State election for New South Wales, Australia in March 1956
1956 New South Wales state election
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3 March 1956 (1956-03-03)
1959 →
All 94 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 48 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Leader
Joseph Cahill
Pat Morton
Party
Labor
Liberal/Country coalition
Leader since
2 April 1952
20 September 1955
Leader's seat
Cook's River
Mosman
Last election
57 seats
36 seats
Seats won
50
42
Seat change
7
6
Percentage
47.25%
46.25%
Swing
7.78
6.71
Two-candidate-preferred margin by electorate
Premier before election
Joseph Cahill
Labor
Elected Premier
Joseph Cahill
Labor
The 1956 New South Wales state election was held on 3 March 1956. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1952 redistribution. The election was for all of the 94 seats in the Legislative Assembly.
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