1963 Australian federal election

1963 Australian federal election

← 1961 30 November 1963 1966 →

All 124[a] seats of the Australian House of Representatives
62 seats were needed for a majority
Registered5,824,917 Increase 3.07%
Turnout5,575,977 (95.73%)
(Increase0.46 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Sir Robert Menzies Arthur Calwell
Party Liberal/Country coalition Labor
Leader since 23 September 1943 7 March 1960
Leader's seat Kooyong (Vic.) Melbourne (Vic.)
Last election 62 seats 60 seats
Seats won 72 50 + NT + ACT
Seat change Increase10 Decrease10
Popular vote 2,520,321 2,489,184
Percentage 46.04% 45.47%
Swing Increase3.95 Decrease2.43
TPP 52.60% 47.40%
TPP swing Increase3.10 Decrease3.10

Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.

Prime Minister before election

Sir Robert Menzies
Liberal/Country coalition

Subsequent Prime Minister

Sir Robert Menzies
Liberal/Country coalition

The 1963 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 30 November 1963. All 122 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election. The incumbent Liberal–Country coalition government, led by Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies, won an increased majority over the opposition Labor Party, led by Arthur Calwell. This was the only time that a Federal Government won a seventh consecutive term in office.

This was the last federal election prior to Australia's decimalisation just three years later.
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