Australian federal election, 1934

← 1931

15 September 1934

1937 →

All 74 seats of the Australian House of Representatives
38 seats were needed for a majority in the House
18 (of the 36) seats of the Australian Senate

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Joseph Lyons	James Scullin	Jack Lang
Party	UAP/Country coalition	Labor	Labor (NSW)
Leader since	7 May 1931	26 April 1928	31 July 1923
Leader's seat	Wilmot	Yarra	Did not run
Last election	50 seats	14 seats	4 seats
Seats won	42 seats	18 seats	9 seats
Seat change	8	4	5
Percentage	53.50%	46.50%
Swing	5.00	5.00

Prime Minister before election

Joseph Lyons
UAP/Country coalition

Subsequent Prime Minister

Joseph Lyons
UAP/Country coalition

Federal elections were held in Australia on 15 September 1934. All 74 seats in the House of Representatives, and 18 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent United Australia Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Lyons with coalition partner the Country Party led by Earle Page defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by James Scullin. Labor's share of the primary vote fell to an even lower number than in the 1931 election due to the Lang Labor split, but it was able to pick up an extra four seats on preferences and therefore improve on its position. The Coalition suffered an eight-seat swing, forcing Lyons to take the Country Party into his government (the UAP had governed alone in the previous term).

The member for Northern Territory, Adair Blain (Independent), had voting rights only for issues affecting the Territory, and so is not included in this table.

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