Decline in 2 party dominance

• Table 2.9 shows the percentage of votes won by the main parties from 1979 to 2019
• Table 2.9 A decline in two-party dominance?
• General election year


  • 1979
  • 1983
  • 1987
  • 1992
  • 1997
  • 2001
  • 2005
  • 2010
  • 2015
  • 2017
  • 2019
• % of votes won by the two main parties

  • 80.8
  • 70.0
  • 73.0
  • 76.3
  • 73.9
  • 72.4
  • Ex
  • 67.6
  • Th
  • 65.1
  • re
  • CO
  • Te
  • 67.2
  • 82.3
  • 75.8
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