New South Wales state election, 19 September 1981 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 3,212,657 | |||||
Votes cast | 2,927,971 | Turnout | 91.14 | –1.63 | ||
Informal votes | 200,367 | Informal | 6.84 | +2.79 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
Labor | 1,412,426 | 51.78 | –3.13 | 8 | 24 | |
Liberal/National Coalition | 921,081 | 33.77 | –2.49 | 5 | 18 | |
Call to Australia | 248,425 | 9.11 | +7.80 | 1 | 1 | |
Democrats | 109,939 | 4.03 | +1.25 | 1 | 1 | |
Environmental Action | 18,056 | 0.66 | +0.66 | 0 | 0 | |
Republican | 10,184 | 0.37 | +0.37 | 0 | 0 | |
Progress | 3,121 | 0.11 | +0.11 | 0 | 0 | |
Social Democrats | 2,512 | 0.09 | +0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 24,786 | 0.07 | –0.83 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 2,727,604 | 15 |
This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 1981 New South Wales state election.