1975 Australian Senate election

Australian federal election results Members of the Australian Senate, 1974–1975 1975 Australian Senate elections Australia parliamentary no 1974 Australian Senate election 1974 1977 Australian Senate election 1977 All 64 seats in the Australian Senate 33 13 December 1975 95.39%Voter turnout – previous events https://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/Federal_Elections/voter-turnout.htm Australian Electoral Commission 21 June 2026 Liberal/National coalition 150x150px Reg Withers Western Australia 20 December 1972 29 35 6 3,706,989 51.74% 7.85% Australian Labor Party 150x150px Ken Wriedt Tasmania 10 February 1975 29 27 2 2,931,310 40.91% 6.38% Australian Senate elected members, 1975.svg Senators elected in the 1975 federal election Leader of the Senate Reg Withers Liberal/National coalition Reg Withers Liberal/National coalition A federal election was held in Australia on 13 December 1975. All 64 seats in the Senate were up for election as well as all 127 seats in the House of Representatives, due to a double dissolution. Background The Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory received an entitlement to elect two senators each as a consequence of the Senate (Representation of Territories) Act 1973, passed during the 1974 Joint Sitting of the Australian Parliament. Nationwide results + Senate (STV) – 1975–77—Turnout 95.39% (CV) – Informal 9.10%alt=|center|300x300px Party First preference votes % Swing Seats won Seats held Change   Liberal–NCP coalition (total) 3,706,989 51.74 +7.85 35 35 +6   Liberal–NCP joint ticket 2,855,721 39.86 +5.09 17 * *   Liberal 793,772 11.08 +3.26 16 26 +3   National Country 41,977 0.59 −0.71 1 8 +2   Country Liberal 15,519 0.22 +0.22 1 1 +1   Labor 2,931,310 40.91 −6.38 27 27 −2   Democratic Labor 191,049 2.67 −0.89 0 0 0   Liberal Movement 76,426 1.07 +0.11 1 1 0   Workers 62,385 0.87 +0.87 0 0 0   Family Movement 45,658 0.64 +0.64 0 0 0   Australia 34,632 0.48 –0.91 0 0 0   United Tasmania 1,227 0.02 –0.01 0 0 0   Socialist 727 0.01 +0.01 0 0 0   Independents 114,310 1.60 –0.52 1 1 0   Total 7,164,713     64 64 +4 Notes Independent: Brian Harradine (Tasmania) See also 1975 Australian federal election Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1975 Members of the Australian Senate, 1974–1975 References Category:1975 elections in Australia Category:Results of Australian federal elections Category:Australian Senate elections Category:December 1975 in Australia