New South Wales state election, 1971

New South Wales state election, 1971
New South Wales state election, 1971
New South Wales
1968 ←
13 February 1971 (1971-02-13)
→ 1973

All 96 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
  First party Second party
  Pat Hills.jpg
Leader Bob Askin Pat Hills
Party Liberal/Country coalition Labor
Leader since 17 July 1959 2 December 1968
Leader's seat Collaroy Phillip
Last election 53 seats 39 seats
Seats won 49 seats 45 seats
Seat change decrease4 increase6
Percentage 44.39% 45.02%
Swing decrease0.90 increase1.93

Premier before election

Bob Askin
Liberal/Country coalition

Elected Premier

Bob Askin
Liberal/Country coalition


Elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly were held in the state of New South Wales, Australia, on Saturday 13 February 1971. The Liberal-Country Party coalition government led by Sir Robert Askin won a third term in office. The Labor Party opposition was led by Pat Hills.

The Legislative Assembly had been enlarged by two members to 96 for the 1971 election. The seats of Sturt and Casino were established.

Contents

Key dates

Date Event
13 January 1971 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[1]
22 January 1971 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
13 February 1971 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
11 March 1971 The fourth Askin-Cutler Ministry was constituted.
16 March 1971 The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
16 March 1971 Parliament resumed for business.

Results

New South Wales state election, 13 February 1971[2][3]
Legislative Assembly
<< 19681973 >>

Enrolled Voters 2,457,021[1]
Votes Cast 2,291,484 Turnout 93.26 -0.93
Informal Votes 53,628 Informal 2.34 -0.29
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 1,007,538 45.02 +1.93 45 + 6
  Liberal 799,801 35.74 –2.73 32 – 4
  Country 193,509 8.65 –1.98 17 ± 0
  Democratic Labor 71,050 3.17 +0.89 0 ± 0
  Australia Party 23,689 1.06 +1.06 0 ± 0
  Def. of Govt Schools 10,850 0.48 +0.48 0 ± 0
  Communist 2,098 0.09 –0.18 0 ± 0
  Independent 129,321 5.78 +0.53 2 ± 0
Total 2,237,856     96  
1 There were 2,496,868 enrolled voters but 39,847 were enrolled in electorates (one Labor and one Country) which were uncontested at the election.

See also

  • Candidates of the New South Wales state election, 1971

Notes

  1. ^ Parliament of New South Wales. "1971 Election". http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/resources/nswelectionsanalysis/1971/Home.htm. Retrieved 6 February 2010. 
  2. ^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of New South Wales, Assembly election, 13 February 1971". http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=756. Retrieved 6 February 2010. 
  3. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1977). A handbook of Australian government and politics, 1965-1974. ANU Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-7081-1340-0. 

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