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Primary Votes - House of Representatives

1901-98

Primary Votes in H/R Elections 1901-98
Year	ALP	LIB/NAT	CP	FT/ANTI-SOC	PROT	-	-	Other
1901	18.7	-	-	35.7	43.7	-	-	2.0
1903	31.0	-	-	34.4	29.7	-	-	4.9
1906	36.6	-	-	38.2	16.4	-	-	8.7
1910	50.0	45.1	-	-	-	-	-	4.9
1913	48.5	48.9	-	-	-	-	-	2.6
1914	50.9	47.2	-	-	-	-	-	1.9
1917	44.0	54.2	-	-	-	-	-	1.8
1919	42.5	45.1	9.3	-	-	-	-	3.1
1922	42.3	35.2	12.6	-	-	-	-	9.9
1925	45.0	42.5	10.7	-	-	-	-	1.8
Year	ALP	NAT	CP	-	-	-	-	Other
1928	44.6	39.1	10.5	-	-	-	-	5.8
1929	48.8	33.9	10.3	-	-	-	-	7.0
1931	27.1	36.1	12.3	-	-	-	-	24.5 Lang Labor 10.6
1934	26.8	33.0	12.6	-	-	-	-	27.6 Lang Labor 14.4
1937	43.2	33.7	15.5	-	-	-	-	7.6
1940	40.2	30.2	13.7	-	-	-	-	15.9 Non-Communist Labor 5.2
1943	50.0	16.1	7.0	-	-	-	-	26.9
1946	49.7	28.6	10.7	-	-	-	-	11.0
1949	46.0	39.4	10.9	-	-	-	-	3.7
1951	47.6	40.6	9.7	-	-	-	-	2.0
Year	ALP	LIB	CP	-	-	DLP	-	Other
1954	50.0	38.6	8.5	-	-	-	-	2.9
1955	44.6	39.7	7.9	-	-	5.2 Anti-Com. Labor	-	2.6
1958	42.8	37.2	9.3	-	-	9.4	-	1.2
1961	47.9	33.6	8.5	-	-	8.7	-	1.3
1963	45.5	37.1	8.9	-	-	7.4	-	1.1
1966	40.0	40.1	9.8	-	-	7.3	-	2.7
1969	47.0	34.8	8.6	-	-	6.0	-	3.7
1972	49.6	28.1	9.4	-	-	5.2	-	7.7 LCL 4.0 AP 2.4
1974	49.3	34.9	10.8	-	-	1.4	-	3.5
1975	42.8	41.8	11.3	-	-	1.3	-	2.8
Year	ALP	LIB	NP	-	-	DLP	AD	Other
1977	39.6	38.1	10.0	-	-	1.4	9.4	1.4
1980	45.1	37.4	8.9	-	-	-	6.6	2.0
1983	49.5	34.4	9.2	-	-	-	5.0	1.9
1984	47.5	34.3	10.6	-	-	-	5.5	2.0
1987	45.8	34.3	11.5	-	-	-	6.0	2.3
1990	39.4	34.8	8.4	-	-	-	11.3	6.1
1993	44.92	37.1	7.17	-	-	-	3.75	7.06 Inc. Cleary & Mack
1996	38.75	39.04	8.21	-	-	-	6.76	7.24
1998	40.1	34.2	5.3	-	-	-	5.1	15.2 6.80 One Nation

Source: Australian Electoral Commission Publications.

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