1925 Australian federal election
The 1925 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 14 November 1925. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives and 22 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Nationalist–Country coalition, led by Prime Minister Stanley Bruce, defeated the opposition Labor Party led by Matthew Charlton in a landslide. This was the first time any party had won a fourth consecutive federal election.
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All 76 seats in the House of Representatives 38 seats were needed for a majority in the House 22 (of the 36) seats in the Senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 3,302,016 10.79% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 2,987,200 (91.39%) (32.03 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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Compulsory voting for federal elections was introduced in 1924 and first used in the 1925 elections, where 91.4% of the electorate cast a vote, compared to 59.4% at the 1922 elections.
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