AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943
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THE SENATE
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
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Enrolled voters:                  4,466,749         
Votes counted:                    4,301,655   96.3  
Informal votes:                     419,535   08.8  +00.2
Formal votes:                     3,882,120   90.2  -00.2
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Party                            Votes        %     Change   1943   +  1940  =  Total
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United Australia / Country Party  1,518,913   39.2  -11.2      -    +   14   =   14
Australian Labor Party            2,139,164   55.1  +17.6     18    +    4   =   22
Others                              225,043   05.7             -    +    -   =    -
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Total                             3,882,120                   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 1940, 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 12 Senate places 
and the Country Party had two.