1970 Australian Senate election

The governing Coalition and the opposition Australian Labor Party won 13 and 14 seats respectively, resulting in a total of 26 seats each, while the Democratic Labor Party and three independents (two newly elected) held the remaining seats.

Senate (STV) — 1970–74—Turnout 93.98% (CV) — Informal 9.41%

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held	Change
	Labor		2,376,215	42.22	–2.81	14	26	–1
	Liberal–Country coalition (total)		2,149,023	38.18	–4.59	13	26	–2
		Liberal–Country joint ticket	1,098,134	19.51	–14.31	4	*	*
		Liberal	991,473	17.61	+9.47	8	21	0
		Country	59,416	1.06	+0.24	1	5	–2
	Democratic Labor		625,142	11.11	+1.34	3	5	+1
	Australia		163,343	2.90	+2.90	0	0	0
	Better Education Committee		59,813	1.06	+1.06	0	0	0
	Democratic		52,799	0.94	+0.94	0	0	0
	Pensioner Power		28,983	0.51	+0.51	0	0	0
	Defence of Government Schools		27,796	0.49	+0.49	0	0	0
	National Socialist		24,017	0.43	+0.43	0	0	0
	Conservative Immigration Movement		4,864	0.08	+0.08	0	0	0
	Independent		116,838	2.07	+0.37	2	3	+2
	Total		5,628,833			32	60

Notes

• In New South Wales and Queensland, the coalition parties ran a joint ticket. Of the four senators elected on a joint ticket, three were members of the Liberal Party and one was a member of the Country Party. In Western Australia, the coalition parties ran on separate tickets. In South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria, only the Liberal Party ran a ticket.
• Two independents were elected – Michael Townley of Tasmania and Syd Negus of Western Australia. This brought the total number of independents in the Senate to three, the other being Reg Turnbull of Tasmania.^[5]

• Candidates of the Australian Senate election, 1970
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1971–1974

• University of WA Archived 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine election results in Australia since 1890