1953 New South Wales state election

1953 New South Wales state election

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All 94 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 48 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Joseph Cahill Vernon Treatt Party Labor Coalition Leader since 2 April 1952 20 March 1946 Leader's seat Cook's River Woollahra Last election 46 seats 46 seats Seats won 57 36 Seat change 11 10 Percentage 55.03% 39.54% Swing 8.3 6.9
Two-candidate-preferred margin by electorate
Premier before election Joseph Cahill Labor Elected Premier Joseph Cahill Labor

The 1953 New South Wales state election was held on 14 February 1953. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1952 redistribution.^[1] The election was for all of the 94 seats in the Legislative Assembly.