Australian Senate election, 1970 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Half-senate elections were held in Australia on 21 November 1970.

Senate (STV
Single transferable vote
The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...

) — 1970–74—Turnout 93.98% (CV
Compulsory voting
Compulsory voting is a system in which electors are obliged to vote in elections or attend a polling place on voting day. If an eligible voter does not attend a polling place, he or she may be subject to punitive measures such as fines, community service, or perhaps imprisonment if fines are unpaid...

) — Informal 9.41%
Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats Won	Seats Held
Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	2,376,215	42.22	−2.81	14	26
Liberal/Country (Joint Ticket)	1,098,134	19.51	−14.31	4	*
Liberal Party of Australia Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	991,473	17.61	+9.47	8	21
Democratic Labor Party Democratic Labor Party (historical) The Democratic Labor Party was an Australian political party that existed from 1955 until 1978.-History:The DLP was formed as a result of a split in the Australian Labor Party that began in 1954. The split was between the party's national leadership, under the then party leader Dr H.V...	625,142	11.11	+1.34	3	5
Australia Party Australia Party The Australia Party was the name of a minor political party in Australia ....	163,343	2.90	*	0	0
Country Party	59,416	1.06	+0.24	1	5
Independents Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	95,902	1.70	+0.71	2	3
Other	219,208	3.89		0	0
Total	5,628,833			32	60

Independents: Reg Turnbull (Tasmania), Michael Townley

Michael Townley (Australian politician)

Michael Townley is a former Tasmanian senator. He served both as an Independent and as a Liberal Party of Australia senator....

(Tasmania, Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

from February 1975), Syd Negus

Syd Negus

Sydney Ambrose "Syd" Negus was an Australian politician who was an Independent Senator for Western Australia from 1971 until 1974...

(Western Australia)

See also