1966 Australian federal election
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The 1966 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 26 November 1966. All 124 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election. The incumbent Liberal–Country coalition government, led by Prime Minister Harold Holt, won an increased majority over the opposition Labor Party, led by Arthur Calwell, in a landslide.[1] This was the first and only time that a Federal Government won an eighth consecutive term in office.
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Quick Facts All 124 seats of the Australian House of Representatives 63 seats were needed for a majority, Registered ...
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All 124 seats of the Australian House of Representatives 63 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 6,193,881 6.33% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 5,892,327 (95.13%) (0.60 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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This was the first federal election since Australia was decimalised on the 14th of February in the same year.