Australian federal election, 1951 Totally Explained

Everything about Australian Federal Election 1951 totally explained

Federal election major party leaders
1949 1951 1954
Liberal Robert Menzies Prime Minister Parliament: 17 years Leader since: 1945 Division: Kooyong WIN
Labor Ben Chifley Opposition leader Parliament: 23 years Leader since: 1945 Division: Macquarie

Federal elections were 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 by Menzies in attempts to ban the Communist Party of Australia. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Ben Chifley. House of Reps (IRV) — 1951-54 — Turnout 96.00% (CV) — Informal 1.90%>

Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
Australian Labor Party	2,174,840	47.63	+1.65	52	+5	^{(2 elected} _unopposed)
Liberal Party of Australia	1,854,799	40.62	+1.23	52	-3	^{(1 elected} _unopposed)
Country Party	443,713	9.72	-1.15	17	-2
Independents	46,788	1.02	-1.13	0	0
Other	45,759	1.00		0	0
Total	4,565,899			121
Liberal/Country coalition	WIN	50.70	-0.30	69	-5
Australian Labor Party		49.30	+0.30	52	+5

Senate (STV) — 1951-53 — Turnout 95.99% (CV) — Informal 7.13%>

Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats Won	Seats Held
Australian Labor Party	2,029,751	45.88	+0.99	28	28
Liberal/Country (Joint Ticket)	1,925,631	43.52	-1.12	*	*
Liberal Party of Australia	273,056	6.17	+0.41	26	26
Communist Party of Australia	93,561	2.11	+0.02	0	0
Country Party	*	*	*	6	6
Other	102,238	2.31		0	0
Total	4,424,237			60	60

History

In 1944, Sir Robert Menzies founded the Liberal Party of Australia (descended from the United Australia Party). After winning government at the 1949 election Menzies led the Party for 16 years through successive re-elections with the traditional coalition in place with the National Party of Australia (since 1922 as the Country Party). Labor remained out of government for 23 years after the defeat of the Chifley Government in 1949, largely due to the split of the Democratic Labor Party from Labor - also three times the party won the two-party preferred vote (the 1954, 1961 and 1969 elections) but not enough seats to form government.

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