Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly)

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1976 New South Wales state election.^[1]

New South Wales state election, 1 May 1976[1][2][3] Legislative Assembly << 1973–1978 >>
Enrolled voters		2,943,248[a]
Votes cast		2,745,749		Turnout	93.29	+0.78
Informal votes		48,220		Informal	1.76	–0.94
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	1,342,038	49.75	+6.82	50	+ 6
	Liberal	978,886	36.29	+2.44	30	– 4
	Country	270,603	10.03	–0.45	18	± 0
	Workers	15,598	0.58	+0.58	0	± 0
	Australia	7,407	0.27	–3.93	0	± 0
	Socialist Workers	2,495	0.09	+0.09	0	± 0
	Communist	2,220	0.08	+0.05	0	± 0
	Democratic Labor	2,201	0.08	–5.88	0	– 1
	Independent	76,089	2.82	+0.28	1	– 1
Total		2,697,529			99

Results by Electoral district

Albury

1976 New South Wales state election: Albury ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Mackie	13,195	58.2	+1.5
	Labor	Kevin Esler	9,498	41.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			22,693	98.4	+0.1
Informal votes			361	1.6	−0.1
Turnout			23,054	92.2	−0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.2

Armidale

1976 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Leitch	13,078	56.6	−3.1
	Labor	Hubert Legge	10,024	43.4	+7.2
Total formal votes			23,102	98.7	0.0
Informal votes			297	1.3	0.0
Turnout			23,399	93.0	−1.4
	Country hold		Swing	−6.4

Ashfield

1976 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Whelan	16,111	53.5	+11.4
	Liberal	Alwyn Innes	13,189	43.8	−3.6
	Independent	Warren Wilson	443	1.5	+1.5
	Australia	Clifford Bros	373	1.2	−4.4
Total formal votes			30,116	98.0	+1.5
Informal votes			606	2.0	−1.5
Turnout			30,722	91.6	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Whelan	16,594	55.1	+8.7
	Liberal	Alwyn Innes	13,522	44.9	−8.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.7

Auburn

1976 New South Wales state election: Auburn ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Cox	20,955	65.3	+2.5
	Liberal	Stephen Sim	11,132	34.7	+3.9
Total formal votes			32,087	97.4	+0.4
Informal votes			856	2.6	−0.4
Turnout			32,943	94.6	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.2

Balmain

1976 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roger Degen	19,204	67.3	−1.9
	Liberal	Jeffrey Thompson	7,054	24.7	+24.7
	Socialist Workers	Juanita Keig	1,002	3.5	+3.5
	Communist	Peter Cockroft	680	2.4	+2.4
	Independent	Donald Henderson	615	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			28,555	97.0	+2.4
Informal votes			875	3.0	−2.4
Turnout			29,430	89.2	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Degen	21,188	74.2	−2.3
	Liberal	Jeffrey Thompson	7,367	25.8	+25.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.3

Bankstown

1976 New South Wales state election: Bankstown ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Kearns	20,619	65.5	+3.5
	Liberal	John Ghent	10,872	34.5	+0.7
Total formal votes			31,491	98.0	+1.0
Informal votes			657	2.0	−1.0
Turnout			32,148	94.2	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.7

Barwon

1976 New South Wales state election: Barwon ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Wal Murray	11,999	58.5	−17.0
	Labor	Marshall Duncan	8,504	41.5	+41.5
Total formal votes			20,503	98.6	−2.4
Informal votes			294	1.4	+2.4
Turnout			20,797	93.6	+1.9
	Country hold		Swing	−17.0

Bass Hill

1976 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neville Wran	19,684	64.6	+3.9
	Liberal	Terence Shanahan	10,788	35.4	−3.9
Total formal votes			30,472	97.8	+1.4
Informal votes			694	2.2	−1.4
Turnout			31,166	94.5	0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.9

Bathurst

1976 New South Wales state election: Bathurst ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Clive Osborne	11,416	50.5	−9.4
	Labor	Mark Worthington	9,965	44.1	+7.6
	Independent	Peter Foster	1,215	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			22,596	99.1	+0.3
Informal votes			209	0.9	−0.3
Turnout			22,805	95.3	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Clive Osborne	11,981	53.0	−9.8
	Labor	Mark Worthington	10,615	47.0	+9.8
	Country hold		Swing	−9.8

Blacktown

1976 New South Wales state election: Blacktown ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Barnier	19,590	62.9	+4.6
	Liberal	John Lyon	10,436	33.5	+1.5
	Independent	Raymond Ferguson	1,127	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			31,153	97.7	+2.4
Informal votes			725	2.3	−2.4
Turnout			31,878	95.1	+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Barnier	20,163	64.7	+2.0
	Liberal	John Lyon	10,990	35.3	−2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

