NSW Elections - 1938 Results

1938 Election Totals - Overall Election Results (Explain this table)
Party	Districts	Candidates	Seats Won	Votes	%
United Australia Party (includes 6 uncontested)	44	54	37	424,275	35.86
Country Party (includes 3 uncontested)	26	31	22	164,045	13.86
Australian Labor Party (includes 10 uncontested)	62	62	28	412,063	34.82
Industrial Labor	6	6	2	43,735	3.70
Communist Party	4	4	..	10,386	0.88
Independent	30	38	1	128,753	10.88
Total Districts (Roll: 1,607,833)	90	195	90	..	0.00
Contested District Totals (Roll: 1,268,980)	71	176	71	1,183,257	95.79
Persons Voting / Turnout	71	176	71	1,183,257	95.79
Informal Votes	..	..	..	32,237	2.65
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 338,853)	19	19	19	..	0.00

There were 71 contested districts and 19 uncontested. Preferences were required in 8 districts, changing the result in 1.

Seats Won by Party
Party	Seats won
United Australia	Albury Ashfield Bondi Burwood Concord Coogee (See By-elections) Croydon (See By-elections) Drummoyne Dulwich Hill (Preferences) George's River Gloucester Gordon (See By-elections) Hawkesbury Hornsby (Preferences) Hurstville (See By-elections) Kogarah Lane Cove (Uncontested) Maitland Manly Mosman Nepean (Preferences) Neutral Bay (Uncontested) North Sydney Orange Oxley Parramatta Petersham Randwick Ryde (See By-elections) South Coast (Uncontested) Tamworth (See By-elections) Vaucluse (Uncontested) Waverley (See By-elections) Willoughby (Uncontested) Wollondilly (Uncontested) (See By-elections) Woollahra Yass
Country Party	Armidale Ashburnham (Preferences) Barwon (See By-elections) Byron Casino (Uncontested) Castlereagh Clarence Cootamundra Dubbo Lachlan (Preferences, Result Changed) Lismore (Uncontested) Liverpool Plains Monaro Murray Murrumbidgee Namoi Raleigh Temora (Preferences) Tenterfield Upper Hunter (Uncontested) (See By-elections) Wagga Wagga Young
Labor Party	Annandale (Uncontested) Arncliffe Auburn Balmain (See By-elections) Bankstown (Uncontested) Bathurst Bulli Canterbury Cessnock Cobar (Uncontested) Glebe (Preferences) Goulburn Granville Hamilton (Uncontested) Hartley (Uncontested) Illawarra (Uncontested) King Kurri Kurri (Uncontested) Lakemba Leichhardt Mudgee Newcastle Newtown Paddington Phillip (Uncontested) Redfern (Uncontested) Sturt (Uncontested) Waratah
Industrial Labor	Botany Marrickville (Preferences)
Independent	Corowa