Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election

New South Wales state election, 3 July 1901 [1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 345,500
Votes cast 194,980 Turnout 62.84 +2.23
Informal votes 1,534 Informal 0.78 −0.14
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Liberal Reform 65,420 33.55 +0.66 37 −8
  Progressive 44,817 22.99 −20.04 42 −10
  Labour 35,952 18.44 +6.26 24 +5
  Independent 21,595 11.08 +8.09 12 +8
  Independent Liberal 16,770 8.60 +6.72 4 +3
  Ind. Progressive 6,533 3.35 −3.68 2 −2
  Independent Labor 3,565 1.83 +1.82 4 +4
  Socialist Labor 328 0.17 +0.17 0 ±0
Total 194,980     125  

The 1901 New South Wales state election was for 125 electoral districts, with each district returning one member.[1] The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or first-past-the-post voting system. In this election, in 32 electorates the winning candidate received less than 50% of the votes, while 13 were uncontested.[1] The average number of enrolled voters per electorate was 2,764, ranging from Wentworth (1,706) to Willoughby (4,854).[2]

Of the 125 members of the house prior to the election, 18 had been elected to the new federal parliament, while 7 did not contest the election,[a] and a further 17 were defeated at the election.[b] 81 members (65%) retained a seat after the election.

  1. ^ a b c Green, Antony. "1901 Totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Turnout". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Old members rejected". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 July 1901. p. 8. Retrieved 30 March 2020 – via Trove.


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