Bligh

1976 New South Wales state election: Bligh ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Barraclough	16,868	57.4	−8.9
	Labor	Mairi Petersen	9,462	32.2	+32.2
	Independent	Graeme Donkin	1,121	3.8	+3.8
	Workers	John Curvers	1,085	3.7	+3.7
	Independent	Alexander Nash	872	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			29,408	97.7	+2.6
Informal votes			706	2.3	−2.6
Turnout			30,114	87.6	+3.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Barraclough	18,750	63.8	−6.2
	Labor	Mairi Petersen	10,658	36.2	+36.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.2

Blue Mountains

1976 New South Wales state election: Blue Mountains ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Clough	11,957	50.5	+8.6
	Independent	Harold Coates	11,721	49.5	−5.4
Total formal votes			23,678	98.3	−0.3
Informal votes			410	1.7	+0.3
Turnout			24,088	93.5	−0.5
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	+7.0

Broken Hill

1976 New South Wales state election: Broken Hill ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lew Johnstone	unopposed
	Labor hold

Burrendong

1976 New South Wales state election: Burrendong ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roger Wotton	12,923	57.9	+13.6
	Labor	Reynold Toyer	9,399	42.1	−0.7
Total formal votes			22,322	99.0	0.0
Informal votes			232	1.0	0.0
Turnout			22,554	94.4	0.0
	Country hold		Swing	+4.1

Burrinjuck

1976 New South Wales state election: Burrinjuck ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Terry Sheahan	12,028	58.8	+9.8
	Country	Thomas Glover	8,416	41.2	+13.1
Total formal votes			20,444	99.1	+0.9
Informal votes			188	0.9	−0.9
Turnout			20,632	95.4	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.8

Burwood

1976 New South Wales state election: Burwood ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Jackett	14,680	55.4	−1.8
	Labor	Peter Woods	10,687	40.3	+4.0
	Workers	John Coles	1,137	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			26,504	98.0	+1.0
Informal votes			550	2.0	−1.0
Turnout			27,054	92.3	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Jackett	15,476	58.4	−4.0
	Labor	Peter Woods	11,028	41.6	+4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.0

Byron

1976 New South Wales state election: Byron ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jack Boyd	13,396	59.9	−1.9
	Labor	Keith Enderbury	8,979	40.1	+7.3
Total formal votes			22,375	98.6	−0.1
Informal votes			318	1.4	+0.1
Turnout			22,693	91.2	−1.3
	Country hold		Swing	−4.4

Campbelltown

1976 New South Wales state election: Campbelltown ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cliff Mallam	20,685	58.9	+7.2
	Liberal	Robert Barton	14,429	41.1	−0.7
Total formal votes			35,114	97.5	+0.2
Informal votes			907	2.5	−0.2
Turnout			36,021	94.7	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

Canterbury

1976 New South Wales state election: Canterbury ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Stewart	19,581	64.3	+5.5
	Liberal	Marjorie Pennington	10,889	35.7	−0.4
Total formal votes			30,470	96.8	+0.4
Informal votes			990	3.2	−0.4
Turnout			31,460	92.6	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.4

Casino

1976 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Day	10,829	49.9	+2.8
	Country	Donald McRae	5,677	26.2	+3.8
	Country	Leslie Isaac	5,186	23.9	+23.9
Total formal votes			21,692	99.1	0.0
Informal votes			193	0.9	0.0
Turnout			21,885	94.6	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Day	11,197	51.6	+0.6
	Country	Donald McRae	10,495	48.4	−0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

Castlereagh

1976 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	10,151	51.2	+0.9
	Country	Albert Green	7,346	37.0	+1.1
	Liberal	John Browne	2,349	11.8	−2.0
Total formal votes			19,846	99.1	+0.6
Informal votes			172	0.9	−0.6
Turnout			20,018	93.7	+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	10,386	52.3	+1.0
	Country	Albert Green	9,460	47.7	−1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

Cessnock

1976 New South Wales state election: Cessnock ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Neilly	17,814	77.0	−1.1
	Liberal	Suzan Ross-Gowan	5,327	23.0	+23.0
Total formal votes			23,141	98.7	+1.3
Informal votes			310	1.3	−1.3
Turnout			23,451	96.0	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.1

Charlestown

1976 New South Wales state election: Charlestown ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Richard Face	20,019	61.7	+7.8
	Liberal	Thomas Ford	12,455	38.3	+1.6
Total formal votes			32,474	98.6	+0.6
Informal votes			472	1.4	−0.6
Turnout			32,946	95.3	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

Clarence

1976 New South Wales state election: Clarence ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Matt Singleton	16,905	63.7	−0.2
	Labor	Colin Clague	9,613	36.3	+7.4
Total formal votes			26,518	98.7	+0.1
Informal votes			346	1.3	−0.1
Turnout			26,864	94.0	−0.4
	Country hold		Swing	−4.4

