page_title: Elections in Australia
section_title: Lower house primary, two-party and seat results
hierarchical_section_title: Elections in Australia / Lower house primary, two-party and seat results
caption_attribution_description: English: Electoral results in all elections to the Australian House of Representatives.
context_page_description: Elections in Australia take place periodically to elect the legislature of the Commonwealth of Australia, as well as for each Australian state and territory. Elections in all jurisdictions follow similar principles, though there are minor variations between them. The elections for the Australian Parliament are held under the federal electoral system, which is uniform throughout the country, and the elections for state and territory Parliaments are held under the electoral system of each state and territory.
  Part IV of Chapter 1 of the Australian Constitution briefly deals with eligibility for voting and election to the federal Australian Parliament. It does not prescribe how elections should be conducted. Election campaigns and associated political advertisements have some regulation. Public funding of political parties and party registration was introduced in 1983.
  Voting is almost entirely conducted by paper ballot and is compulsory for adults. The informal vote is not usually significant, but a donkey vote is more common. They may, however, have a deciding impact in marginal seats.
context_section_description: A two-party system has existed in the Australian House of Representatives since the two non-Labor parties merged in 1909. The 1910 election was the first to elect a majority government, with the Australian Labor Party concurrently winning the first Senate majority. Prior to 1909 a three-party system existed in the chamber. A two-party-preferred vote (2PP) has been calculated since the 1919 change from first-past-the-post to preferential voting and subsequent introduction of the Coalition. ALP = Australian Labor Party, L+NP = grouping of Liberal/National/LNP/CLP Coalition parties (and predecessors), Oth = other parties and independents.
caption: Electoral results in all elections to the Australian House of Representatives. 
     Australian Labor Party   Liberal Party of Australia   National Party of Australia   Nationalist Party of Australia
     United Australia Party   Commonwealth Liberal Party   Lang Labor   Free Trade Party   Protectionist Party   Independent   Liberal National Party of Queensland   Others
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