1920 New South Wales state election

The 1920 New South Wales state election was held on 20 March 1920. The 24th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 18 February 1920 by the Governor, Sir Walter Edward Davidson, on the advice of the Premier William Holman. The election was for all of the 90 seats in the 25th New South Wales Legislative Assembly, and it was the first to be conducted with multi-member electorates, using the Hare-Clark single transferable vote system.

1920 New South Wales state election
20 March 1920 (1920-03-20)
All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader John Storey William Holman George Beeby
Party Labor Nationalist Progressive
Leader since February 1917 15 November 1916 1915
Leader's seat Balmain Cootamundra (defeated) Murray
Last election 33 seats 52 seats 0 seats
Seats won 43 seats 28 seats 15 seats
Seat change 10 24 15
Percentage 43.03 29.62% 16.94%
Swing 0.40 17.82 16.94
Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election

William Holman
Nationalist

 Elected Premier

John Storey
Labor

Key dates
Date Event
18 February 1920 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
28 February 1920 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
20 March 1920 Polling day.
21 April 1920 Writs returned.
27 April 1920 Opening of 25th Parliament.

Results
See also: Results of the 1920 New South Wales state election

1920 New South Wales state election[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1917–1922 >>

Enrolled voters 1,154,437
Votes cast 158,430 Turnout 19.17 −42.26
Informal votes 62,900 Informal 28.42 +27.40
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 68,175 43.03 +0.40 43 +10
  Nationalist 46,930 29.62 −17.82 28 −24
  Progressive 26,839 16.94 +16.94 15 +15
  Independent 7,300 4.61 +0.47 1 –2
  Ind. Nationalist 1,940 1.22 –1.25 2 0
  Socialist Labor 1,810 1.14 +1.08 1 +1
  All others 5,438 3.43 −2.30 0 –2
Total 585,809     90  
Results of 1920

See also

References
  1. Green, Antony. "1920 election totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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