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1959 Election Totals - Overall Election Results (Explain this table)
Party Districts Candidates Seats Won Votes %
Labor Party (includes 1 uncontested) 79 79 49 838,836 49.12
Liberal Party (includes 5 uncontested) 67 68 28 603,718 35.35
Country Party (includes 5 uncontested) 23 24 16 148,738 8.71
Communist Party 21 21 .. 24,784 1.45
Independents 20 22 1 61,939 3.63
Democratic Labor Party 25 25 .. 22,508 1.32
Independent Labor 1 1 .. 7,193 0.42
Total Districts (Roll: 2,075,268) 94 240 94 .. 0.00
Contested District Totals (Roll: 1,850,675) 83 229 83 1,707,716 94.00
Persons Voting / Turnout 83 229 83 1,707,716 94.00
Informal Votes .. .. .. 31,864 1.83
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 224,593) 11 11 11 .. 0.00

There were 83 contested districts and 11 uncontested. Preferences were required in 14 districts, changing the result in 5.

Seats Won by Party
Party Seats won
Labor Party Auburn
Balmain
Bankstown
Bathurst
Bondi
Bulli
Burrinjuck
Canterbury
Castlereagh
Cessnock
Cobar (Uncontested)
Concord (Preferences)
Cook's River (See By-elections)
Dulwich Hill
East Hills
Fairfield
Goulburn (Preferences)
Granville
Hamilton
Hartley
Hurstville (Preferences, Result Changed)
Illawarra
Kahibah
King
Kogarah
Kurri Kurri (See By-elections)
Lake Macquarie
Lakemba
Leichhardt
Liverpool
Liverpool Plains (See By-elections)
Maroubra
Marrickville
Merrylands
Monaro
Mudgee (Preferences)
Murrumbidgee (Preferences)
Newcastle
North Sydney (Preferences)
Paddington-Waverley (See By-elections)
Parramatta
Phillip
Randwick
Redfern
Rockdale (Preferences)
Ryde
Sturt
Sutherland
Wollongong-Kembla
Liberal Party Albury
Ashfield-Croydon (Preferences)
Blacktown (Preferences)
Burwood
Collaroy
Coogee (Preferences)
Cronulla
Drummoyne
Dubbo (Preferences, Result Changed)
Earlwood
Eastwood
Georges River
Gordon (Uncontested)
Gosford
Hawkesbury
Hornsby
Lane Cove
Maitland
Manly
Mosman
Nepean
Neutral Bay (Uncontested)
South Coast
Vaucluse (Uncontested)
Wagga Wagga
Willoughby (Uncontested)
Wollondilly
Woollahra (Uncontested)
Country Party Armidale
Barwon
Byron (Uncontested)
Casino (Uncontested)
Clarence (Uncontested)
Gloucester
Lismore (See By-elections)
Murray
Orange
Oxley
Raleigh (Preferences, Result Changed)
Tamworth (Uncontested)
Temora (Uncontested) (See By-elections)
Tenterfield
Upper Hunter (Preferences, Result Changed)
Young (Preferences, Result Changed)
Independents Waratah