1920 New South Wales state election [1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,154,437 | |||||
Votes cast | 648,709 | Turnout | 56.19 | −5.24 | ||
Informal votes | 62,900 | Informal | 9.70 | +8.68 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 252,371 | 43.08 | +0.45 | 43 | +10 | |
Nationalist | 175,280 | 29.92 | −17.52 | 28 | −24 | |
Progressive | 88,557 | 15.12 | +15.12 | 15 | +15 | |
Independent [a] | 28,410 | 4.85 | −2.55 | 1 | –3 | |
Democratic | 14,026 | 2.39 | +2.39 | 0 | ||
Soldiers & Citizens | 10,055 | 1.72 | +1.72 | 0 | ||
Ind. Nationalist | 9,357 | 1.60 | –0.87 | 2 | +1 | |
Socialist Labor | 6,143 | 1.05 | +0.99 | 1 | +1 | |
Women's | 1,610 | 0.27 | +0.27 | 0 | ||
Total | 585,809 | 90 |
The 1920 New South Wales state election was for 90 seats representing 24 electoral districts, with each district returning between 3 and 5 members.[1] This was the first election in New South Wales that took place under a modified Hare-Clark voting system. The average number of enrolled voters per member was 12,805, ranging from Sturt (11,539) to Sydney (13,478).[2]
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