1955 Australian federal election
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The 1955 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 10 December 1955. All 122 seats in the House of Representatives and 30 of the 60 seats in the Senate were up for election. An early election was called to bring the House and Senate elections back in line; the previous election in 1954 had been House-only. The incumbent Liberal–Country coalition led by Prime Minister Robert Menzies increased its majority over the opposition Labor Party, led by H. V. Evatt.
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All 124[lower-alpha 1] seats of the House of Representatives 62 seats were needed for a majority in the House 30 (of the 60) seats of the Senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 5,172,443 1.49% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 4,525,774 (95.00%)[lower-alpha 2] (1.09 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Future Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and future opposition leader Billy Snedden both entered parliament at this election.