Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election
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This is a list of electoral district results for the 1956 New South Wales state election.[2]
New South Wales state election, 3 March 1956 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 2,011,258[lower-alpha 1] | |||||
Votes cast | 1,722,628 | Turnout | 93.27 | −0.59 | ||
Informal votes | 28,805 | Informal | 1.67 | −0.81 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 800,410 | 47.25 | −8.05 | 50 | −7 | |
Liberal | 611,342 | 36.09 | +8.15 | 27 | +5 | |
Country | 172,020 | 10.16 | −1.44 | 15 | +1 | |
Independent | 53,019 | 3.13 | +0.62 | 1 | +1 | |
Communist | 29,534 | 1.74 | +0.36 | 0 | − | |
Independent Labor | 14,950 | 1.88 | −0.19 | 1 | − | |
Lang Labor | 11,028 | 0.65 | +0.17 | 0 | − | |
All others | 1,502 | 0.09 | +0.09 | 0 | − | |
Total | 1,693,823 | 94 |