1959 New South Wales state election

1959 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 Pat Morton
Party Labor Liberal/Country coalition
Leader since 2 April 1952 20 September 1955
Leader's seat Cook's River Mosman
Last election 50 seats 42 seats
Seats won 49 44
Seat change Decrease1 Increase2
Percentage 49.12% 44.06%
Swing Increase1.87 Decrease2.19

Two-candidate-preferred margin by electorate

Premier before election

Joseph Cahill
Labor

Elected Premier

Joseph Cahill
Labor

The 1959 New South Wales state election was held on 21 March 1959. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1957 redistribution.[1] The election was for all of the 94 seats in the Legislative Assembly.

  1. ^ "1957 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.