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Australian Federal Election, 1943

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Federal election major party leaders
Australian elections 1940 1943 1946 Australian elections
Labor John Curtin Prime Minister Parliament: 12 years Leader since: 1935 Division: Fremantle WIN
Country Arthur Fadden Opposition leader Parliament: 7 years Leader since: 1941 Division: Darling Downs

Federal elections were held in Australia on 21 August 1943. All 74 seats in the House of Representatives, and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia John Curtin defeated the opposition Country Party led by Arthur Fadden with coalition partner the United Australia Party led by Billy Hughes. Fadden had also served as Prime Minister for six weeks in 1941 as leader of the coalition, before independents switched their support to Curtin, giving him a majority in the lower house, thus taking government.

House of Reps (IRV) — 1943-46 — Turnout 96.32% (CV) — Informal 2.89%
	Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party	2,058,578	49.94	+9.78	49	style="border: solid thin; align=right"
^{(1 elected} _unopposed)
	United Australia Party	661,750	16.05	-14.17	12	-11
	Country Party	287,000	6.96	-6.74	7	-7
	Country-National Party (QLD)	166,419	4.04	*	3	+3
	Liberal Country Party (VIC)	145,665	3.53	*	1	+1
	One Parliament for Australia	87,112	2.11	*	0	0
	Country Party (QLD)	61,196	1.48	*	1	+1
	Lang Labor	29,752	0.72	-1.89	0	0
	Independents	501,054	12.15	+4.08	1	0
	Other	123,965	3.01		0	-4
	Total	4,122,491			74
	Australian Labor Party	WIN	58.20	+7.90	49	+17
	Country/UAP coalition		41.80	-7.90	19	-18

Senate (P BV) — 1943-46 — Turnout 96.31% (CV) — Informal 9.73%
Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats Won	Seats Held
Australian Labor Party	2,139,164	55.09	+17.57	19	22
Country/UAP (Joint Ticket)	995,910	25.65	-18.05	0
Country-National Party (QLD)	184,181	4.74	*	0	0
Liberal & Country League (SA)	148,419	3.82	*	0	0
Nationalist Country Party (WA)	101,738	2.62	*	0	0
Christian New Order (NSW)	101,247	2.61	*	0	0
Country Party	37,350	0.96	*	0	2
United Australia Party	*	*	-6.71	0	12
Other	175,161	4.51		0	0
Total	3,883,170			19	36