1966 Australian federal election

1966 Australian federal election
26 November 1966
All 124 seats of the Australian House of Representatives
63 seats were needed for a majority
Registered6,193,881 6.33%
Turnout5,892,327 (95.13%)
(0.60 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Harold Holt Arthur Calwell
Party Liberal–Country Coalition Labor
Leader since 20 January 1966 7 March 1960
Leader's seat Higgins (Vic.) Melbourne (Vic.)
Last election 72 seats 50 seats
Seats won 82 41
Seat change 10 9
Popular vote 2,853,890 2,282,834
Percentage 49.98% 39.98%
Swing 3.94 5.49
TPP 56.90% 43.10%
TPP swing 4.30 4.30
Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
Prime Minister before election

Harold Holt
Liberal/Country coalition

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Harold Holt
Liberal/Country coalition

The 1966 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 26 November 1966. All 124 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election. There was no Senate election until the 1967 Australian Senate election. The incumbent Liberal–Country coalition government, led by Prime Minister Harold Holt, won an increased majority over the opposition Labor Party, led by Arthur Calwell, in a landslide. The Liberal–Country coalition two-party-preferred vote was 56.90%, its highest in its history.

This was the first and only time that a Federal Government won an eighth consecutive term in office.

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