Australian federal election, 1946

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Federal election major party leaders
Australian elections 1943 1946 1949 Australian elections
Labor Ben Chifley Prime Minister Parliament: 18 years Leader since: 1945 Division: Macquarie WIN
Liberal Robert Menzies Opposition leader Parliament: 12 years Leader since: 1945 Division: Kooyong

Federal elections were held in Australia on September 28, 1946. 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 Ben Chifley defeated the newly-formed opposition Liberal Party of Australia (descended from the United Australia Party) led by its founder Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden. Frank Forde also served as Prime Minister during July 1945.

House of Reps (IRV) — 1946-49 — Turnout 93.97% (CV) — Informal 2.45%

	Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party	2,159,953	49.71	-0.22	43	-6
	Liberal Party of Australia	1,241,650	28.58	+12.53	15	+3
	Country Party	464,737	10.70	+3.73	11	+4
	Liberal & Country League (SA)	161,170	3.71	*	2	+2
	Lang Labor	69,138	1.59	+0.87	1	+1
	Liberal Country Party (VIC)	28,999	0.67	-2.87	1	0
	Independents	79,452	1.83	-10.33	1	0
	Other	139,645	3.21		0	-4
	Total				74
	Australian Labor Party	WIN			43	-6
	Liberal/Country coalition				26	+7

Independent: Doris Blackburn

Senate (PBV) — 1946-49 — Turnout 93.97% (CV) — Informal 8.01%

	Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats Won	Seats Held
	Australian Labor Party	2,133,272	52.06	-3.02	16	33
	Liberal/Country (Joint Ticket)	1,561,718	38.12	+12.47	3
	Liberal Party of Australia	213,304	5.21	*	0	2
	Country Party	*	*	-0.96	0	1
	Other	189,032	4.61		0	0
	Total	4,097,326			19	36

References

• University of WA election results in Australia since 1890

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