Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election information
State election for New South Wales, Australia in March 1956
New South Wales state election, 3 March 1956 Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters
2,011,258[a]
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
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1956 New South Wales state election.[2]
^Green, Antony. "1956 election totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856–2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
^Hughes, Colin A.; University, B.D. Graham. Department of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National (1975). Voting for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1890−1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0708103057.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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