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1981 Election Totals - Overall Election Results (Explain this table)
Party	Districts	Candidates	Seats Won	Votes	%
Australian Labor Party	98	98	69	1,564,622	55.73
Liberal Party	78	78	14	775,463	27.62
National Country Party	21	21	14	314,841	11.21
Australian Democrats	43	43	..	71,297	2.54
Communist Party	4	4	..	6,150	0.22
Independent (includes 1 uncontested)	25	33	2	73,145	2.61
Socialist Party of Australia	2	2	..	2,209	0.08
Total Districts (Roll: 3,212,017)	99	279	99	..	0.00
Contested District Totals (Roll: 3,177,585)	98	278	98	2,807,727	91.17
Persons Voting / Turnout	98	278	98	2,807,727	91.17
Informal Votes	..	..	..	89,306	3.08
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 34,432)	1	1	1	..	0.00

There were 98 contested districts and 1 uncontested. Preferences were required in 7 districts, changing the result in 2. There was no absolute majority in 1 seat.

Seats Won by Party
Party	Seats won
Labor Party	Albury Ashfield Auburn Balmain Bankstown Bass Hill Bathurst Blacktown Bligh (Preferences) Blue Mountains Broken Hill Burrinjuck Burwood Cabramatta Camden (Preferences) Campbelltown Canterbury Cessnock Charlestown Clarence Coogee Corrimal Cronulla Drummoyne (See By-elections) Earlwood East Hills Elizabeth Fairfield Georges River Gladesville Gosford Granville Heathcote Heffron Hurstville Illawarra Ingleburn Kiama Kogarah (See By-elections) Lake Macquarie Lakemba Liverpool Maitland Manly (Preferences) Maroubra (See By-elections) Marrickville (See By-elections) Merrylands Miranda Monaro Murrumbidgee Newcastle Northern Tablelands Parramatta Peats Penrith Riverstone (See By-elections) Rockdale Ryde St Marys Seven Hills Swansea Tuggerah Wakehurst Wallsend Waratah Waverley Wentworthville Wollongong (Preferences, No Absolute Majority) Woronora
Liberal Party	Davidson Eastwood Gordon Hawkesbury Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Lane Cove Mosman Northcott Pittwater The Hills Vaucluse Wagga Wagga Willoughby (Preferences)
National Country Party	Barwon Byron Castlereagh Coffs Harbour Dubbo (Preferences, Result Changed) Gloucester Goulburn Lachlan Lismore Murray Orange Oxley Tamworth Upper Hunter
Independent	North Shore (Preferences, Result Changed) South Coast (Uncontested)