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1859 Election Totals - Single Member Districts (Explain this table)
Category Districts Vacancies Candidates Votes %
Total Districts (Roll: 52,180) 58 58 120 .. ..
Contested District Totals (Roll: 41,056) 44 44 106 22,067 53.81
Persons Voting / Turnout 44 44 106 22,181 54.09
Informal Votes .. .. .. 26 0.12
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 11,124) 14 14 14 .. ..
General Districts - Contested (Roll: 38,656) 42 42 101 21,453 55.56
General Districts - Uncontested (Roll: 11,124) 13 13 13 .. ..
Gold Fields Districts - Contested (Roll: 2,400) 2 2 5 728 30.33
Gold Fields Districts - Contested (Roll: ) 1 1 1 .. ..

1859 Election Totals - 2 Member Districts
Category Districts Vacancies Candidates Votes %
Total Districts (Roll: 12,056) 7 14 25 .. ..
Contested District Totals (Roll: 10,579) 6 12 23 8,836 41.76
Persons Voting / Turnout 6 12 23 5,174 48.91
Informal Votes .. .. .. .. ..
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 1,477) 1 2 2 .. ..

1859 Election Totals - 4 Member Districts
Category Districts Vacancies Candidates Votes %
District Totals (Roll: 13,995) 2 8 16 21,250 37.96
Persons Voting / Turnout 2 8 16 7,097 50.71
Informal Votes .. .. .. .. ..

1859 Election Totals - Overall Election Results (Explain this table)
Category Districts Vacancies Candidates Votes %
Total Districts (Roll: 78,231) 67 80 161 .. ..
Contested District Totals (Roll: 65,630) 52 64 145 52,153 48.49
Persons Voting / Turnout 52 64 145 34,453 52.54
Informal Votes .. .. .. 26 0.08
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 12,601) 15 16 16 .. ..
General Districts - Contested (Roll: 63,230) 50 62 140 33,725 53.38
General Districts - Uncontested (Roll: 12,601) 14 15 15 .. ..
Gold Fields Districts - Contested (Roll: 2,400) 2 2 5 728 30.33
Gold Fields Districts - Contested (Roll: ) 1 1 1 .. ..

Electors were entitled to vote for as many candidates as there were vacancies to be filled. In the above tables, votes refer to the total of votes for each candidate, which means in multi-member districts, there could be more votes than electors. Ballots refers to the number of ballot papers counted, which corresponds to the number of persons voting. The persons voting values have been generally obtained from the NSW Statistical Register. Where a value has not been available, an estimate of the number of ballots has been calculated by dividing the number of votes by the number of vacancies.

It is not possible to simply add the number of votes in districts with different numbers of vacancies. The final overall totals has been calculated by weighting the total of votes to match the number of ballots cast. All tables estimate the overall totals based on the best available record of results.