Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election
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The 1927 New South Wales state election was for 90 electoral districts returning 90 members and all elections were held on 8 October 1927.
New South Wales state election, 29 October 1927 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,394,254[lower-alpha 1] | |||||
Votes cast | 1,150,767 | Turnout | 82.54 | +13.47 | ||
Informal votes | 15,086 | Informal | 1.31 | –2.06 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 488,306 | 43.00 | –2.99 | 40 | –6 | |
Nationalist | 437,050 | 38.48 | +1.41 | 33 | +1 | |
Country | 100,963 | 8.89 | –2.58 | 13 | +4 | |
Independent Labor | 32,217 | 2.84 | +2.58 | 2 | +2 | |
Ind. Nationalist | 30,061 | 2.65 | +2.06 | 2 | +1 | |
Protestant Labor | 7,264 | 0.64 | –1.47 | 0 | –1 | |
Independent Country | 4,316 | 0.38 | +0.38 | 0 | ±0 | |
Independents | 35,504 | 3.13 | +1.02 | 0 | –1 [lower-alpha 2] | |
Total | 1,135,681 | 90 |
This election took place after the Hare-Clark voting system was abolished and replaced with single member districts with optional preferential voting.[1]