1977 Australian federal election
10 December 1977
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All 124 seats in the House of Representatives 63 seats needed for a majority 34 of 64 seats in the Senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 8,548,779 3.47% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 8,127,762 (95.08%) (0.31 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A federal election was held on 10 December 1977 to elect members of the 31st Parliament of Australia. All 124 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election, along with 34 of the 64 seats in the Senate. The incumbent Coalition government, led by Malcolm Fraser, was re-elected, defeating the Labor Party led by Opposition Leader Gough Whitlam.
While the Coalition suffered a five-seat swing, it still had a substantial 48-seat majority in the House. The Liberals retained an outright majority, with 67 seats. Although Fraser thus had no need for the support of the National Country Party, the Coalition was retained. Whitlam became the first and only person to contest four federal elections as leader of the Opposition. He was unable to recover much of the ground Labor had lost in its severe defeat two years prior, and resigned as leader shortly after the election.