Coogee

1976 New South Wales state election: Coogee ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Cleary	16,265	53.7	+8.2
	Liberal	Phillip Billings	14,036	46.3	+1.2
Total formal votes			30,301	97.9	+0.8
Informal votes			662	2.1	−0.8
Turnout			30,963	89.7	+1.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.7

Corrimal

1976 New South Wales state election: Corrimal ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Kelly	18,701	63.1	+5.0
	Liberal	Peter Atkins	10,929	36.9	+8.5
Total formal votes			29,630	97.6	+0.4
Informal votes			715	2.4	−0.4
Turnout			30,345	94.5	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.7

Cronulla

1976 New South Wales state election: Cronulla ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Griffith	15,960	51.2	+0.4
	Labor	Michael Egan	14,045	45.1	+4.9
	Workers	Ian Scott	1,147	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			31,152	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			337	1.1	−0.3
Turnout			31,489	94.0	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Griffith	16,763	53.8	−0.9
	Labor	Michael Egan	14,389	46.2	+0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.9

Davidson

1976 New South Wales state election: Davidson ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dick Healey	18,209	66.4	+5.1
	Labor	Raymond Graham	9,226	33.6	+10.0
Total formal votes			27,435	98.4	+0.2
Informal votes			451	1.6	−0.2
Turnout			27,886	94.6	+0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.6

Drummoyne

1976 New South Wales state election: Drummoyne ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Maher	16,483	56.3	+6.5
	Liberal	James Reid	11,843	40.5	−4.6
	Workers	Hugh Frazer	949	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			29,275	98.2	+1.2
Informal votes			520	1.8	−1.2
Turnout			29,795	93.6	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Maher	16,768	57.3	+6.6
	Liberal	James Reid	12,507	42.7	−6.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.6

Dubbo

1976 New South Wales state election: Dubbo ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Mason	9,942	40.4	−20.4
	Labor	Damian Hession	7,728	31.4	−2.6
	Independent	Gerry Peacocke	6,939	28.2	+28.2
Total formal votes			24,609	99.3	+0.5
Informal votes			166	0.7	−0.5
Turnout			24,775	94.6	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Mason	15,612	63.4	−1.6
	Labor	Damian Hession	8,997	36.6	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.6

Earlwood

1976 New South Wales state election: Earlwood ^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	17,111	54.5	+2.9
	Labor	Ken Gabb	14,259	45.5	+6.8
Total formal votes			31,370	98.5	+1.3
Informal votes			471	1.5	−1.3
Turnout			31,841	95.3	+0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.2

East Hills

1976 New South Wales state election: East Hills ^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Rogan	20,095	64.8	+10.4
	Liberal	George Edgell	10,905	35.2	+2.4
Total formal votes			31,000	98.3	+0.5
Informal votes			521	1.7	−0.5
Turnout			31,521	95.0	−0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

Eastwood

1976 New South Wales state election: Eastwood ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Clough	19,875	64.7	+2.2
	Labor	Robert Cummins	10,865	35.3	+35.3
Total formal votes			30,740	98.8	+1.5
Informal votes			380	1.2	−1.5
Turnout			31,120	94.2	+1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.7

Fairfield

1976 New South Wales state election: Fairfield ^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Bedford	20,777	69.2	+5.2
	Liberal	Charles Rogers	9,271	30.8	+2.5
Total formal votes			30,048	96.6	+1.6
Informal votes			1,052	3.4	−1.6
Turnout			31,100	93.6	+1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

Fuller

1976 New South Wales state election: Fuller ^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	15,682	52.2	+2.4
	Labor	Rodney Cavalier	13,312	44.3	+8.6
	Australia	Christopher Dunkerley	1,031	3.4	−3.4
Total formal votes			30,025	98.7	+1.1
Informal votes			382	1.3	−1.1
Turnout			30,407	93.7	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	16,023	53.4	−1.9
	Labor	Rodney Cavalier	14,002	46.6	+1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.9

Georges River

1976 New South Wales state election: Georges River ^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Walker	16,929	52.8	+7.4
	Liberal	Maxwell Gibson	15,111	47.2	+2.8
Total formal votes			32,040	98.6	+0.7
Informal votes			448	1.4	−0.7
Turnout			32,488	95.5	+0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.1

Gloucester

1976 New South Wales state election: Gloucester ^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Leon Punch	14,160	61.6	−3.6
	Labor	Johannes Winkelman	6,723	29.3	+7.0
	Independent	Herbert Collins	2,085	9.1	−3.4
Total formal votes			22,968	99.1	+0.5
Informal votes			219	0.9	−0.5
Turnout			23,187	93.8	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leon Punch	15,886	69.2	−6.0
	Labor	Johannes Winkelman	7,082	30.8	+6.0
	Country hold		Swing	−6.0

