1947 Victorian state election
The 1947 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 8 November 1947 to elect 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
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Results
Legislative Assembly
Victorian state election, 8 November 1947[1][2] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,291,515 | |||||
Votes cast | 1,206,815 | Turnout | 93.44 | +5.46 | ||
Informal votes | 16,102 | Informal | 1.33 | −0.75 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 486,635 | 40.87 | −0.15 | 17 | −14 | |
Liberal | 442,451 | 37.16 | +16.65 | 27 | +17 | |
Country | 177,698 | 14.92 | −4.05 | 20 | +2 | |
Communist | 1,575 | 0.13 | −2.73 | 0 | ±0 | |
Independent | 82,354 | 6.92 | −3.57 | 1 | −2 | |
Total | 1,190,713 | 65 | ||||
gollark: We each have a 1/3 chance of winning the h, exciting.
gollark: I kind of prefer g, but I guess if it's a giveway I wouldn't mind h too.
gollark: "we like to look at things as if it all for us, as if something is so grand about us, in truth we can only be grand if we so choose, and can properly attain it. but if we can, then what ever IT is was never for us. and thus only a blip in time, our memory and all of action erased as if it was never there, what is so special about us? nothing really." sounds pretty nihilist.
gollark: No, seems like rebranded nihilism.
gollark: ...
See also
- Candidates of the Victorian state election, 1947
- 1946 Victorian Legislative Council election
References
- Election held on 8 November 1947, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
- Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (ISBN 0708102700).
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