Election figures

1975 (13 December)

Enrolment 67,674 Total votes 64,647 (95.43%) Informal votes 1,568 (2.43%)

Valid votes 63,079

*Kim Edward Beazley

Labor

32,570

51.63%

Leon Paul Lapinski

Liberal

30,509

48.37%

* Sitting member

Majority for Beazley 2,061

Percentage of primary valid votes in each subdivision

 

Beazley

Lapinski

Total valid votes

Applecross

33.92%

66.08%

5,433

Coolbellup

65.63%

34.37%

7,035

Cottesloe

35.38%

64.62%

9,166

Fremantle

57.51%

42.49%

6,755

Hamilton Hill

66.16%

33.84%

4,767

Melville

50.76%

49.24%

8,440

Palmyra

48.48%

51.52%

9,441

South Fremantle

66.07%

33.93%

5,859

Postal Votes

45.82%

54.18%

2,379

Absent Votes

52.83%

47.17%

3,716

Section votes

48.86%

51.14%

92

Total

51.63%

48.37%

63,079

 

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