Australian Senate election, 1964

Main article: Australian federal election, 1963

Half-senate elections were held in Australia on 5 December 1964. 30 of the seats in the Senate were up for election. There was no accompanying election to the House of Representatives; Robert Menzies had called an early House election the previous year. As with the previous Senate election, the Coalition held exactly half of the seats in the chamber.

Senate (STV) — 1964–67—Turnout 94.49% (CV) — Informal 6.98%

	Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats Won	Seats Held	Change
	Australian Labor Party	2,308,670	44.66	−0.04	14	27	−1
	Liberal/Country (Joint Ticket)	1,873,696	36.25	+3.09	7	*
	Democratic Labor Party	433,511	8.39	−1.43	2	2	+1
	Liberal Party of Australia	426,026	8.24	−0.03	6	23	−1
	Country Party	62,359	1.21	+0.56	1	7	+1
	Independents	10,151	0.20	−0.77	0	1	0
	Other	54,637	1.06		0	0	0
	Total	5,169,050			30	60

Independent: Reg Turnbull (Tasmania)

See also

• Candidates of the Australian Senate election, 1964
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1965–1968

References

• University of WA election results in Australia since 1890