AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946
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THE SENATE
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
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Enrolled voters:                  4,739,853         
Votes counted:                    4,453,941   94.0  
Informal votes:                     109,399   02.5  -01.0
Formal votes:                     4,344,542   97.5  +01.0
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Party                            Votes        %     Change   1946   +  1943  =  Total
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Liberal Party / Country Party     1,896,349   43.7  +13.3      3    +    -   =    3
Australian Labor Party            2,159,953   49.7  -00.5     15    +   18   =   33
Others                              288,240   06.6             -    +    -   =    -
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Total                             4,344,542                   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 1943, to give the total number of seats held by each party in the new Senate. 

The Liberal and Country parties ran joint tickets. The Liberals had two Senate places 
and the Country Party had one.