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The 1937 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 2 October 1937 to elect 45 of the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
On 21 March 1936, Patrick Denigan of the Labor Party won the seat of Allandale in a by-election following the death of UAP member Thomas Parkin. This changed the number of seats in the assembly to UAP 24, Labor 18. [1]
Victorian state election, 2 October 1937 [2] [3] | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 848,680 | |||||
| Votes cast | 786,492 | Turnout | 93.96 | −0.46 | ||
| Informal votes | 10,938 | Informal | 1.37 | −0.28 | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Labor | 322,699 | 41.03 | +3.10 | 20 | +2 | |
| United Australia | 311,168 | 39.56 | +3.39 | 21 | −3 | |
| United Country | 89,286 | 11.35 | −2.36 | 20 | ±0 | |
| Communist | 5,700 | 0.72 | −0.39 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Independent | 57,639 | 7.33 | −3.75 | 4 | +1 | |
| Total | 786,492 | 65 | ||||
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