State election for New South Wales, Australia in March 1962
1962 New South Wales state election
← 1959
3 March 1962 (1962-03-03)
1965 →
All 94 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 48 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Leader
Bob Heffron
Bob Askin
Party
Labor
Liberal/Country coalition
Leader since
23 October 1959
17 July 1959
Leader's seat
Maroubra
Collaroy
Last election
49 seats
44 seats
Seats won
54
39
Seat change
5
5
Percentage
48.57%
44.22%
Swing
0.55
0.16
Two-candidate-preferred margin by electorate
Premier before election
Bob Heffron
Labor
Elected Premier
Bob Heffron
Labor
The 1962 New South Wales state election was held on 3 March 1962. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1961 redistribution. The election was for all of the 94 seats in the Legislative Assembly.
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