1966 Australian federal election

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1966 Australian federal election

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All 124 seats of the Australian House of Representatives 63 seats were needed for a majority
Registered	6,193,881 6.33%
Turnout	5,892,327 (95.13%) (0.60 pp)
First party Second party Third party   IND Leader Harold Holt Arthur Calwell N/A Party Liberal/Country coalition Labor Independents Leader since 20 January 1966 7 March 1960 N/A Leader's seat Higgins (Vic.) Melbourne (Vic.) N/A Last election 72 seats 50 seats 0 seats Seats won 82 seats 41 seats 1 seat Seat change 10 9 1 Popular vote 2,853,890 2,282,834 82,948 Percentage 49.98% 39.98% 1.45% Swing 3.94 5.49 0.98 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. 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.^[1] The Liberal–Country coalition TPP result of 56.90%, is its highest in its history.

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

This was the first federal election since Australia was decimalised on the 14th of February in the same year.