This is an email I sent to a mate in Spain just now, and bears repeating here.
This is quite remarkable: it's exactly half a century since the Don's Party Election of 1969! (ok, 49½ years)
Have a look at this news article, and watch the vids.
"That board is wrong!"
I'll say that board was wrong. 62 to Labor, 47 to Coalition, and 14 in doubt meant that Labor only had to pick up one more seat to win (125 seats then, compared to 151 now).
What in fact happened was that not only did all of those 14 in doubt go to the Coalition, but 3 of Labor's 62 seats also went to them, and Gough missed out by 4 seats. No other parties or Independents won seats - just Labor and Coalition.
Here are some stats I put together. Fraser holds the top two places for the % of seats won.
# SEATS ALP Coalition OTHERS Majority % SEATS 1961 122 60 62 2 51% 1963 124 52 72 20 58% 1966 124 41 82 1 40 66% 1969 125 59 66 7 53% 1972 125 67 58 9 54% 1974 127 66 61 5 52% 1975 127 36 90 1 53 71% 1977 124 38 85 1 46 69% 1980 125 51 74 23 59% 1983 125 75 50 25 60% 1984 148 82 65 1 16 55% 1987 148 86 62 24 58% 1990 148 78 69 1 8 53% 1993 147 80 64 2 13 54% 1996 148 49 93 6 38 63% 1998 148 67 80 1 12 54% 2001 150 65 81 4 12 54% 2004 150 60 86 4 22 57% 2007 150 83 65 2 16 55% 2010 150 72 72 6 -6 48% 2013 150 55 90 5 30 60% 2016 150 69 76 5 2 51% 2019 151 We're working on it :D
