New Ingrean general election, 1981

New Ingrean general election, 1981

7 March 1981
All 128 seats in the House of Assembly 38 (of the 68) seats in the Senate
First party Second party   Leader Antonia Davidson Jacob Meyer Party Democratic Party National Party Leader since 1978 1969 Leader's seat Emmaville Kingsbury South Last election 42 seats 59 seats Seats won 60 45 Seat change 18 14 Popular vote 468,827 411,337 Percentage 34.74% 30.48%
Composition of the House of Assembly chamber after the election. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results
Prime Minister before election Jacob Meyer National Party Elected Prime Minister Antonia Davidson Democratic Party

The New Ingrean general election of 1981 was held on Saturday, 7 March 1981. The Democratic Party under Antonia Davidson defeated the incumbent National Party led by Jacob Meyer.

Key dates

Date	Event
28 January 1981	Writs were issued by the Sovereign to proceed with an election.
11 February 1981	Close of nominations.
7 March 1981	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
19 March 1981	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
21 April 1981	48th Parliament assembled.
22 April 1981	State Opening of Parliament

Results

House of Assembly

New Ingrean general election, 7 March 1981 House of Assembly << 1978 – 1984 >>
Enrolled Voters		1,552,750
Votes Cast		1,419,214		Turnout	91.4%	+0.7%
Informal Votes		69,683		Informal	4.91%	+1.17%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Democratic Party	468,827	34.74%	+2.64%	60	+18
	National Party	411,337	30.48%	-6.36%	45	-14
	Workers Party	199,781	11.36%	+2.01%	6	-2
	Christian Democrats	70,580	5.23%	+1.36%	1	+1
	Labour Party	68,016	5.04%	-0.94%	2	-2
	Others	35,898	2.66%	+0.08	0	±0
	Independent	114,612	9.65%	+0.3%	1	-2
	Speaker	11,336	0.84%	+0.84%	1	+1
Total		1,349,530			116