AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931
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THE SENATE
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
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Enrolled voters:                  3,649,954         
Votes counted:                    3,477,303   95.3      
Informal votes:                     341,980   09.8  +00.1
Formal votes:                     3,135,323   90.2  -00.1
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Party                            Votes        %     Change   1931   +  1928  =  Total
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United Australia / Country Party  1,737,611   55.4  +04.9     15    +   17   =   26
Australian Labor Party              901,181   28.7  -20.3      3    +    5   =    8
Australian Labor Party (NSW)        379,870   12.1             -    +    2   =    2
Others                              116,661   03.7             -    +    -   =    -
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Total                             3,135,323                   18    +   18   =   36
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This table shows the number of seats won by each party at this election, plus the seats
won in 1928, to give the total number of seats held by each party in the new Senate. Two
of the Labor Senators elected in NSW in 1928 had joined the ALP (NSW) ("Lang Labor").

The Nationalist and Country parties ran joint tickets. The UAP had 23 Senate places and 
the Country Party had six.