ABSTRACT

Con Lab Lib Other Total 1955 Votes 395,102 358,205 9,342 - 762,649

% share 51.8 47.0 1 . 2 - Candidates 18 18 2 - Elected 13 5 - -

1959 Votes 401,072 338,992 44,134 - 784,198 % share 51.1 43.2 5.6 - Candidates 18 18 6 - Elected 14 4 - -

1964 Votes 382,955 335,969 88,690 776 808,390 % share 47.4 41.6 1 1 . 0 0 . 1 Candidates 18 18 1 2 - Elected 13 5 0 -

1966 Votes 386,663 377,287 58,161 1,208 823,319 % share 47.0 45.8 7.1 0 . 1 Candidates 18 18 13 - Elected 1 1 7 0 -

1970 Votes 475,026 366,862 51,462 2,980 896,330 % share 53.0 40.9 5.7 0.3 Candidates 18 18 14 - Elected 17 1 0 -

1974 (F) Votes 436,569 325,913 254,110 3,406 1,019,998 % share 42.8 32.0 24.9 0.3 Candidates 17 17 17 - Elected 14 2 1 -

1979 Votes 532,287 341,671 167,161 5,897 1,047,016 % share 50.8 32.6 16.0 0 . 6 Candidates 17 17 17 - Elected 13 3 1 -

1983 Votes 539,418 216,902 298,624 2,934 1,057,878 % share 51.0 20.5 28.2 0.3 Candidates 2 0 2 0 2 0 - Elected 18 1 1 -

1987 Votes 601,421 249,894 297,041 5,217 1,153,573 % share 52.1 21.7 25.7 0.5 Candidates 2 0 2 0 2 0 - Elected 19 1 0 -

1992 Votes 635,754 348,353 242,984 18,424 1,245,515

% share 51.0 28.0 19.5 1.5 Candidates 2 0 2 0 2 0 - Elected 17 3 0 -

1997 Votes 460,612 456,417 213,474 60,735 1,191,238 % share 38.7 38.3 17.9 5.1 Candidates 2 2 2 2 2 2 - Elected 14 8 0 -

Con Lab Lib Other Total 1955 Votes 807,101 893,688 23,849 916 1,725,554

% share 46.8 51.8 1.4 0 . 1 Candidates 38 38 5 - Elected 15 23 0 -

1959 Votes 847,457 883,707 75,530 1,331 1,808,025 % share 46.9 48.9 4.2 0 . 1 Candidates 38 38 1 2 - Elected 18 2 0 0 -

1964 Votes 769,289 877,678 173,477 1,579 1,822,023 % share 42.2 48.2 9.5 0 . 1 Candidates 38 38 26 - Elected 14 24 0 -

1966 Votes 738,277 946,275 108,904 1,660 1,795,116 % share 41.1 52.7 6 . 1 0 . 1 Candidates 38 38 28 - Elected 1 1 27 0 -

1970 Votes 900,510 900,201 85,521 8,606 1,894,838 % share 47.5 47.5 4.5 0.5 Candidates 38 38 31 - Elected 19 19 0 -

1974 (F) Votes 869,366 867,972 358,400 37,602 2,133,340 % share 40.8 40.7 16.8 1 . 8 Candidates 39 39 29 - Elected 19 19 0 1 . 0

1974 (O) Votes 764,400 837,830 356,795 27,699 1,986,724 % share 38.5 42.2 18.0 1.4 Candidates 39 39 38 - Elected 18 2 1 0 -

