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1988 Election Totals - Overall Election Results (Explain this table)
Party Districts Candidates Seats Won Votes %
Liberal Party 90 90 39 1,147,613 35.80
National Party 26 26 20 440,482 13.74
Australian Labor Party 109 109 43 1,233,612 38.48
Australian Democrats 34 34 .. 58,163 1.81
Call to Australia (Fred Nile) Group 8 8 .. 14,205 0.44
Socialist Party 2 2 .. 2,717 0.08
Nuclear Disarmament Party 1 1 .. 1,064 0.03
Illawarra Workers Party 2 2 .. 6,755 0.21
Independent 51 82 7 259,297 8.09
Independent Enterprise Freedom and Family 10 11 .. 39,194 1.22
Community Independents 1 1 .. 2,422 0.08
District Totals (Roll: 3,541,447) 109 366 109 3,205,524 93.58
Persons Voting / Turnout 109 366 109 3,205,524 93.58
Informal Votes .. .. .. 108,705 3.28

All 109 districts were contested. Preferences were required in 47 districts, changing the result in 11. There was no absolute majority in 22 seats.

Seats Won by Party
Party Seats won
Liberal Party Albury (Preferences)
Bathurst (Preferences, Result Changed, No Absolute Majority)
Bega (Preferences)
Blue Mountains (Preferences, No Absolute Majority)
Burrinjuck (Preferences, Result Changed)
Carlingford
Cessnock (Preferences, Result Changed, No Absolute Majority)
Cronulla
Davidson
Earlwood
Eastwood
Georges River (Preferences, Result Changed)
Gladesville (Preferences, Result Changed)
Gordon
Gosford
Hawkesbury
Heathcote (Preferences)
Hornsby
Hurstville
Ku-Ring-Gai
Lane Cove
Manly
Middle Harbour
Minchinbury (Preferences, No Absolute Majority)
Miranda
Mosman
Northcott
Parramatta (Preferences, No Absolute Majority)
Penrith (Preferences, Result Changed, No Absolute Majority)
Pittwater
Ryde (Preferences, Result Changed, No Absolute Majority)
Southern Highlands
Strathfield
Sutherland (Preferences)
The Entrance
The Hills (See By-elections)
Vaucluse (See By-elections)
Wagga Wagga
Wakehurst
National Party Ballina
Barwon
Castlereagh
Clarence
Coffs Harbour (See By-elections)
Dubbo
Goulburn
Lachlan
Lismore
Manning
Monaro (Preferences, Result Changed)
Murray
Murrumbidgee
Murwillumbah
Myall Lakes
Northern Tablelands
Orange
Port Macquarie
Tamworth
Upper Hunter
Labor Party Ashfield (Preferences, No Absolute Majority)
Auburn (Preferences)
Bankstown (Preferences)
Bass Hill
Blacktown
Broken Hill (Preferences)
Burragorang
Cabramatta
Camden (Preferences, No Absolute Majority)
Campbelltown (Preferences)
Canterbury (Preferences)
Charlestown (Preferences, No Absolute Majority)
Coogee (Preferences, No Absolute Majority)
Drummoyne (Preferences, No Absolute Majority)
East Hills
Fairfield (Preferences)
Granville (See By-elections)
Heffron (See By-elections)
Illawarra (Preferences, No Absolute Majority)
Keira (Preferences, No Absolute Majority)
Kiama
Kogarah (Preferences)
Lake Macquarie (Preferences, No Absolute Majority)
Lakemba (Preferences, No Absolute Majority)
Liverpool (See By-elections)
Londonderry (Preferences, No Absolute Majority)
Macquarie Fields (Preferences) (See By-elections)
Maitland (Preferences, No Absolute Majority)
Maroubra
Marrickville (Preferences)
McKell
Mulgoa
Peats (Preferences)
Port Stephens (Preferences, No Absolute Majority) (See By-elections)
Riverstone
Rockdale
Seven Hills (Preferences)
Smithfield (See By-elections)
Wallsend (See By-elections)
Waratah
Waverley (Preferences, No Absolute Majority)
Wentworthville (Preferences)
Wyong
Independent Balmain (Preferences, Result Changed, No Absolute Majority)
Bligh (Preferences, Result Changed, No Absolute Majority)
Newcastle (Preferences, Result Changed)
North Shore (Preferences) (See By-elections)
South Coast (Preferences)
Swansea (Preferences)
Wollongong (Preferences)