The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major political parties at each election (if greater than zero). It also shows the percentage of the vote obtained by the major political parties at each election, if greater than 0.1%. The winning party's totals are shown in bold. To date, no party has formed a government that did not have the largest share of the vote. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.
Notes : Includes results for
Progressive Conservatives from 1942 onwards. : Includes results for the
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation from 1943 to 1951. : Vote share not known for the elections in the 19th century. : Tie between Conservatives and Liberals, resulting in the incumbent Conservatives remaining in power until losing a motion of confidence in 1891 after a series of by-election losses and the Liberals taking power for the remainder of the term. : Includes 3.4% for the
Progressive Party / United Farmers. ==Historical voter turnouts==