Australian Senate election, 1964

Half-senate elections were held in Australia on 5 December 1964. 30 of the seats in the Senate were up for election. There was no accompanying election to the House of Representatives; Robert Menzies had called an early House election the previous year. As with the previous Senate election, the Coalition held exactly half of the seats in the chamber.

Senate (STV) — 1964–67—Turnout 94.49% (CV) — Informal 6.98%
  Party Votes % Swing Seats Won Seats Held Change
  Australian Labor Party 2,308,670 44.66 0.04 14 27 1
  Liberal/Country (Joint Ticket) 1,873,696 36.25 +3.09 7 *
  Democratic Labor Party 433,511 8.39 1.43 2 2 +1
  Liberal Party of Australia 426,026 8.24 0.03 6 23 1
  Country Party 62,359 1.21 +0.56 1 7 +1
  Independents 10,151 0.20 0.77 0 1 0
  Other 54,637 1.06 0 0 0
  Total 5,169,050     30 60

Independent: Reg Turnbull (Tasmania)

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