AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949
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THE SENATE
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
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Enrolled voters:                  4,895,227         
Votes counted:                    4,697,800   96.0  
Informal votes:                     505,275   10.8  +08.3
Formal votes:                     4,192,525   89.2  -08.3
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Party                            Votes        %     Change   1949   +  1946  =  Total
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Liberal Party / Country Party     2,113,447   50.4  +07.1     17    +    9   =   26
Australian Labor Party            1,885,199   45.0  -07.1     13    +   21   =   34
Others                              193,879   04.6             -    +    -   =    -
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Total                             4,192,525                   30    +   30   =   60
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This table shows the number of seats won by each party at this election, plus the seats
won in 1946, to give the total number of seats held by each party in the new Senate. 

The continuing Senators include the 12 Senators elected to short-term vacancies in 1949
consequent upon the enlargement of the Senate.

The Liberal and Country parties ran joint tickets. The Liberals had 21 Senate places and 
the Country Party had five.