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1869-70 Election Totals - Single Member Districts (Explain this table)
Category Districts Vacancies Candidates Votes %
Total Districts (Roll: 90,763) 52 52 116 .. ..
Contested District Totals (Roll: 70,125) 41 41 105 36,116 51.82
Persons Voting / Turnout 41 41 105 36,276 52.05
Informal Votes .. .. .. 226 0.62
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 20,638) 11 11 11 .. ..
General Districts - Contested (Roll: 61,035) 38 38 97 33,881 55.88
General Districts - Uncontested (Roll: 20,638) 11 11 11 .. ..
Gold Fields Districts - Contested (Roll: 9,090) 3 3 8 2,395 26.35

1869-70 Election Totals - 2 Member Districts
Category Districts Vacancies Candidates Votes %
District Totals (Roll: 14,449) 6 12 26 14,036 48.57
Persons Voting / Turnout 6 12 26 8,364 57.89
Informal Votes .. .. .. .. ..

1869-70 Election Totals - 4 Member Districts
Category Districts Vacancies Candidates Votes %
District Totals (Roll: 19,221) 2 8 18 36,985 48.10
Persons Voting / Turnout 2 8 18 10,873 56.57
Informal Votes .. .. .. .. ..

1869-70 Election Totals - Overall Election Results (Explain this table)
Category Districts Vacancies Candidates Votes %
Total Districts (Roll: 124,433) 60 72 160 .. ..
Contested District Totals (Roll: 103,795) 49 61 149 87,137 50.68
Persons Voting / Turnout 49 61 149 55,512 53.70
Informal Votes .. .. .. 226 0.41
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 20,638) 11 11 11 .. ..
General Districts - Contested (Roll: 94,705) 46 58 141 53,117 56.33
General Districts - Uncontested (Roll: 20,638) 11 11 11 .. ..
Gold Fields Districts - Contested (Roll: 9,090) 3 3 8 2,395 26.35

Electors were entitled to vote for as many candidates as there were vacancies to be filled. In the above tables, votes refer to the total of votes for each candidate, which means in multi-member districts, there could be more votes than electors. Ballots refers to the number of ballot papers counted, which corresponds to the number of persons voting. The persons voting values have been generally obtained from the NSW Statistical Register. Where a value has not been available, an estimate of the number of ballots has been calculated by dividing the number of votes by the number of vacancies.

It is not possible to simply add the number of votes in districts with different numbers of vacancies. The final overall totals has been calculated by weighting the total of votes to match the number of ballots cast. All tables estimate the overall totals based on the best available record of results.