Collocations for the word votes when used in the House of Representatives during the 1970s

Collocation	Frequency
postal votes	170
votes cast	93
informal votes	82
formal votes	46
primary votes	43
win votes	40
preference votes	33
total votes	33
many votes	32
buy votes	30
000 votes	21
votes recorded	21
get votes	19
votes would	15
votes received	14
votes polled	12
buying votes	11
free votes	11
votes yet	11
give votes	10
lose votes	10
valid votes	10
gain votes	9
votes also	9
absentee votes	8
one votes	8
senate votes	8
votes gained	8
votes may	8
votes one	8
votes taken	8
whose votes	8
extra votes	7
fewer votes	7
getting votes	7
house votes	7
party votes	7
votes per	7
yes votes	7
labor votes	6
votes obtained	6
winning votes	6
100 votes	5
absent votes	5
bought votes	5
combined votes	5
giving votes	5
losing votes	5
million votes	5
rural votes	5
votes counted	5
votes direct	5
votes let	5
10,000 votes	4
150 votes	4
180 votes	4
2,870,792 votes	4
australian votes	4
catch votes	4
cheap votes	4
country votes	4
earn votes	4
enough votes	4
multiple votes	4
parliament votes	4
salary votes	4
votes except	4
votes however	4
votes nobody	4
votes required	4
‘no votes	3
1,000 votes	3
13,045 votes	3
275 votes	3
943 votes	3
cast votes	3
counting votes	3
dlp votes	3
equal votes	3
gaining votes	3
member votes	3
minority votes	3
miserable votes	3
pad votes	3
person votes	3
political votes	3
purchase votes	3
take votes	3
territory votes	3
three votes	3
votes away	3
votes come	3
votes could	3
votes gets	3
votes labor	3
votes needed	3
votes particularly	3
votes plus	3
votes secondly	3
votes unfortunately	3