Australia 1943 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Australian Labor Party won 49 of 75 seats with 49.9% of the vote; 96.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Australia
- Held
Result
- Australian Labor Party49
- United Australia Party12
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia8
- Independents3
- Liberal and Country League1
- Liberal–National Coalition1
- Queensland Country Party1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 49 | 49.9 | 2,059,260 |
| United Australia Party | 12 | 16.0 | 661,750 |
| Independents | 3 | 12.8 | 529,271 |
| National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia | 8 | 6.3 | 260,521 |
| Liberal–National Coalition | 1 | 4.0 | 166,419 |
| Liberal and Country League | 1 | 3.5 | 145,665 |
| One Parliament for Australia | 0 | 2.1 | 87,112 |
| Communist Party of Australia | 0 | 2.0 | 81,816 |
| Queensland Country Party | 1 | 1.5 | 61,196 |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 0 | 1.0 | 42,149 |
Votes by party
- Australian Labor Party 2,059,260
- United Australia Party 661,750
- Independents 529,271
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia 260,521
- Liberal–National Coalition 166,419
- Liberal and Country League 145,665
- One Parliament for Australia 87,112
- Communist Party of Australia 81,816
- Queensland Country Party 61,196
- Liberal Democratic Party 42,149
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.
Share of the vote
Turnout
96.4% of the 4,407,507 registered voters cast a ballot (4,247,847 ballots). 4,124,911 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Australian Labor Party49.9% of votes65.3% of seats
- United Australia Party16.0% of votes16.0% of seats
- National (Country) Party / National Party of Australia6.3% of votes10.7% of seats
- Liberal–National Coalition4.0% of votes1.3% of seats
- Liberal and Country League3.5% of votes1.3% of seats
- Queensland Country Party1.5% of votes1.3% of seats
- One Parliament for Australia2.1% of votes0.0% of seats
- Communist Party of Australia2.0% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 13.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.3 by votes and 2.1 by seats; Australian Labor Party led United Australia Party by 33.9 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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