The 1940 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 16 March 1940 to elect 44 of the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
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Several events had taken place since the previous state election on 2 October 1937, which had changed the breakdown of the parties in the Assembly:
Victorian state election, 16 March 1940[7][8] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 841,864 | |||||
Votes cast | 786,359 | Turnout | 93.41 | −0.55 | ||
Informal votes | 12,287 | Informal | 1.56 | +0.19 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
United Australia | 274,113 | 35.41 | −4.15 | 16 | −2 | |
Labor | 256,744 | 33.17 | −7.86 | 22 | +1 | |
United Country | 109,626 | 14.06 | −2.71 | 22 | ±0 | |
Liberal Country | 18,104 | 2.34 | +2.34 | 1 | ±0 | |
Communist | 2,935 | 0.38 | −0.34 | 0 | ±0 | |
Independent | 112,550 | 14.53 | +7.20 | 4 | +1 | |
Total | 774,072 | 65 |