Gordon

1976 New South Wales state election: Gordon ^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tim Moore	18,168	64.9	+64.9
	Labor	Margaret Atkin	4,695	16.8	−3.8
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Harrold	2,201	7.9	−71.5
	Independent	John Harris	1,789	6.4	+6.4
	Workers	Christopher Brown	1,147	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			28,000	98.8	+2.5
Informal votes			349	1.2	−2.5
Turnout			28,349	93.2	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tim Moore	22,815	81.5	+81.5
	Labor	Margaret Atkin	5,185	18.5	−2.1
	Liberal gain from Democratic Labor		Swing	N/A

Gosford

1976 New South Wales state election: Gosford ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Brooks	14,534	48.9	−3.8
	Labor	Brian McGowan	14,347	48.3	+4.7
	Australia	Barry Phillips	855	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			29,736	98.9	+0.6
Informal votes			329	1.1	−0.6
Turnout			30,065	94.7	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian McGowan	14,905	50.1	+5.8
	Liberal	Malcolm Brooks	14,831	49.9	−5.8
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.8

Goulburn

1976 New South Wales state election: Goulburn ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ron Brewer	12,091	54.6	−9.4
	Labor	Brian Lulham	10,044	45.4	+14.6
Total formal votes			22,135	99.1	+0.8
Informal votes			202	0.9	−0.8
Turnout			22,337	95.2	+0.2
	Country hold		Swing	−13.3

Granville

1976 New South Wales state election: Granville ^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Flaherty	19,807	68.8	+2.3
	Liberal	Frank Babic	8,974	31.2	+2.3
Total formal votes			28,781	97.7	+1.3
Informal votes			691	2.3	−1.3
Turnout			29,472	94.2	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

Hawkesbury

1976 New South Wales state election: Hawkesbury ^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Rozzoli	19,367	60.8	−0.1
	Labor	Alwyn Lindfield	12,486	39.2	+8.9
Total formal votes			31,853	98.1	+1.4
Informal votes			609	1.9	−1.4
Turnout			32,462	91.4	−0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.7

Heathcote

1976 New South Wales state election: Heathcote ^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rex Jackson	19,228	63.2	+4.7
	Liberal	Ron Phillips	11,201	36.8	+8.2
Total formal votes			30,429	98.4	+0.5
Informal votes			501	1.6	−0.5
Turnout			30,930	94.8	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.3

Heffron

1976 New South Wales state election: Heffron ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Brereton	18,994	63.1	−4.9
	Liberal	George Balos	8,794	29.2	+29.2
	Independent	Crena Morrison	1,315	4.4	+4.4
	Independent	John Holt	1,016	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			30,119	97.5	+2.7
Informal votes			769	2.5	−2.7
Turnout			30,888	90.1	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Laurie Brereton	21,031	69.8	−4.1
	Liberal	George Balos	9,088	30.2	+30.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.1

Hornsby

1976 New South Wales state election: Hornsby ^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Pickard	20,107	61.6	+1.6
	Labor	Hans Eisler	12,555	38.4	+5.2
Total formal votes			32,662	98.1	+0.2
Informal votes			619	1.9	−0.2
Turnout			33,281	95.3	+2.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.8

Hurstville

1976 New South Wales state election: Hurstville ^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Mead	14,920	48.8	+0.1
	Labor	Kevin Ryan	14,855	48.6	+6.1
	Australia	Bernhard Fiegel	791	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			30,566	98.8	+0.7
Informal votes			382	1.2	−0.7
Turnout			30,948	93.6	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Ryan	15,305	50.1	+3.2
	Liberal	Tom Mead	15,261	49.9	−3.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.2

Illawarra

1976 New South Wales state election: Illawarra ^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Petersen	21,081	65.8	−6.9
	Independent	Henry Schipp	9,145	28.5	+28.5
	Workers	Margaret Wright	1,826	5.7	+5.7
Total formal votes			32,052	98.1	+2.8
Informal votes			608	1.9	−2.8
Turnout			32,660	94.0	+1.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	George Petersen	21,994	68.6	−4.1
	Independent	Henry Schipp	10,058	31.4	+31.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.1

Kirribilli

1976 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli ^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce McDonald	10,593	42.7	−16.5
	Labor	Patrick Healy	9,050	36.4	+2.0
	Independent	John Waddy	4,343	17.5	+17.5
	Workers	David Rennie	732	3.0	+3.0
	Independent	Romaulds Kemps	121	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			24,839	98.6	+1.1
Informal votes			359	1.4	−1.1
Turnout			25,198	89.0	+4.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce McDonald	15,176	61.1	−3.2
	Labor	Patrick Healy	9,663	38.9	+3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.2

John Waddy was the sitting member for Kirribilli but was denied Liberal pre-selection and stood for the seat as an independent.