1979 Votes 1,008,349

% share 46.8 Candidates 39 Elected 23

833,426 38.6

39 16

294,531 13.7

20,204 0.9

2,156,510

1983 Votes 1,013,406 % share 47.2 Candidates 42 Elected 34

600,624 28.0

517,098 24.1

2,148,394

1987 Votes 1,127,237 % share 48.6 Candidates 42 Elected 31

696,760 30.0

9,128 0.4

2,320,293

1992 Votes 1,149,514 % share 46.6 Candidates 42 Elected 28

922,399 37.4

42 14

376,610 15.3

18,037 0.7

2,466,560

1997 Votes 800,958 % share 34.9 Candidates 44 Elected 14

1,097,639 47.8

44 30

311,264 13.6

84,889 3.7

2,294,750

Con Lab Lib Other Total 1955 Votes 2,179,652

% share 49.5 Candidates 104 Elected 56

2,086,657 47.4 104 48

119,930 2.7 27

13,270 0.3

4,399,509

1959 Votes 2,177,693 % share 49.5 Candidates 104 Elected 62

1,889,502 42.9 104 42

315,454 7.2 55

17,462 0.4

4,400,111

1964 Votes 1,720,904 % share 42.5 Candidates 104 Elected 49

1,783,235 44.0 104 54

28,640 0.7

4,049,714

1966 Votes 1,633,548 % share 41.1 Candidates 104 Elected 37

1,929,141 48.6 104

383,763 9.7 85

26,380 0.7

3,972,832

Votes 1,736,208 % share 47.0 Candidates 104 Elected 49

1,676,739

45.4 104 55

257,809

23,733

3,694,489

1974 (F) Votes 1,475,225 % share 37.6 Candidates 92 Elected 40

1,587,448 40.5

92 52

3,924,224

1974(0) Votes 1,310,546 % share 37.4 Candidates 92 Elected 41

1,540,551 43.9

92 51

594,757 17.0

3,507,560

1979 Votes 1,693,587 % share 46.0 Candidates 92 Elected 50

1,459,085 39.6

92 42

438,021 11.9

90,136 2.4

3,680,829

1983 Votes 1,517,154 % share 43.9 Candidates 84 Elected 56

1,031,435 29.8

84 26

853,332 24.7

3,457,783

1987 Votes 1,680,093 % share 46.5 Candidates 84 Elected 58

1,136,893 31.5

84 23

770,109 21.3

84 3

26,589 0.7

3,613,684

1992 Votes 1,630,569 % share 45.3 Candidates 84 Elected 48

1,332,456 37.1

84 35

572,432 15.9

60,747 1.7

3,596,204

1997 Votes 1,036,082 % share 31.2 Candidates 74 Elected 11

1,643,329 49.5

74 57

485,511 14.6

156,126 4.7

3,321,048

1955 Votes 689,031 894,275 2 0 , 1 1 2 368 1,603,786 % share 43.0 55.8 1.3 0 . 0 Candidates 37 37 3 - Elected 1 0 27 0 -

1959 Votes 721,152 923,342 37,687 0 1,682,181 % share 42.9 54.9 2 . 2 0 . 0 Candidates 37 37 6 - Elected 13 24 0 -

1964 Votes 623,938 912,279 78,125 2,916 1,617,258 % share 38.6 56.4 4.8 0 . 2 Candidates 37 37 1 2 - Elected 6 31 0 -

1966 Votes 551,864 939,475 42,061 4,960 1,538,360 % share 35.9 61.1 2.7 0.3 Candidates 37 37 13 - Elected 6 31 0 -

1970 Votes 628,534 912,464 45,205 369 1,586,572 % share 39.6 57.5 2 . 8 0 . 0 Candidates 37 37 15 - Elected 7 30 0 -

1974 (F) Votes 606,300 882,700 215,200 27,620 1,731,820 % share 35.0 51.0 12.4 1 . 6 Candidates 37 37 2 1 - Elected 6 29 1 1

1974 (0) Votes 482,123 841,164 266,274 22,510 1,612,071 % share 29.9 52.2 16.5 1.4 Candidates 37 37 37 - Elected 6 30 1 -

1979 Votes 627,993 876,276 216,159 26,671 1,747,099 % share 35.9 50.2 12.4 1.5 Candidates 37 37 37 - Elected 6 30 1 -

1983 Votes 589,127 684,020 424,992 2,507 1,700,646 % share 34.6 40.2 25.0 0 . 1 Candidates 36 36 36 - Elected 8 26 2 -

1987 Votes 578,970 830,785 376,675 4,635 1,791,065 % share 32.3 46.4 2 1 . 0 0.3 Candidates 36 36 36 . Elected 8 27 1 .