1948 Southern Rhodesian general election

1948 Southern Rhodesian general election
September 15, 1948 (1948-09-15)
All 30 seats in the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.51% ( 6.0 pp)
Party Vote % Seats +/–
United 56.33 24 +11
Southern Rhodesia Liberal Party 30.48 5 −7
Labour 13.01 1 −2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Composition of the Legislative Assembly after the election
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election
Godfrey Huggins
United Party		 Godfrey Huggins
United Party

General elections were held in Southern Rhodesia on 15 September 1948. They saw Prime Minister Godfrey Huggins regain the overall majority he had lost in the previous elections in 1946. Huggins' United Party won a landslide, reducing the opposition Liberal Party to a small minority.

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