Kogarah

1976 New South Wales state election: Kogarah ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Crabtree	17,753	55.4	+1.1
	Liberal	Terrence Fraser	13,537	42.2	+0.5
	Workers	Robert Schollbach	761	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			32,051	98.6	+0.7
Informal votes			457	1.4	−0.7
Turnout			32,508	94.3	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Crabtree	17,981	56.1	+1.0
	Liberal	Terrence Fraser	14,070	43.9	−1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

Ku-ring-gai

1976 New South Wales state election: Ku-ring-gai ^[53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Maddison	21,605	73.0	−4.6
	Labor	Ian Cameron	6,020	20.4	+2.5
	Workers	David Griffiths	1,960	6.6	+6.6
Total formal votes			29,585	98.9	+0.8
Informal votes			316	1.1	−0.8
Turnout			29,901	92.5	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Maddison	22,977	77.7	−3.5
	Labor	Ian Cameron	6,608	22.3	+3.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.5

Lake Macquarie

1976 New South Wales state election: Lake Macquarie ^[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Merv Hunter	19,022	64.4	−1.6
	Liberal	Oliver Fennell	10,521	35.6	+35.6
Total formal votes			29,543	98.5	+1.1
Informal votes			449	1.5	−1.1
Turnout			29,992	94.4	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.9

Lakemba

1976 New South Wales state election: Lakemba ^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Vince Durick	19,518	59.8	+2.9
	Liberal	Robin Graham	11,008	33.7	−3.2
	Independent	Donald Carruthers	1,137	3.5	+3.5
	Australia	Timothy Dein	976	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			32,639	98.0	+1.5
Informal votes			670	2.0	−1.5
Turnout			33,309	95.1	+2.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Vince Durick	21,118	64.7	+5.0
	Liberal	Robin Graham	11,521	35.3	−5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.0

Lane Cove

1976 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove ^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Dowd	18,846	65.2	+4.2
	Labor	Alan Lees	8,922	30.9	+11.3
	Australia	Elizabeth Poppleton	1,147	4.0	−8.9
Total formal votes			28,915	98.7	+1.2
Informal votes			371	1.3	−1.2
Turnout			29,286	92.5	+2.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Dowd	19,188	66.4	−2.9
	Labor	Alan Lees	9,720	33.6	+2.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.9

Lismore

1976 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bruce Duncan	unopposed
	Country hold

Liverpool

1976 New South Wales state election: Liverpool ^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Paciullo	22,298	69.6	+2.7
	Liberal	Rex Harris	9,762	30.4	+2.8
Total formal votes			32,060	97.1	+1.0
Informal votes			959	2.9	−1.0
Turnout			33,019	94.0	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.6

Maitland

1976 New South Wales state election: Maitland ^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Milton Morris	15,565	59.8	−4.6
	Labor	Kerry Ryan	10,450	40.2	+11.1
Total formal votes			26,015	98.7	+0.4
Informal votes			348	1.3	−0.4
Turnout			26,363	95.4	−0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−9.8

Manly

1976 New South Wales state election: Manly ^[60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Douglas Darby	16,760	57.7	+2.6
	Labor	Marc Gumbert	12,301	42.3	+12.3
Total formal votes			29,061	97.8	+0.2
Informal votes			656	2.2	−0.2
Turnout			29,717	91.8	+1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.7

Maroubra

1976 New South Wales state election: Maroubra ^[61]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Haigh	18,703	62.1	+6.6
	Liberal	Lindsay Rutherford	10,603	35.2	+0.5
	Australia	Marie Morris	836	2.8	−3.4
Total formal votes			30,142	98.1	+1.1
Informal votes			571	1.9	−1.1
Turnout			30,713	92.1	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Haigh	19,288	64.0	+4.1
	Liberal	Lindsay Rutherford	10,854	36.0	−4.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.1

Marrickville

1976 New South Wales state election: Marrickville ^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Cahill	21,629	72.0	+5.2
	Liberal	Costa Lianos	7,497	25.0	−3.4
	Socialist Workers	Geoffrey Payne	899	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			30,025	96.6	+1.5
Informal votes			1,045	3.4	−1.5
Turnout			31,070	88.7	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Cahill	22,311	74.3	+6.6
	Liberal	Costa Lianos	7,714	25.7	−6.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.6

Merrylands

1976 New South Wales state election: Merrylands ^[63]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Ferguson	21,435	65.1	+7.0
	Liberal	Rodney Lewis	11,487	34.9	−1.5
Total formal votes			32,922	97.5	+1.2
Informal votes			854	2.5	−1.2
Turnout			33,776	94.4	+2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

Miranda

1976 New South Wales state election: Miranda ^[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tim Walker	16,323	54.0	+2.8
	Labor	Bill Robb	13,910	46.0	+8.4
Total formal votes			30,233	98.6	+0.2
Informal votes			437	1.4	−0.2
Turnout			30,670	91.0	−3.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.4

