Australian Senate election, 1953

Main article: Australian federal election, 1954

Half-senate elections were held in Australia on 9 May 1953. 32 of the seats in the Senate were up for election. This was the first time a Senate election had been held without an accompanying election of the House of Representatives. The two election cycles fell out of synchronisation after the 1951 double dissolution. While the term of the House was not due to expire until 1954, a Senate election was due by 1 July 1953.

Although the Australian Labor Party won a majority of the contested seats, the Liberal-Country Coalition retained a majority of the overall seats in the upper house.

Senate (STV) — 1953–55—Turnout 94.93% (CV) — Informal 4.56%
	Votes	%	Swing	Seats Won	Seats Held	Change
Australian Labor Party	2,323,968	50.61	+4.74	17	29	+1
Liberal/Country (Joint Ticket)	1,214,285	26.45	−17.08	8	*
Liberal Party of Australia	825,653	17.98	+11.81	7	26	0
Communist Party of Australia	140,073	3.05	+0.94	0	0	0
Country Party	*	*	*	0	5	−1
Other	87,610	1.91		0	0	0
Total	4,591,589			32	60

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University of WA election results in Australia since 1890

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Australian Senate election, 1953

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