Table 13: House of Representatives: Electoral pendulum

Per cent
Division Margin Division Margin Division Margin Division Margin
ALP held ALP held LP/NP held LP/NP held
Batman (Vic) (a) 20.98 Lilley (Qld) 1.32 Mallee (Vic) (a) 23.66 Bowman (Qld) 8.86
Wills (Vic) (a) 20.76 Bendigo (Vic) 1.26 Parkes (NSW) 22.35 Ryan (Qld) 8.54
Grayndler (NSW) 20.34 Lingiari (NT) 0.88 Maranoa (Qld) 22.28 Aston (Vic) 8.20
Fowler (NSW) 16.80 Parramatta (NSW) 0.57 Mitchell (NSW) 22.08 Pearce (WA) 8.06
Gellibrand (Vic) 16.53 McEwen (Vic) 0.15 Riverina (NSW) 21.17 Bennelong (NSW) 7.77
Gorton (Vic) 16.12 Murray (Vic) 20.87 Dawson (Qld) 7.58
Sydney (NSW) 14.65 Bradfield (NSW) 20.78 Cowan (WA) 7.46
Scullin (Vic) 14.35 New England (NSW) (a) 20.71 Casey (Vic) 7.17
Port Adelaide (SA) 14.02 Berowra (NSW) 19.07 Boothby (SA) 7.12
Calwell (Vic) 13.86 Mackellar (NSW) 18.84 Longman (Qld) 6.92
Fraser (ACT) 12.62 Moncrieff (Qld) 17.95 Dickson (Qld) 6.72
Lalor (Vic) 12.16 Wentworth (NSW) 17.72 Flynn (Qld) 6.53
Blaxland (NSW) 11.43 Farrer (NSW) 17.43 Swan (WA) 6.53
Maribyrnong (Vic) 11.39 Curtin (WA) 17.42 Herbert (Qld) 6.17
Chifley (NSW) 10.55 O'Connor (WA) (a) 17.25 Leichhardt (Qld) 5.68
Cunningham (NSW) 9.88 Barker (SA) 16.55 Dunkley (Vic) 5.57
Kingston (SA) 9.70 Groom (Qld) 16.47 Hasluck (WA) 4.87
Charlton (NSW) 9.23 Cook (NSW) 16.35 Macquarie (NSW) 4.48
Holt (Vic) 9.09 Calare (NSW) 15.97 Forde (Qld) 4.38
Newcastle (NSW) 8.83 North Sydney (NSW) 15.89 Brisbane (Qld) 4.28
Throsby (NSW) 7.77 Gippsland (Vic) 15.84 Bass (Tas) 4.04
Corio (Vic) 7.75 Warringah (NSW) 15.35 La Trobe (Vic) 4.01
Hotham (Vic) 7.27 Durack (WA) (a) 14.88 Corangamite (Vic) 3.94
Shortland (NSW) 7.21 Lyne (NSW) 14.77 Bonner (Qld) 3.69
Canberra (ACT) 6.98 Tangney (WA) 14.67 Deakin (Vic) 3.18
Watson (NSW) 6.81 Menzies (Vic) 14.45 Robertson (NSW) 3.00
McMahon (NSW) 5.32 Fadden (Qld) 14.36 Lindsay (NSW) 2.99
Blair (Qld) 5.26 Grey (SA) 13.54 Gilmore (NSW) 2.65
Franklin (Tas) 5.09 Wide Bay (Qld) 13.16 Braddon (Tas) 2.56
Makin (SA) 5.06 McPherson (Qld) 13.00 Page (NSW) 2.52
Ballarat (Vic) 4.89 Mayo (SA) 12.51 Hindmarsh (SA) 1.89
Rankin (Qld) 4.78 Forrest (WA) 12.28 Banks (NSW) 1.83
Fremantle (WA) 4.77 Moore (WA) 11.86 Solomon (NT) 1.40
Perth (WA) 4.35 Wright (Qld) 11.84 Lyons (Tas) 1.22
Adelaide (SA) 3.95 McMillan (Vic) 11.83 Reid (NSW) 0.85
Isaacs (Vic) 3.86 IND held   Canning (WA) 11.81 Capricornia (Qld) 0.77
Oxley (Qld) 3.77 Denison (Tas) 15.51 Flinders (Vic) 11.81 Dobell (NSW) 0.68
Hunter (NSW) 3.67 Indi (Vic) 0.25 Cowper (NSW) 11.71 Eden-Monaro (NSW) 0.61
Melbourne Ports (Vic) 3.56 Hume (NSW) 11.47 Petrie (Qld) 0.53
Wakefield (SA) 3.40 GRN held   Macarthur (NSW) 11.36 Barton (NSW) 0.31
Jagajaga (Vic) 3.13 Melbourne (Vic) 5.27 Kooyong (Vic) 11.06
Griffith (Qld) 3.01 Goldstein (Vic) 11.03
Greenway (NSW) 2.98 KAP held   Hughes (NSW) 10.67
Richmond (NSW) 2.98 Kennedy (Qld) 2.19 Stirling (WA) 10.30
Brand (WA) 2.88 Sturt (SA) 10.08
Kingsford Smith (NSW) 2.74 PUP held   Wannon (Vic) 10.07
Werriwa (NSW) 2.24 Fairfax (Qld) 0.03 Higgins (Vic) 9.93
Bruce (Vic) 1.80 Paterson (NSW) 9.78
Chisholm (Vic) 1.60 Fisher (Qld) 9.75
Moreton (Qld) 1.55 Hinkler (Qld) 9.04

Note 1: Pendulum shows two-party preferred swing required for division to change party at the next election, except for Independent, Greens, Katter's Australian Party and Palmer United Party held divisions. These divisions are shown with the two-candidate preferred swing required.

Note 2: In the "non-classic" contests where neither of the major parties were successful: Indi, Fairfax and Kennedy are notionally LP/NP divisions with two-party preferred margins of 9.10, 11.68 and 17.15 per cent respectively; Denison and Melbourne are notionally ALP divisions with two-party preferred margins of 8.91 and 19.25 per cent respectively.

(a) Other "non-classic" contests were held (two-candidate preferred margins to the first named party in the brackets) in Wills (15.20 per cent, ALP v GRN), New England (14.46 per cent, NP v Ind), Batman (10.61 per cent, ALP v GRN), Mallee (6.21 per cent, NP v LP), Durack (3.98 per cent, LP v NP) and O'Connor (0.95 per cent, LP v NP).