Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election

1917 New South Wales state election [1][2]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 1,109,830
Votes cast 616,146 Turnout 61.43 -6.81
Informal votes 6,332 Informal 1.02 –1.28
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Nationalist [a] 292,306 47.44 +1.17 52 +13
  Labor 262,655 42.63 −4.00 33 −16
  Independent 25,528 4.14 +1.86 3 +2
  Independent Labor 20,085 3.26 +1.88 1 0
  Ind. Nationalist 15,201 2.47 +0.03 1 +1
  Ind. Socialist Labor 371 0.06 –0.19 0 0
Total 616,146     90  

The 1917 New South Wales state election involved 90 electoral district returning one member each. If a candidate failed to achieve at least 50% of the vote in an electorate, a run-off election would take place in the following weeks. In this election, 8 electorates proceeded to second round elections.[1]

  1. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1917 election totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0708103057.


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