Monaro

1976 New South Wales state election: Monaro ^[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Akister	11,196	48.6	+6.6
	Liberal	Valerie Marland	6,330	27.5	−26.7
	Country	Thomas Barry	5,519	23.9	+23.9
Total formal votes			23,045	98.4	+0.9
Informal votes			372	1.6	−0.9
Turnout			23,417	91.4	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Akister	11,876	51.5	+8.8
	Liberal	Valerie Marland	11,169	48.5	−8.8
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.8

Mosman

1976 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[66]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Arblaster	19,095	68.6	+2.6
	Labor	John Cahill	7,352	26.4	+26.4
	Australia	John Alexander	1,398	5.0	−20.9
Total formal votes			27,845	98.9	+1.5
Informal votes			302	1.1	−1.5
Turnout			28,147	92.2	+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Arblaster	19,514	70.1	−3.7
	Labor	John Cahill	8,331	29.9	+29.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.7

Mount Druitt

1976 New South Wales state election: Mount Druitt ^[67]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Johnson	19,089	67.4	+9.6
	Liberal	James McCrudden	9,255	32.6	+3.5
Total formal votes			28,344	96.6	+0.7
Informal votes			1,008	3.4	−0.7
Turnout			29,352	94.2	+2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.0

Munmorah

1976 New South Wales state election: Munmorah ^[68]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jensen	21,321	68.5	+5.0
	Liberal	William Jackson	9,812	31.5	+0.7
Total formal votes			31,133	98.6	+0.2
Informal votes			432	1.4	−0.2
Turnout			31,565	95.0	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.9

Murray

1976 New South Wales state election: Murray ^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mary Meillon	7,234	38.8	+5.5
	Labor	Ross Boyd	4,804	25.8	+2.2
	Independent	Gregory Graham	4,479	24.1	+18.0
	Independent	Ian Fleming	2,102	11.3	+11.3
Total formal votes			18,619	98.7	+2.3
Informal votes			236	1.3	−2.3
Turnout			18,855	89.2	−0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Mary Meillon	11,663	62.6	+9.9
	Independent	Gregory Graham	6,956	37.4	+37.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.9

Murrumbidgee

1976 New South Wales state election: Murrumbidgee ^[70]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lin Gordon	10,785	51.3	+1.6
	Liberal	Donald Mackay	6,075	28.9	+1.7
	Country	Bernardino Zappacosta	2,329	11.1	−9.6
	Country	John Knight	1,841	8.8	+8.8
Total formal votes			21,030	98.5	+0.6
Informal votes			324	1.5	−0.6
Turnout			21,354	93.8	+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lin Gordon	11,286	53.7	+2.0
	Liberal	Donald Mackay	9,744	46.3	−2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

Nepean

1976 New South Wales state election: Nepean ^[71]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron Rofe	17,038	51.1	+3.8
	Labor	Peter Anderson	14,965	44.9	+6.2
	Independent	John Henshaw	914	2.7	+2.7
	Independent	Raymond Bell	418	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			33,335	98.7	+2.3
Informal votes			426	1.3	−2.3
Turnout			33,761	93.5	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ron Rofe	17,440	52.3	−1.0
	Labor	Peter Anderson	15,895	47.7	+1.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.0

Newcastle

1976 New South Wales state election: Newcastle ^[72]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Wade	17,857	67.7	+9.1
	Liberal	Arthur Thomas	8,514	32.3	+1.6
Total formal votes			26,371	98.2	+0.6
Informal votes			475	1.8	−0.6
Turnout			26,846	93.9	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.8

Northcott

1976 New South Wales state election: Northcott ^[73]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	21,408	68.2	+2.8
	Labor	Sabine Willis	9,982	31.8	+31.8
Total formal votes			31,390	98.6	+1.4
Informal votes			428	1.4	−1.4
Turnout			31,818	92.9	−0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.6

Orange

1976 New South Wales state election: Orange ^[74]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Garry West	14,171	59.8	−6.0
	Labor	Maxwell Dunn	9,541	40.2	+11.4
Total formal votes			23,712	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			280	1.2	−0.3
Turnout			23,992	94.3	−0.2
	Country hold		Swing	−10.3

Oxley

1976 New South Wales state election: Oxley ^[75]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bruce Cowan	16,672	69.2	−0.9
	Labor	Peter Tullgren	7,415	30.8	+3.9
Total formal votes			24,087	98.8	+0.1
Informal votes			291	1.2	−0.1
Turnout			24,378	95.1	−0.4
	Country hold		Swing	−3.3

Parramatta

1976 New South Wales state election: Parramatta ^[76]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Wilde	17,383	56.3	+0.7
	Liberal	James Brown	12,553	40.6	+1.2
	Workers	Barrie Sharpe	953	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			30,889	98.3	+0.4
Informal votes			537	1.7	−0.4
Turnout			31,426	92.0	+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Wilde	17,669	57.2	+0.6
	Liberal	James Brown	13,220	42.8	−0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

