NSW Elections - 1953 Results

1953 Election Totals - Overall Election Results (Explain this table)
Party	Districts	Candidates	Seats Won	Votes	%
Labor Party (includes 9 uncontested)	89	89	57	852,276	55.03
Liberal Party (includes 3 uncontested)	50	50	22	432,739	27.94
Country Party (includes 1 uncontested)	23	27	14	179,680	11.60
Independent	11	14	..	38,822	2.51
Independent Labor	2	2	1	16,533	1.07
Communist Party	15	15	..	21,421	1.38
Lang Labor	1	1	..	7,406	0.48
Total Districts (Roll: 1,953,953)	94	198	94	..	0.00
Contested District Totals (Roll: 1,692,231)	81	185	81	1,548,877	93.86
Persons Voting / Turnout	81	185	81	1,548,877	93.86
Informal Votes	..	..	..	39,416	2.48
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 261,722)	13	13	13	..	0.00

There were 81 contested districts and 13 uncontested. Preferences were required in 4 districts, changing the result in 3.

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