Results of the 1944 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)
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This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1944 South Australian state election.
South Australian state election, 29 April 1944[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 289,032 | |||||
Votes cast | 255,883 | Turnout | 88.53% | +37.84% | ||
Informal votes | 8,229 | Informal | 3.22% | +1.26% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Liberal and Country | 113,536 | 45.84% | +8.29% | 20 | ± 0 | |
Labor | 105,298 | 42.52% | +9.27% | 16 | + 5 | |
Communist | 5,136 | 2.07% | * | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 16,439 | 6.64% | –17.97% | 3 | – 2 | |
Independent Labor | 5,587 | 2.26% | –0.76% | 0 | – 2 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,658 | 0.67% | –0.91% | 0 | – 1 | |
Total | 247,654 | 39 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Liberal and Country | 46.70% | * | ||||
Labor | 53.30% | * |