NSW Elections - 1971 Results

1971 Election Totals - Overall Election Results (Explain this table)
Party	Districts	Candidates	Seats Won	Votes	%
Liberal Party	76	76	32	806,866	36.06
Country Party (includes 1 uncontested)	23	24	17	193,509	8.65
Labor Party (includes 1 uncontested)	84	85	45	1,007,538	45.02
Democratic Labor Party	44	44	..	71,050	3.17
Australia Party	14	14	..	29,492	1.32
Defence of Government Schools	6	6	..	10,850	0.48
Communist Party	2	2	..	1,657	0.07
Socialist Alternative	1	1	..	441	0.02
Independent	36	47	2	112,463	5.03
Independent Liberal	1	1	..	3,091	0.14
Abortion Law Reform Association	1	1	..	899	0.04
Total Districts (Roll: 2,496,868)	96	301	96	..	0.00
Contested District Totals (Roll: 2,457,021)	94	299	94	2,237,856	93.26
Persons Voting / Turnout	94	299	94	2,237,856	93.26
Informal Votes	..	..	..	53,628	2.34
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 39,847)	2	2	2	..	0.00

There were 94 contested districts and 2 uncontested. Preferences were required in 16 districts, changing the result in 1.

Seats Won by Party
Party	Seats won
Liberal Party	Albury Ashfield (Preferences) Bligh Burwood Collaroy Coogee (Preferences) Cronulla Davidson Dubbo Earlwood Eastwood Fuller (Preferences) Gordon Hawkesbury (Preferences) (See By-elections) Hornsby Hurstville (Preferences) Kirribilli Lane Cove Maitland Manly Miranda (Preferences) Monaro Mosman (See By-elections) Northcott South Coast The Hills Vaucluse Wagga Wagga Wakehurst Willoughby Wollondilly Yaralla (Preferences)
Country Party	Armidale (See By-elections) Barwon Bathurst Byron (See By-elections) Clarence (Preferences, Result Changed) Gloucester Goulburn Lismore (Uncontested) Orange Oxley Raleigh Sturt (Preferences) Tamworth (Preferences) Temora Tenterfield Upper Hunter (Preferences) Young (Preferences)
Labor Party	Auburn Balmain Bankstown Bass Hill Blacktown Broken Hill (Uncontested) Burrendong Burrinjuck Campbelltown Canterbury Casino Castlereagh Cessnock Charlestown (See By-elections) Cook's River Corrimal Drummoyne East Hills Fairfield Georges River Gosford (Preferences) Granville Heathcote Illawarra King Kogarah Lake Macquarie Lakemba Liverpool Maroubra Marrickville Merrylands Mount Druitt Murrumbidgee Nepean (Preferences) Newcastle Parramatta Phillip Rockdale Wallsend Waratah Waverley Wentworthville Wollongong (Preferences) Wyong
Independent	Blue Mountains Murray (Preferences) (See By-elections)