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506:, an attache to the Soviet embassy in Canberra, defected amidst a storm of publicity, claiming that there were Soviet spy rings within Australia. Given that the 1951 election had been fought over the issue of banning the Communist Party of Australia altogether, it is unsurprising that such a claim would gain credibility.
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Prior to 1984 the AEC did not undertake a full distribution of preferences for statistical purposes. The stored ballot papers for the 1983 election were put through this process prior to their destruction. Therefore, the figures from 1983 onwards show the actual result based on full distribution of
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Though they did not win government, this election was the last time that the Labor party would achieve more than 50% of the primary vote. The only other time this happened was in
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125:
113:
109:
97:
93:
88:
82:
77: →
76:
71:
68:←
64:
57: →
56:
53:
51:
48:
46:
43:←
42:
41:
37:
25:
19:
1836:by-elections
1829:
1678:
1559:in Australia
1510:preferences.
1505:AEC 2PP vote
1476:. Retrieved
1472:
1467:Carr, Adam.
1462:
1435:
1418:
1409:
1362:Elizabeth II
1355:
1324:Bill Grayden
1300:Norman Makin
1286:Keith Wilson
1045:
1001:
881:Popular vote
819:
816:−1.40
811:
806:
799:
777:
741:Independents
705:
700:
695:
690:
685:
667:
662:
657:
652:
647:
497:
480:Elizabeth II
477:
470:
459:
430:
428:
411:
407:
396:
389:
339:
303:
290:
246:
209:13 June 1951
138:First party
49:
18:
1862:Referendums
1557:referendums
1478:10 December
1248:Bill Graham
1172:Keith Ewert
946:Independent
790:(estimated)
502:, in which
455:H. V. Evatt
451:Labor Party
297:Percentage
174:H. V. Evatt
50:29 May 1954
1995:Categories
1454:References
1439:Including
1338:Harry Webb
1210:Doug Berry
1097:Post-1954
768:4,527,651
619:2,153,970
594:2,266,979
514:See also:
346:TPP swing
287:2,117,669
98:5,096,468
95:Registered
1553:elections
1352:Aftermath
1275:Sturt, SA
1123:Bass, Tas
1091:Pre-1954
1046:Coalition
1002:Coalition
933:Communist
824:−5
716:Communist
648:1,765,799
291:2,256,164
238:52 seats
235:69 seats
188:Coalition
1551:Federal
1495:Archived
1384:See also
1320:Liberal
1313:Swan, WA
1282:Liberal
1244:Liberal
1206:Liberal
1190:Liberal
1130:Liberal
1473:Psephos
1370:monarch
1345:
1317:
1307:
1279:
1269:
1241:
1231:
1203:
1193:
1165:
1155:
1127:
1114:Member
1111:Margin
1108:Margin
1105:Member
1064:
1051:
1007:
992:
950:
937:
924:
920:Country
911:
907:Liberal
898:
829:
796:
774:
771:
762:
745:50,027
737:
720:56,675
712:
686:388,171
678:Country
674:
640:Liberal
636:
611:
586:
581:Change
510:Results
453:led by
336:49.30%
300:47.57%
221:(Vic.)
219:Kooyong
184:Liberal
165:Leader
146:
135:
111:Turnout
1342:Labor
1304:Labor
1266:Labor
1228:Labor
1168:Labor
1152:Labor
1117:Party
1102:Party
1094:Swing
1068:47.11%
1055:52.89%
1011:49.30%
996:50.70%
915:39.00%
902:50.07%
842:+1.40
839:50.70
765:Total
751:+0.06
726:+0.27
681:
643:
625:–2.77
622:47.57
600:+2.44
597:50.07
578:Seats
575:Swing
569:Votes
566:Party
538:
532:
526:
494:Issues
488:father
439:Senate
340:50.70%
310:Swing
304:50.07%
227:(NSW)
225:Barton
180:Party
1401:Notes
1088:Seat
1060:Labor
988:Labor
954:1.10%
941:1.25%
928:8.52%
894:Labor
856:Notes
833:Labor
812:49.30
748:1.11
723:1.25
696:–1.15
658:–1.62
653:39.00
590:Labor
362:1.40
354:1.40
326:2.44
318:2.77
251:57 +
194:Labor
122:0.09
105:2.70%
1980:2023
1975:2017
1970:1999
1965:1988
1960:1984
1955:1977
1950:1974
1945:1973
1940:1967
1935:1951
1930:1948
1925:1946
1920:1944
1915:1937
1910:1928
1905:1926
1900:1919
1895:1917
1890:1916
1885:1913
1880:1911
1875:1910
1870:1906
1852:1997
1830:Next
1824:2022
1819:2019
1814:2016
1809:2013
1804:2010
1799:2007
1794:2004
1789:2001
1784:1998
1779:1996
1774:1993
1769:1990
1764:1987
1759:1984
1754:1983
1749:1980
1744:1977
1739:1975
1734:1974
1729:1972
1724:1970
1719:1969
1714:1967
1709:1966
1704:1964
1699:1963
1694:1961
1689:1958
1684:1955
1679:1954
1674:1953
1669:1951
1664:1949
1659:1946
1654:1943
1649:1940
1644:1937
1639:1934
1634:1931
1629:1929
1624:1928
1619:1925
1614:1922
1609:1919
1604:1917
1599:1914
1594:1913
1589:1910
1584:1906
1579:1903
1574:1901
1555:and
1480:2020
1443:and
1426:and
1422:The
1334:1.6
1331:4.9
1328:3.3
1296:3.0
1293:5.4
1290:2.4
1258:2.7
1255:4.3
1252:1.6
1220:0.4
1217:4.1
1214:3.7
1182:1.6
1179:4.3
1176:5.1
1144:1.0
1141:4.4
1138:3.4
864:See
691:8.57
473:1914
429:The
55:1955
45:1951
848:+5
845:59
807:Win
778:121
631:–5
628:64
606:+5
603:59
548:IRV
482:as
332:TPP
257:ACT
1997::
1471:.
1364:,
820:64
757:0
754:0
732:0
729:0
701:17
668:–5
663:47
572:%
552:CV
490:.
475:.
468:.
279:5
271:5
255:+
253:NT
247:64
190:)
124:pp
1537:e
1530:t
1523:v
1482:.
706:0
186:(
126:)
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