Peats

1976 New South Wales state election: Peats ^[77]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith O'Connell	19,289	58.7	+1.4
	Liberal	Peter Walsh	13,579	41.3	−1.4
Total formal votes			32,868	98.3	+0.5
Informal votes			556	1.7	−0.5
Turnout			33,424	94.6	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.4

Penrith

1976 New South Wales state election: Penrith ^[78]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Mulock	19,804	59.6	+3.0
	Liberal	Eileen Cammack	11,458	34.5	−3.9
	Independent	Roy Allsopp	1,970	5.9	+5.9
Total formal votes			33,232	98.3	+1.2
Informal votes			590	1.7	−1.2
Turnout			33,822	94.6	+3.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ron Mulock	21,223	63.9	+4.0
	Liberal	Eileen Cammack	12,009	36.1	−4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.0

Phillip

1976 New South Wales state election: Phillip ^[79]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Hills	18,732	69.5	+4.0
	Liberal	Peter Starr	6,086	22.6	+4.4
	Communist	Judy Mundey	1,540	5.7	+2.4
	Socialist Workers	Deborah Shnookal	594	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			26,952	96.9	+2.6
Informal votes			864	3.1	−2.6
Turnout			27,816	84.4	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pat Hills	20,472	76.0	+1.1
	Liberal	Peter Starr	6,480	24.0	−1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.1

Pittwater

1976 New South Wales state election: Pittwater ^[80]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Webster	16,798	61.2	−2.8
	Labor	Charles Wild	8,176	29.8	+0.3
	Workers	John Booth	1,982	7.2	+7.2
	Independent	Peter Middlebrook	473	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			27,429	98.7	+1.1
Informal votes			368	1.3	−1.1
Turnout			27,797	92.0	+1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Webster	17,871	65.2	−4.0
	Labor	Charles Wild	9,558	34.8	+4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.0

Raleigh

1976 New South Wales state election: Raleigh ^[81]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jim Brown	14,502	63.3	−5.1
	Labor	Joseph Moran	8,402	36.7	+5.1
Total formal votes			22,905	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			280	1.2	−0.3
Turnout			23,185	94.9	+0.4
	Country hold		Swing	−5.1

Rockdale

1976 New South Wales state election: Rockdale ^[82]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Bannon	19,017	66.5	+3.8
	Liberal	Raymond Scaysbrook	9,597	33.5	−0.2
Total formal votes			28,614	97.2	+0.9
Informal votes			814	2.8	−0.9
Turnout			29,428	93.4	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

South Coast

1976 New South Wales state election: South Coast ^[83]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Hatton	18,362	65.5	+20.8
	Liberal	Irwin Heaton	9,274	33.1	−2.4
	Workers	Noel Dennett	385	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			28,021	99.0	+2.2
Informal votes			284	1.0	−2.2
Turnout			28,305	93.5	+0.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	John Hatton	18,555	66.2	+14.5
	Liberal	Irwin Heaton	9,466	33.8	−14.5
	Independent hold		Swing	+14.5

Sturt

1976 New South Wales state election: Sturt ^[84]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tim Fischer	13,803	68.8	+1.2
	Labor	Cuthbert Richardson	6,266	31.2	+3.9
Total formal votes			20,069	99.1	+0.3
Informal votes			182	0.9	−0.3
Turnout			20,251	94.4	+0.7
	Country hold		Swing	−3.4

Tamworth

1976 New South Wales state election: Tamworth ^[85]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Noel Park	15,508	62.8	+26.9
	Labor	Noel Cassel	9,190	37.2	+19.5
Total formal votes			24,698	98.6	+2.7
Informal votes			347	1.4	−2.7
Turnout			25,045	94.5	+0.5
	Country hold		Swing	−0.8

Temora

1976 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jim Taylor	12,860	67.7	+3.5
	Labor	Alroy Provan	5,629	29.7	+3.7
	Independent	Wesley Berryman	497	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			18,986	99.3	+0.3
Informal votes			126	0.7	−0.3
Turnout			19,112	94.6	+6.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Jim Taylor	13,138	69.2	−1.3
	Labor	Alroy Provan	5,848	30.8	+1.3
	Country hold		Swing	−1.3

Tenterfield

1976 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield ^[87]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tim Bruxner	12,979	66.0	−2.6
	Labor	Joseph Hughes	6,681	34.0	+2.6
Total formal votes			19,660	98.8	0.0
Informal votes			231	1.2	0.0
Turnout			19,891	93.6	+1.9
	Country hold		Swing	−2.6

The Hills

1976 New South Wales state election: The Hills ^[88]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Max Ruddock	19,144	65.1	−1.3
	Labor	Paul Gibson	10,239	34.9	+6.1
Total formal votes			29,383	98.7	+0.3
Informal votes			399	1.3	−0.3
Turnout			29,782	95.6	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.0

Upper Hunter

1976 New South Wales state election: Upper Hunter ^[89]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Col Fisher	15,432	62.7	+1.5
	Labor	Michael Reddy	9,164	37.3	+1.8
Total formal votes			24,596	98.6	−0.2
Informal votes			357	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			24,953	95.1	−0.1
	Country hold		Swing	−1.1

Vaucluse

1976 New South Wales state election: Vaucluse ^[90]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Keith Doyle	17,492	63.6	+0.5
	Labor	Barbara Fuller-Quinn	9,994	36.4	+36.4
Total formal votes			27,486	97.1	+2.6
Informal votes			816	2.9	−2.6
Turnout			28,302	89.0	+1.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.2

Wagga Wagga

1976 New South Wales state election: Wagga Wagga ^[91]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Schipp	13,245	58.8	−4.8
	Labor	Richard Gorman	9,265	41.2	+14.8
Total formal votes			22,510	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			261	1.2	−0.3
Turnout			22,771	93.9	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.9

Wakehurst

1976 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst ^[92]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Viney	17,836	57.8	+4.4
	Labor	Noel Berrell	12,999	42.2	+10.6
Total formal votes			30,835	97.7	+0.4
Informal votes			715	2.3	−0.4
Turnout			31,550	91.7	+1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.6

Wallsend

1976 New South Wales state election: Wallsend ^[93]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Booth	23,891	69.3	−2.0
	Liberal	Stephen Walker	10,562	30.7	+30.7
Total formal votes			34,453	98.4	+1.6
Informal votes			553	1.6	−1.6
Turnout			35,006	95.7	0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.2

Waratah

1976 New South Wales state election: Waratah ^[94]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sam Jones	20,201	67.4	−5.0
	Liberal	Richard Bevan	9,786	32.6	+32.6
Total formal votes			29,987	98.3	+1.3
Informal votes			513	1.7	−1.3
Turnout			30,500	94.5	−0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.2

Waverley

1976 New South Wales state election: Waverley ^[95]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Syd Einfeld	14,691	57.0	+5.9
	Liberal	Geoffrey Mort	11,075	43.0	+4.8
Total formal votes			25,766	97.4	−1.2
Informal votes			696	2.6	+1.2
Turnout			26,462	88.1	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

Wentworthville

1976 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville ^[96]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Quinn	19,266	58.4	+2.9
	Liberal	Edward Roberts	12,711	38.6	+1.6
	Independent	Heather Gow	990	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			32,967	98.3	+1.5
Informal votes			572	1.7	−1.5
Turnout			33,539	95.1	+2.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ernie Quinn	20,002	60.7	+0.6
	Liberal	Edward Roberts	12,965	39.3	−0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

Willoughby

1976 New South Wales state election: Willoughby ^[97]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Laurie McGinty	17,417	63.1	+2.0
	Labor	Eddie Britt	10,183	36.9	+12.7
Total formal votes			27,600	97.7	+0.3
Informal votes			642	2.3	−0.3
Turnout			28,242	92.5	+2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.2

Wollondilly

1976 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly ^[98]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Lewis	14,514	52.2	−3.1
	Labor	Bill Knott	10,883	39.1	+7.9
	Workers	Victor Thomas	1,526	5.5	+5.5
	Independent	William Tangye	880	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			27,803	98.7	+0.4
Informal votes			379	1.3	−0.4
Turnout			28,182	93.6	+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tom Lewis	16,023	57.6	−4.4
	Labor	Bill Knott	11,780	42.4	+4.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.4

Wollongong

1976 New South Wales state election: Wollongong ^[99]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Ramsay	18,367	66.0	+4.2
	Liberal	Ian Brown	9,461	34.0	−0.9
Total formal votes			27,828	97.0	+0.8
Informal votes			867	3.0	−0.8
Turnout			28,695	93.0	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.6

Woronora

1976 New South Wales state election: Woronora ^[100]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurie Keane	18,113	58.1	+12.5
	Liberal	Ronald Ricketts	13,067	41.9	+5.2
Total formal votes			31,180	98.5	+1.2
Informal votes			488	1.5	−1.2
Turnout			31,668	94.7	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.9

Yaralla

1976 New South Wales state election: Yaralla ^[101]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lerryn Mutton	15,761	54.4	+0.6
	Labor	Derek Margerison	13,218	45.6	+7.0
Total formal votes			28,979	97.8	+0.1
Informal votes			662	2.2	−0.1
Turnout			29,641	91.4	+0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.4

Young

1976 New South Wales state election: Young ^[102]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	George Freudenstein	12,394	58.4	+1.0
	Labor	Timothy West	8,818	41.6	+2.8
Total formal votes			21,212	98.6	−0.6
Informal votes			304	1.4	+0.6
Turnout			21,516	95.0	0.0
	Country hold		Swing	−2.0

See also

• Candidates of the 1976 New South Wales state election
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1976–1978

Notes

1. There were 2,989,786 enrolled voters but 46,538 were enrolled in electorates (one Labor and one Country) which were uncontested at the election.^[1]