1967 Australian Senate election

1967 Australian Senate election

← 1964 25 November 1967 1970 →

30 of the 60 seats in the Senate
30 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader John Gorton Lionel Murphy Vince Gair
Party Coalition Labor Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955)
Seats before 30 27 2
Seats won 14 13 2
Seats after 28 27 4
Seat change Decrease2 Steady Increase2
Popular vote 2,365,373 2,489,990 540,006
Percentage 42.77% 45.03% 9.77%
Swing Decrease2.93pp Increase0.36pp Increase1.38pp

Elections were held on 25 November 1967 to elect half of the 60 seats in the Australian Senate. There was no accompanying election to the House of Representatives as the two election cycles had been out of synchronisation since 1963. The results were a setback for the government of Harold Holt. Having won a landslide victory at the House-only election the previous year, the Coalition instead lost two seats in the Senate. The Labor Party failed to make any gains in Gough Whitlam's first election as leader; the Democratic Labor Party gained two seats and held the balance of power until 1974.

Senate (STV) — 1967–70 — Turnout 95.11% (CV) — Informal 6.10%[1]
Party Votes % Swing Seats won Seats held Change
  Labor 2,489,990 45.03 +0.36 13 27 0
  Liberal–Country coalition (total) 2,365,373 42.77 –2.93 14 28 –2
  Liberal–Country joint ticket 1,870,057 33.82 +9.41 6 * *
  Liberal (separate ticket) 450,454 8.15 –11.93 7 21 –2
  Country (separate ticket) 44,862 0.81 –0.40 1 7 0
  Democratic Labor 540,006 9.77 +1.38 2 4 +2
  Reform Movement 58,679 1.06 +1.06 0 0 0
  Communist 20,648 0.37 –0.36 0 0 0
  Independent / ungrouped 55,192 1.00 +0.48 1 1 0
  Total 5,529,888     30 60
Notes
  1. ^ Carr, Adam. "1967 Senate election: national summary". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 18 January 2023.