NSW Elections - 1965 Results

1965 Election Totals - Overall Election Results (Explain this table)
Party	Districts	Candidates	Seats Won	Votes	%
Labor Party (includes 1 uncontested)	86	86	45	883,824	43.31
Liberal Party	75	75	31	807,868	39.59
Country Party (includes 1 uncontested)	25	26	16	208,826	10.23
Democratic Labor Party	28	28	..	43,109	2.11
Communist Party	13	13	..	13,082	0.64
Independent Liberal	2	2	1	20,400	1.00
Independent	25	33	1	63,680	3.12
Total Districts (Roll: 2,256,568)	94	263	94	..	0.00
Contested District Totals (Roll: 2,218,550)	92	261	92	2,040,789	93.91
Persons Voting / Turnout	92	261	92	2,040,789	93.91
Informal Votes	..	..	..	42,572	2.04
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 38,018)	2	2	2	..	0.00

There were 92 contested districts and 2 uncontested. Preferences were required in 18 districts, changing the result in 8.

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