|
All 585 seats in the House of Commons
293 seats needed for a majority
|
| Turnout
|
97.4  3.2
|
|
|
First party
|
Second party
|
|
|
|
|
| Leader
|
Winston Churchill |
Sir James Kennedy
|
| Party
|
Labor
|
Conservative
|
| Leader since
|
12 June 1939 |
22 February 1955
|
| Leader's seat
|
Federal Division of Epping |
Federal Division of Perth
|
| Last election
|
328 |
253
|
| Seats won
|
290 |
290
|
| Seat change
|
 38 |
37
|
| Popular vote
|
93,639,123 |
95,112,098
|
| Percentage
|
44.5% |
45.2%
|
| Swing
|
15.4 |
11.2
|
|
