NSW Elections - 1976 Results

1976 Election Totals - Overall Election Results (Explain this table)
Party	Districts	Candidates	Seats Won	Votes	%
Liberal Party	76	76	30	978,886	36.29
Country Party (includes 1 uncontested)	23	25	18	270,603	10.03
Australian Labor Party (includes 1 uncontested)	97	97	50	1,342,038	49.75
Democratic Labor Party	1	1	..	2,201	0.08
Australia Party	8	8	..	7,407	0.27
Communist Party	2	2	..	2,220	0.08
Socialist Workers Party	3	3	..	2,495	0.09
Workers Party	13	13	..	15,590	0.58
Independents	21	25	1	71,746	2.66
Independent Liberal	1	1	..	4,343	0.16
Total Districts (Roll: 2,989,786)	99	251	99	..	0.00
Contested District Totals (Roll: 2,943,248)	97	249	97	2,697,529	93.29
Persons Voting / Turnout	97	249	97	2,697,529	93.29
Informal Votes	..	..	..	48,220	1.76
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 46,538)	2	2	2	..	0.00

There were 97 contested districts and 2 uncontested. Preferences were required in 7 districts, changing the result in 2.

Seats Won by Party
Party	Seats won
Liberal Party	Albury Bligh Burwood Cronulla Davidson Dubbo (Preferences) Earlwood (See By-elections) Eastwood Fuller Gordon Hawkesbury Hornsby Kirribilli (Preferences) Ku-ring-gai Lane Cove Maitland Manly Miranda Mosman Murray (Preferences) Nepean Northcott Pittwater The Hills (See By-elections) Vaucluse Wagga Wagga Wakehurst Willoughby Wollondilly Yaralla
Country Party	Armidale Barwon Bathurst Burrendong Byron Clarence Gloucester Goulburn Lismore (Uncontested) Orange Oxley Raleigh Sturt Tamworth Temora Tenterfield Upper Hunter Young
Labor Party	Ashfield Auburn Balmain Bankstown Bass Hill Blacktown Blue Mountains Broken Hill (Uncontested) Burrinjuck Campbelltown Canterbury Casino (Preferences) Castlereagh Cessnock Charlestown Coogee Corrimal Drummoyne East Hills Fairfield Georges River Gosford (Preferences, Result Changed) Granville Heathcote Heffron Hurstville (Preferences, Result Changed) Illawarra Kogarah Lake Macquarie Lakemba Liverpool Maroubra Marrickville Merrylands Monaro (Preferences) Mount Druitt Munmorah Murrumbidgee Newcastle Parramatta Peats Penrith Phillip Rockdale Wallsend Waratah Waverley Wentworthville Wollongong Woronora
Independents	South Coast