Diemazz
ChupchikHurricane on the Bayou
Ogoto onsen Station
Vietnam Airlines
Sunyani
Image:Lion sur Mer Plage Est jpg
Category:Syrian cuisine
Gimmicks
BMPR1B
Testability
Kofu, Tottori
Belavia Flight 1834
Bangkok
Dinniyeh Group
Airlines of Iran
File:BagnolesOrne32 JPG
car amx
Bielanka
Image:CC USA states png
Category:Morocco
Recording Studio of the United States House of Representatives
Arconcey
English language
Saint Léonard, Marne
Base station
Wookiees
Sarayama Station
Brahmanda Purana
Hieromartyr
Ōyodo, Nara
Category:1998 disestablishments
Jackson Browne
Vela (constellation)
Brewcrewer
Urethral syndrome
Nekomimi
Mikhail of Vladimir
Sam Cooke
Economic impact of immigration to Canada
Mod revival
Jim Cregan
The Great Debate
Gmail
Ultra high frequency
Category:Christian martyrs of the Medieval era
Shan Tao
| Federal election major party leaders | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 1975 1977 1980 > | |||||
 Liberal WIN |
|||||
 Labor |
|||||
Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 December 1977. All 124 seats in the House of Representatives, and 34 of the 64 seats in the Senate, were up for election.
The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Malcolm Fraser with coalition partner the National Country Party led by Doug Anthony in government since 1975 defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Gough Whitlam.
Contents |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Australian Labor Party | 3,141,051 | 39.65 | -3.20 | 38 | +2 | |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 3,017,896 | 38.09 | -3.71 | 67 | -1 | |
| National Country Party | 793,444 | 10.01 | -1.24 | 19 | -4 | |
| Australian Democrats | 743,365 | 9.38 | * | 0 | 0 | |
| Other | 227,098 | 2.87 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 7,922,854 | 124 | -3 | |||
| Liberal/National coalition | WIN | 54.60 | -1.10 | 86 | -5 | |
| Australian Labor Party | 45.40 | +1.10 | 38 | +2 |
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats Won | Seats Held | |
| Australian Labor Party | 2,718,876 | 36.76 | -4.15 | 14 | 27 | |
| Liberal/National (Joint Ticket) | 2,533,882 | 34.26 | -5.60 | 7 | ||
| Australian Democrats | 823,550 | 11.13 | * | 2 | 2 | |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 783,878 | 10.60 | -0.48 | 10 | 27 | |
| National Country Party | 36,619 | 0.50 | -0.04 | 0 | 6 | |
| Country Liberal Party | 15,463 | 0.21 | -0.01 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independents | 127,850 | 1.73 | +0.13 | 0 | 1 | |
| Other | 356,089 | 4.81 | +2.75 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 7,396,207 | 34 | 64 |
Independent: Brian Harradine
Background and issues
 |
Please help improve this article or section by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page. (October 2008) |
The government offering tax cuts to voters and ran advertisements with the slogan "fistful of dollars". The tax cuts were never delivered; instead a "temporary surcharge" was imposed in 1978. The election coincided with the retirement of the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr. Kerr had appeared drunk at the Melbourne Cup in November and the public outcry resulted in the cancellation of his appointment as Ambassador to UNESCO.
The 1977 election was held a year earlier than required, partly to bring elections for the House and Senate back into line. A half-Senate election had to be held by the middle of 1978, since the double dissolution election of 1975 had resulted in the terms of senators being backdated to July 1975.
Significance
Liberal Don Chipp had been dropped from the ministry after the 1975 election. He had formed a new political party, the Australian Democrats, and had announced his intention to run for the Senate. Liberal Movement senator Steele Hall resigned and was replaced by Janine Haines but lost her seat, however the party gained Chipp in Victoria and Colin Mason in New South Wales, with Haines being re-elected at the next election as popularity grew.
The ALP made limited gains in the election.[clarification needed] The Second Fraser Government retained the second-largest parliamentary majority in Australian history after the majority it won in the 1975 election. Gough Whitlam resigned as the leader of the ALP in 1978.
Although there were a number of women candidates for the House of Representatives, no women were elected. Women have been elected at every general election from 1980 onwards.
See also
- Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1977
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1977-1980
- Members of the Australian Senate, 1978-1981
References
- AustralianPolitics.com election details
- University of WA election results in Australia since 1890
- AEC 2PP vote
- 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 preferences.
|
|||||||||||
Site Map: RSS 2.0
Recent Searches:
Australian federal election, 1977
August 1, 2008
family tomb
Koza
Category:World War II Japanese infantry weapons
Category:Bolt action rifles
Leila Forouhar
PlayStation World
Type 92 semi rimmed 7 7 mm
free diving gear
Related Pages: