 |
|
|
94.17 |
6.3 |
| 1987 |
10,353,213 |
|
94.33 |
4.9 |
| 1990 |
10,728,435 |
|
93.84 |
3.2 |
| 1993 |
11,384,638 |
|
95.75 |
3.0 |
| 1996 |
11,740,568 |
11,294,479 |
95.77 |
3.2 |
| 1998 |
12,154,050 |
11,587,365 |
94.99 |
3.8 |
Source: Australian Electoral Commission Publications.
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