Australian general election, 1946
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Federal elections were held in Australia on September 28, 1946. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Ben Chifley defeated by the newly-formed opposition Liberal Party of Australia (descended from the United Australia Party) led by its founder Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden. Frank Forde also served as Prime Minister during July 1945.
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Australian Labor Party | 2,159,953 | 49.71 | -0.22 | 43 | -6 | |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 1,241,650 | 28.58 | * | 15 | +15 | |
| Country Party | 464,737 | 10.70 | +3.73 | 11 | +4 | |
| Liberal and Country League | 161,170 | 3.71 | * | 2 | +2 | |
| Lang Labor | 69,138 | 1.59 | * | 1 | +1 | |
| Liberal Country Party (VIC) | 28,999 | 0.67 | -2.87 | 1 | 0 | |
| Independents | 79,452 | 1.83 | -10.33 | 1 | 0 | |
| Other | 139,645 | 3.21 | 0 | -4 | ||
| United Australia Party | 0 | -12 | ||||
| Total | 74 | |||||
| Australian Labor Party | WIN | 43 | -6 | |||
| LPA/NAT coalition | 26 | +7 |
Independent: Doris Blackburn
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats Won | Seats Held | |
| Australian Labor Party | 2,133,272 | 52.06 | -3.02 | 16 | 33 | |
| Liberal/National (Joint Ticket) | 1,561,718 | 38.12 | * | 3 | ||
| Liberal Party of Australia | 213,304 | 5.21 | * | 0 | 2 | |
| Country Party | * | * | -0.96 | 0 | 1 | |
| Other | 189,032 | 4.61 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4,097,326 | 19 | 36 |
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[edit] References
- University of WA election results in Australia since 1890
- AustralianPolitics.com 2PP vote
- Prior to 1984 the AEC did not undertake a full distribution of preferences for statistical purposes. The stored ballot papers for the 1983 election were put through this process prior to their destruction. Therefore the figures from 1983 onwards show the actual result based on full distribution of preferences. No figure available before 1949.
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