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1938 Election Totals - Overall Election Results (Explain this table)
Party Districts Candidates Seats Won Votes %
United Australia Party (includes 6 uncontested) 44 54 37 424,275 35.86
Country Party (includes 3 uncontested) 26 31 22 164,045 13.86
Australian Labor Party (includes 10 uncontested) 62 62 28 412,063 34.82
Industrial Labor 6 6 2 43,735 3.70
Communist Party 4 4 .. 10,386 0.88
Independent 30 38 1 128,753 10.88
Total Districts (Roll: 1,607,833) 90 195 90 .. 0.00
Contested District Totals (Roll: 1,268,980) 71 176 71 1,183,257 95.79
Persons Voting / Turnout 71 176 71 1,183,257 95.79
Informal Votes .. .. .. 32,237 2.65
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 338,853) 19 19 19 .. 0.00

There were 71 contested districts and 19 uncontested. Preferences were required in 8 districts, changing the result in 1.

Seats Won by Party
Party Seats won
United Australia Albury
Ashfield
Bondi
Burwood
Concord
Coogee (See By-elections)
Croydon (See By-elections)
Drummoyne
Dulwich Hill (Preferences)
George's River
Gloucester
Gordon (See By-elections)
Hawkesbury
Hornsby (Preferences)
Hurstville (See By-elections)
Kogarah
Lane Cove (Uncontested)
Maitland
Manly
Mosman
Nepean (Preferences)
Neutral Bay (Uncontested)
North Sydney
Orange
Oxley
Parramatta
Petersham
Randwick
Ryde (See By-elections)
South Coast (Uncontested)
Tamworth (See By-elections)
Vaucluse (Uncontested)
Waverley (See By-elections)
Willoughby (Uncontested)
Wollondilly (Uncontested) (See By-elections)
Woollahra
Yass
Country Party Armidale
Ashburnham (Preferences)
Barwon (See By-elections)
Byron
Casino (Uncontested)
Castlereagh
Clarence
Cootamundra
Dubbo
Lachlan (Preferences, Result Changed)
Lismore (Uncontested)
Liverpool Plains
Monaro
Murray
Murrumbidgee
Namoi
Raleigh
Temora (Preferences)
Tenterfield
Upper Hunter (Uncontested) (See By-elections)
Wagga Wagga
Young
Labor Party Annandale (Uncontested)
Arncliffe
Auburn
Balmain (See By-elections)
Bankstown (Uncontested)
Bathurst
Bulli
Canterbury
Cessnock
Cobar (Uncontested)
Glebe (Preferences)
Goulburn
Granville
Hamilton (Uncontested)
Hartley (Uncontested)
Illawarra (Uncontested)
King
Kurri Kurri (Uncontested)
Lakemba
Leichhardt
Mudgee
Newcastle
Newtown
Paddington
Phillip (Uncontested)
Redfern (Uncontested)
Sturt (Uncontested)
Waratah
Industrial Labor Botany
Marrickville (Preferences)
Independent Corowa