NSW Elections - 1956 Results

1956 Election Totals - Overall Election Results (Explain this table)
Party	Districts	Candidates	Seats Won	Votes	%
Labor Party (includes 2 uncontested)	83	83	50	800,410	47.25
Liberal Party (includes 3 uncontested)	69	69	27	611,342	36.09
Country Party (includes 3 uncontested)	23	24	15	172,020	10.16
Communist Party	28	28	..	29,534	1.74
Independent Labor	3	3	1	14,950	0.88
Independent Liberal	1	1	..	918	0.05
Independent	18	22	1	53,019	3.13
Lang Labor	3	3	..	11,028	0.65
Australian Republican Party	1	1	..	602	0.04
Total Districts (Roll: 2,011,258)	94	234	94	..	0.00
Contested District Totals (Roll: 1,846,859)	86	226	86	1,693,823	93.27
Persons Voting / Turnout	86	226	86	1,693,823	93.27
Informal Votes	..	..	..	28,805	1.67
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 164,399)	8	8	8	..	0.00

There were 86 contested districts and 8 uncontested. Preferences were required in 9 districts, changing the result in 2.

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