1925 Australian federal election

1925 Australian federal election
14 November 1925 (1925-11-14)
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
Registered3,302,016 10.79%
Turnout2,987,200 (91.39%)
(32.03 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Stanley Bruce Matthew Charlton Earle Page
Party Nationalist Labor Country
Leader since 9 February 1923 16 May 1922 5 April 1921
Leader's seat Flinders (Vic.) Hunter (NSW) Cowper (NSW)
Last election 26 seats 29 seats 14 seats
Seats won 37 seats 23 seats
+ NT		 13 seats
Seat change 11 6 1
Primary vote 1,238,397 1,313,627 313,363
Percentage 42.46% 45.04% 10.74%
Swing 7.23% 2.74% 1.82%
Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
Prime Minister before election

Stanley Bruce
Nationalist/Country coalition

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Stanley Bruce
Nationalist/Country coalition

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.

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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