AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940
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THE SENATE
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
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Enrolled voters:                  4,239,486         
Votes counted:                    4,016,803   94.7    
Informal votes:                     383,986   09.6  -01.0
Formal votes:                     3,632,817   90.4  +01.0
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Party                            Votes        %     Change   1940   +  1937  =  Total
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United Australia / Country Party  1,831,138   50.4  +05.6     15    +    4   =   19
Australian Labor Party            1,363,072   37.5  -11.0      3    +   14   =   17
ALP (Non-Communist)                 274,861   07.6             -    +    -   =    -
Others                              152,428   04.5             -    +    -   =    -
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Total                             3,632,817                   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 1937, to give the total number of seats held by each party in the new Senate. 

The United Australia and Country parties ran joint tickets. The UAP had 16 Senate places 
and the Country Party had three.