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1944 Election Totals - Overall Election Results (Explain this table)
Party Districts Candidates Seats Won Votes %
Labor Party (includes 13 uncontested) 76 76 56 572,600 45.20
Country Party (includes 1 uncontested) 24 27 10 131,950 10.41
Lang Labor 23 24 2 118,174 9.33
Communist Party 5 5 .. 21,982 1.74
Democratic Party (includes 1 uncontested) 36 36 12 239,610 18.91
Liberal Democratic Party 16 16 .. 49,325 3.89
Independent Labor 10 12 .. 22,697 1.79
New Order Labor 1 1 .. 126 0.01
Australia's Labor Movement 1 1 .. 844 0.07
Independent Country Party 1 3 1 6,670 0.53
Independent Democrat 5 5 4 30,532 2.41
Independent (includes 1 uncontested) 18 19 5 72,431 5.72
Total Districts (Roll: 1,732,706) 90 225 90 .. 0.00
Contested District Totals (Roll: 1,433,166) 74 209 74 1,266,941 91.42
Persons Voting / Turnout 74 209 74 1,266,941 91.42
Informal Votes .. .. .. 43,329 3.31
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 299,540) 16 16 16 .. 0.00

There were 74 contested districts and 16 uncontested. Preferences were required in 19 districts, changing the result in 3.

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