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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.
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 | ||||
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