Bjelkemander
Electoral effect
The putative reasons given for reducing the number of voters in remote and rural electorates have some validity. In 1949 the electorate of Gregory was larger in area than Great Britain, but contained fewer than 6000 voters.

Bjelkemander

Section Title: Electoral effect
Table Section Text: The putative reasons given for reducing the number of voters in remote and rural electorates have some validity. In 1949 the electorate of Gregory was larger in area than Great Britain, but contained fewer than 6000 voters.

Party	Votes cast	Percentage	Seats won	Percent of seats

Labor	424002	46.7	33	40.2

Liberal	201596	22.2	21	25

Country	181404	20.0	26	31.1

DLP	69757	7.7	0	0

Independent	23951	2.6	0	2.4

Other	6236	0.7	0	0

Invalid	14817	1.6	0	0

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Bjelke received 20% of the vote, a smaller percentage than the Liberals (22.2%) or Labor (46.7%).

final_sentence: Bjelke received 20% of the vote, a smaller percentage than the Liberals (22.2%) or Labor (46.7%).