NSW Elections - 1947 Results

1947 Election Totals - Overall Election Results (Explain this table)
Party	Districts	Candidates	Seats Won	Votes	%
Labor Party (includes 5 uncontested)	77	77	52	730,194	45.95
Liberal Party	48	49	18	470,485	29.60
Country Party (includes 3 uncontested)	29	30	15	162,467	10.22
Lang Labor	13	13	2	64,851	4.08
Independent Labor	3	3	..	13,917	0.88
Communist Party	15	15	..	27,237	1.71
Independent	20	25	2	94,163	5.92
Independent Liberal	1	1	..	7,789	0.49
Liberal-Country	2	2	1	14,801	0.93
Protestant Labor	2	2	..	3,361	0.21
Total Districts (Roll: 1,852,787)	90	217	90	..	0.00
Contested District Totals (Roll: 1,713,921)	82	209	82	1,589,265	94.61
Persons Voting / Turnout	82	209	82	1,589,265	94.61
Informal Votes	..	..	..	32,262	1.99
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 138,866)	8	8	8	..	0.00

There were 82 contested districts and 8 uncontested. Preferences were required in 11 districts, changing the result in 3.

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