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1956 Election - Details of Voting and Turnout
District
Candidates
Roll
Formal
Informal
Informal %
Total
Turnout
Albury
2
20,851
19,193
173
0.89
19,366
92.88
Armidale
2
18,826
17,419
218
1.24
17,637
93.68
Ashfield
2
21,654
20,119
253
1.24
20,372
94.08
Auburn
4
21,653
20,058
365
1.79
20,423
94.32
Balmain
3
23,782
21,717
384
1.74
22,101
92.93
Bankstown
3
25,885
24,016
444
1.82
24,460
94.49
Barwon
2
17,418
14,794
140
0.94
14,934
85.74
Bathurst
2
17,297
16,368
147
0.89
16,515
95.48
Blacktown
2
29,716
27,377
451
1.62
27,828
93.65
Bondi
2
22,581
20,623
353
1.68
20,976
92.89
Bulli
3
20,977
19,421
227
1.16
19,648
93.66
Burrinjuck
2
19,416
18,402
153
0.82
18,555
95.57
Burwood
(Unc)
1
23,170
..
..
..
..
n.a.
Byron
2
17,800
16,199
198
1.21
16,397
92.12
Canterbury
2
21,858
20,273
275
1.34
20,548
94.01
Casino
(Unc)
1
15,071
..
..
..
..
n.a.
Castlereagh
2
19,008
15,987
134
0.83
16,121
84.81
Cessnock
3
20,258
19,255
295
1.51
19,550
96.51
Clarence
2
18,861
17,326
313
1.77
17,639
93.52
Cobar
(Unc)
1
15,493
..
..
..
..
n.a.
Collaroy
3
28,111
25,717
557
2.12
26,274
93.47
Concord
3
22,529
20,813
375
1.77
21,188
94.05
Coogee
3
21,638
19,697
334
1.67
20,031
92.57
Cook's River
4
22,597
20,858
516
2.41
21,374
94.59
Croydon
2
20,401
18,730
234
1.23
18,964
92.96
Drummoyne
2
22,704
21,197
360
1.67
21,557
94.95
Dubbo
3
19,094
17,600
200
1.12
17,800
93.22
Dulwich Hill
2
21,963
19,943
326
1.61
20,269
92.29
Earlwood
2
26,630
25,086
310
1.22
25,396
95.37
East Hills
3
32,831
30,152
656
2.13
30,808
93.84
Eastwood
(Unc)
1
25,843
..
..
..
..
n.a.
Fairfield
3
28,190
25,856
456
1.73
26,312
93.34
George's River
3
26,272
24,524
365
1.47
24,889
94.74
Gloucester
2
17,336
15,747
206
1.29
15,953
92.02
Gordon
(Unc)
1
23,841
..
..
..
..
n.a.
Gosford
5
21,275
19,523
356
1.79
19,879
93.44
Goulburn
2
17,323
16,390
97
0.59
16,487
95.17
Granville
3
23,573
21,792
440
1.98
22,232
94.31
Hamilton
2
17,500
16,438
157
0.95
16,595
94.83
Hartley
5
18,567
17,002
709
4.00
17,711
95.39
Hawkesbury
2
19,074
17,126
298
1.71
17,424
91.35
Hornsby
2
26,337
24,112
402
1.64
24,514
93.08
Hurstville
3
23,804
22,276
300
1.33
22,576
94.84
Illawarra
3
19,523
18,059
299
1.63
18,358
94.03
Kahibah
3
19,569
18,562
213
1.13
18,775
95.94
King
4
21,782
18,903
690
3.52
19,593
89.95
Kogarah
2
24,380
22,662
276
1.20
22,938
94.09
Kurri Kurri
2
19,713
18,507
285
1.52
18,792
95.33
Lake Macquarie
3
22,053
20,696
311
1.48
21,007
95.26
Lakemba
3
24,761
23,057
416
1.77
23,473
94.80
Lane Cove
2
23,616
21,671
316
1.44
21,987
93.10
Leichhardt
2
22,900
20,531
462
2.20
20,993
91.67
Lismore
3
17,594
16,143
109
0.67
16,252
92.37
Liverpool
(Unc)
1
24,927
..
..
..
..
n.a.
Liverpool Plains
4
17,863
16,658
139
0.83
16,797
94.03
Maitland
5
16,666
15,675
289
1.81
15,964
95.79
Manly
2
21,932
20,108
589
2.85
20,697
94.37
Maroubra
2
24,718
22,838
376
1.62
23,214
93.92
Marrickville
4
21,558
19,699
472
2.34
20,171
93.57
Monaro
3
16,229
14,926
161
1.07
15,087
92.96
Mosman
2
25,464
23,364
391
1.65
23,755
93.29
Mudgee
3
17,382
16,213
160
0.98
16,373
94.20
Murray
2
20,045
17,270
122
0.70
17,392
86.76
Murrumbidgee
2
19,740
17,365
223
1.27
17,588
89.10
Nepean
4
20,788
19,132
379
1.94
19,511
93.86
Neutral Bay
2
23,076
20,813
330
1.56
21,143
91.62
Newcastle
3
16,872
15,587
239
1.51
15,826
93.80
North Sydney
3
22,038
20,235
302
1.47
20,537
93.19
Orange
3
19,247
18,194
166
0.90
18,360
95.39
Oxley
3
19,782
18,244
174
0.94
18,418
93.10
Paddington
3
21,365
18,944
573
2.94
19,517
91.35
Parramatta
2
27,803
25,767
381
1.46
26,148
94.05
Phillip
3
21,432
18,891
832
4.22
19,723
92.03
Raleigh
(Unc)
1
20,611
..
..
..
..
n.a.
Randwick
3
21,354
19,556
347
1.74
19,903
93.21
Redfern
2
20,949
18,338
1,265
6.45
19,603
93.57
Rockdale
2
24,172
22,359
387
1.70
22,746
94.10
Ryde
2
25,786
23,960
436
1.79
24,396
94.61
South Coast
2
18,439
17,211
132
0.76
17,343
94.06
Sturt
3
16,890
14,433
287
1.95
14,720
87.15
Sutherland
2
30,202
28,200
377
1.32
28,577
94.62
Tamworth
2
19,709
18,124
163
0.89
18,287
92.79
Temora
2
17,132
15,588
152
0.97
15,740
91.87
Tenterfield
(Unc)
1
15,443
..
..
..
..
n.a.
Upper Hunter
2
17,096
16,073
99
0.61
16,172
94.60
Vaucluse
2
23,695
20,815
575
2.69
21,390
90.27
Wagga Wagga
2
18,260
16,993
144
0.84
17,137
93.85
Waratah
4
19,140
18,072
235
1.28
18,307
95.65
Waverley
3
21,855
19,418
425
2.14
19,843
90.79
Willoughby
2
23,719
21,768
271
1.23
22,039
92.92
Wollondilly
2
19,137
17,895
204
1.13
18,099
94.58
Wollongong-Kembla
3
18,934
17,448
293
1.65
17,741
93.70
Woollahra
2
24,634
20,599
1,010
4.67
21,609
87.72
Young
3
20,275
19,133
151
0.78
19,284
95.11