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1872 Election Totals - Single Member Districts (Explain this table)
Category Districts Vacancies Candidates Votes %
Total Districts (Roll: 111,893) 52 52 136 .. ..
Contested District Totals (Roll: 96,373) 44 44 128 45,019 47.38
Persons Voting / Turnout 44 44 128 45,390 47.76
Informal Votes .. .. .. 642 1.39
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 15,520) 8 8 8 .. ..
General Districts - Contested (Roll: 76,373) 41 41 119 40,538 53.77
General Districts - Uncontested (Roll: 15,520) 8 8 8 .. ..
Gold Fields Districts - Contested (Roll: 20,000) 3 3 9 4,852 24.83

1872 Election Totals - 2 Member Districts
Category Districts Vacancies Candidates Votes %
District Totals (Roll: 15,659) 6 12 23 13,066 41.72
Persons Voting / Turnout 6 12 23 7,656 48.89
Informal Votes .. .. .. .. ..

1872 Election Totals - 4 Member Districts
Category Districts Vacancies Candidates Votes %
District Totals (Roll: 20,382) 2 8 19 33,699 41.34
Persons Voting / Turnout 2 8 19 10,449 51.27
Informal Votes .. .. .. .. ..

1872 Election Totals - Overall Election Results (Explain this table)
Category Districts Vacancies Candidates Votes %
Total Districts (Roll: 147,934) 60 72 178 .. ..
Contested District Totals (Roll: 132,414) 52 64 170 91,784 45.78
Persons Voting / Turnout 52 64 170 63,494 48.44
Informal Votes .. .. .. 642 1.00
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 15,520) 8 8 8 .. ..
General Districts - Contested (Roll: 112,414) 49 61 161 58,642 52.64
General Districts - Uncontested (Roll: 15,520) 8 8 8 .. ..
Gold Fields Districts - Contested (Roll: 20,000) 3 3 9 4,852 24.83

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.