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1978 Election Totals - Overall Election Results (Explain this table)
Party Districts Candidates Seats Won Votes %
Labor Party 98 99 63 1,615,949 57.77
Liberal Party 78 78 18 754,796 26.98
Country Party 25 26 17 276,984 9.90
Australian Democrats 46 46 .. 74,019 2.65
Communist Party 5 5 .. 6,357 0.23
Socialist Workers Party 4 4 .. 4,467 0.16
Socialist Party 1 1 .. 2,115 0.08
Independents 18 18 1 56,039 2.00
Marijuana Party 1 1 .. 593 0.02
Independent Labor 1 1 .. 952 0.03
Truckers Against Government Group 1 1 .. 349 0.01
Independent Liberal 2 2 .. 4,722 0.17
District Totals (Roll: 3,085,661) 99 282 99 2,797,342 92.77
Persons Voting / Turnout 99 282 99 2,797,342 92.77
Informal Votes .. .. .. 65,274 2.28

All 99 districts were contested. Preferences were required in 10 districts, changing the result in 2.

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