1951 Australian federal election

1951 Australian federal election

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All 123[b] seats of the House of Representatives 61 seats were needed for a majority in the House All 60 seats of the Senate
Opinion polls
Registered	4,962,675 1.38%
Turnout	4,654,406 (96.00%)[a] (0.03 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Robert Menzies Ben Chifley Party Liberal (Coalition) Labor Leader since 21 February 1945 13 July 1945 Leader's seat Kooyong (Vic.) Macquarie (NSW) Last election 74 seats 47 seats Seats won 69 52 + NT + ACT Seat change 5 6 Popular vote 2,298,512 2,174,840 Percentage 50.34% 47.63% Swing 0.08 1.65 TPP 50.70% 49.30% TPP 0.30 0.30
Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
Prime Minister before election Robert Menzies Liberal/Country coalition Subsequent Prime Minister Robert Menzies Liberal/Country coalition

The 1951 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 28 April 1951. All 121 seats in the House of Representatives and all 60 seats in the Senate were up for election, due to a double dissolution called after the Senate rejected the Commonwealth Bank Bill.^[1] The incumbent Liberal–Country coalition led by Prime Minister Robert Menzies defeated the opposition Labor Party led by Ben Chifley with a modestly reduced majority,^[2] and secured a majority in the Senate.^[3] This was the last time the Labor party ever held a Senate majority. Chifley died just over a month after the election. This was the sixth and last federal election prior to the death of George VI a year later.

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