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1978 Election - Details of Voting and Turnout
District
Candidates
Roll
Formal
Informal
Informal %
Total
Turnout
Albury
3
26,353
23,735
411
1.70
24,146
91.63
Armidale
3
25,627
23,773
349
1.45
24,122
94.13
Ashfield
2
33,391
29,093
1,130
3.74
30,223
90.51
Auburn
3
33,995
30,893
941
2.96
31,834
93.64
Balmain
4
32,054
27,327
1,006
3.55
28,333
88.39
Bankstown
3
33,780
30,960
855
2.69
31,815
94.18
Barwon
2
22,978
20,977
404
1.89
21,381
93.05
Bass Hill
3
33,235
30,485
848
2.71
31,333
94.28
Bathurst
2
24,886
23,262
254
1.08
23,516
94.49
Blacktown
3
35,635
32,483
1,186
3.52
33,669
94.48
Bligh
3
33,002
27,135
879
3.14
28,014
84.89
Blue Mountains
3
26,833
24,544
410
1.64
24,954
93.00
Broken Hill
3
21,299
19,133
417
2.13
19,550
91.79
Burrendong
2
25,105
23,360
338
1.43
23,698
94.40
Burrinjuck
2
22,114
20,735
301
1.43
21,036
95.13
Burwood
3
28,549
25,354
736
2.82
26,090
91.39
Byron
4
27,620
25,016
388
1.53
25,404
91.98
Campbelltown
5
46,901
43,058
986
2.24
44,044
93.91
Canterbury
2
33,518
29,623
1,290
4.17
30,913
92.23
Casino
4
23,964
22,372
273
1.21
22,645
94.50
Castlereagh
3
21,863
19,881
294
1.46
20,175
92.28
Cessnock
2
24,921
23,441
389
1.63
23,830
95.62
Charlestown
2
35,629
33,200
628
1.86
33,828
94.95
Clarence
3
31,221
28,701
418
1.44
29,119
93.27
Coogee
3
32,549
28,206
625
2.17
28,831
88.58
Corrimal
3
33,103
30,505
709
2.27
31,214
94.29
Cronulla
2
33,676
30,778
603
1.92
31,381
93.19
Davidson
2
31,060
28,431
522
1.80
28,953
93.22
Drummoyne
2
32,120
28,857
887
2.98
29,744
92.60
Dubbo
2
27,838
25,739
470
1.79
26,209
94.15
Earlwood
3
33,499
31,039
596
1.88
31,635
94.44
East Hills
3
33,173
30,917
545
1.73
31,462
94.84
Eastwood
3
33,517
30,553
537
1.73
31,090
92.76
Fairfield
3
34,860
30,884
1,458
4.51
32,342
92.78
Fuller
3
32,683
30,088
551
1.80
30,639
93.75
Georges River
3
34,045
31,629
514
1.60
32,143
94.41
Gloucester
3
27,872
25,758
404
1.54
26,162
93.86
Gordon
3
30,531
27,334
429
1.55
27,763
90.93
Gosford
4
36,051
33,585
384
1.13
33,969
94.22
Goulburn
3
24,175
22,777
268
1.16
23,045
95.33
Granville
4
31,191
28,109
932
3.21
29,041
93.11
Hawkesbury
2
40,156
35,884
1,083
2.93
36,967
92.06
Heathcote
3
33,751
31,373
523
1.64
31,896
94.50
Heffron
2
33,402
29,402
1,281
4.17
30,683
91.86
Hornsby
2
36,691
32,976
887
2.62
33,863
92.29
Hurstville
2
33,013
30,280
593
1.92
30,873
93.52
Illawarra
3
38,542
35,624
896
2.45
36,520
94.75
Kirribilli
2
26,514
22,245
712
3.10
22,957
86.58
Kogarah
2
34,838
31,514
897
2.77
32,411
93.03
Ku-ring-gai
2
33,127
29,555
592
1.96
30,147
91.00
Lake Macquarie
3
34,230
31,460
627
1.95
32,087
93.74
Lakemba
3
34,646
31,307
938
2.91
32,245
93.07
Lane Cove
3
32,310
28,764
552
1.88
29,316
90.73
Lismore
3
26,948
24,973
298
1.18
25,271
93.78
Liverpool
3
37,214
33,576
1,063
3.07
34,639
93.08
Maitland
2
28,751
27,235
419
1.52
27,654
96.18
Manly
4
32,102
28,567
678
2.32
29,245
91.10
Maroubra
3
32,852
29,500
846
2.79
30,346
92.37
Marrickville
3
36,355
30,551
1,505
4.69
32,056
88.17
Merrylands
3
36,629
33,342
1,046
3.04
34,388
93.88
Miranda
3
33,509
31,173
446
1.41
31,619
94.36
Monaro
4
26,231
23,468
497
2.07
23,965
91.36
Mosman
2
29,742
26,159
537
2.01
26,696
89.76
Mount Druitt
3
35,679
32,172
1,150
3.45
33,322
93.39
Munmorah
2
35,676
32,719
626
1.88
33,345
93.47
Murray
4
22,086
18,964
467
2.40
19,431
87.98
Murrumbidgee
4
23,800
21,829
385
1.73
22,214
93.34
Nepean
3
40,125
36,938
602
1.60
37,540
93.56
Newcastle
2
27,316
24,944
579
2.27
25,523
93.44
Northcott
3
35,519
32,653
460
1.39
33,113
93.23
Orange
2
26,184
24,269
461
1.86
24,730
94.45
Oxley
2
28,276
26,398
388
1.45
26,786
94.73
Parramatta
3
33,705
30,161
744
2.41
30,905
91.69
Peats
4
39,494
36,143
795
2.15
36,938
93.53
Penrith
2
40,618
36,763
1,145
3.02
37,908
93.33
Phillip
4
31,143
25,480
1,043
3.93
26,523
85.17
Pittwater
4
31,495
27,628
764
2.69
28,392
90.15
Raleigh
2
26,351
24,559
306
1.23
24,865
94.36
Rockdale
3
32,229
28,795
953
3.20
29,748
92.30
South Coast
2
33,684
31,055
505
1.60
31,560
93.69
Sturt
2
22,268
20,598
280
1.34
20,878
93.76
Tamworth
4
28,070
26,275
362
1.36
26,637
94.89
Temora
2
20,687
19,026
301
1.56
19,327
93.43
Tenterfield
2
21,611
19,912
274
1.36
20,186
93.41
The Hills
3
34,699
32,149
504
1.54
32,653
94.10
Upper Hunter
2
27,159
25,415
436
1.69
25,851
95.18
Vaucluse
3
29,907
25,604
882
3.33
26,486
88.56
Wagga Wagga
3
25,978
23,703
354
1.47
24,057
92.61
Wakehurst
2
34,236
30,395
938
2.99
31,333
91.52
Wallsend
2
37,978
35,554
723
1.99
36,277
95.52
Waratah
3
31,376
29,047
687
2.31
29,734
94.77
Waverley
5
28,675
23,839
891
3.60
24,730
86.24
Wentworthville
3
36,864
33,996
867
2.49
34,863
94.57
Willoughby
4
29,963
26,294
832
3.07
27,126
90.53
Wollondilly
4
32,961
30,357
475
1.54
30,832
93.54
Wollongong
4
31,659
28,448
1,046
3.55
29,494
93.16
Woronora
3
34,889
31,965
520
1.60
32,485
93.11
Yaralla
3
31,819
28,725
697
2.37
29,422
92.47
Young
2
23,513
21,912
351
1.58
22,263
94.68