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1976 Election Totals - Overall Election Results (Explain this table)
Party Districts Candidates Seats Won Votes %
Liberal Party 76 76 30 978,886 36.29
Country Party (includes 1 uncontested) 23 25 18 270,603 10.03
Australian Labor Party (includes 1 uncontested) 97 97 50 1,342,038 49.75
Democratic Labor Party 1 1 .. 2,201 0.08
Australia Party 8 8 .. 7,407 0.27
Communist Party 2 2 .. 2,220 0.08
Socialist Workers Party 3 3 .. 2,495 0.09
Workers Party 13 13 .. 15,590 0.58
Independents 21 25 1 71,746 2.66
Independent Liberal 1 1 .. 4,343 0.16
Total Districts (Roll: 2,989,786) 99 251 99 .. 0.00
Contested District Totals (Roll: 2,943,248) 97 249 97 2,697,529 93.29
Persons Voting / Turnout 97 249 97 2,697,529 93.29
Informal Votes .. .. .. 48,220 1.76
Uncontested Districts (Roll: 46,538) 2 2 2 .. 0.00

There were 97 contested districts and 2 uncontested. Preferences were required in 7 districts, changing the result in 2.

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