1925 New South Wales state election

The 1925 New South Wales state election was held on 30 May 1925. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 27th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was conducted in multiple-member constituencies using the Hare Clark single transferable vote. The 26th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 18 April 1925 by the Governor, Sir Dudley de Chair, on the advice of the Premier Sir George Fuller.

1925 New South Wales state election
30 May 1925 (1925-05-30)
All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jack Lang George Fuller
Party Labor Nationalist/Progressive coalition
Leader since 31 July 1923 14 April 1920
Leader's seat Parramatta Wollondilly
Last election 36 seats 50 seats
Seats won 46 seats 41 seats
Seat change 10 9
Percentage 45.99% 48.54%
Swing 7.62 6.96
Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election

George Fuller
Nationalist/Progressive coalition

 Elected Premier

Jack Lang
Labor

It was a close win for the Labor Party Leader, Jack Lang, which had a majority of just one seat in the Assembly, defeating Fuller's Nationalist/Progressive Coalition.

Key dates
Date Event
18 April 1925 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
27 April 1925 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
30 May 1925 Polling day.
24 June 1925 Opening of 27th Parliament.

Results
See also: Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election
Results of 1925

New South Wales state election, 30 May 1925 [1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1922–1927 >>

Enrolled voters 1,339,080
Votes cast 1,160,289 Turnout 86.64 −1.12
Informal votes 30,155 Informal 11.36 −1.14
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 108,225 45.99 +7.62 46 +10
  Nationalist 87,220 37.07 −5.01 32 −9
  Progressive 26,981 11.47 −1.95 9 ± 0
  Protestant Labor 4,965 2.11 +1.41 1 +1
  Independent 4,963 2.11 −1.26 1 −1
  Independent Nationalist 1,393 0.59 +0.08 1 ± 0
  All others 1,562 0.65 −0.64 0 ± 0
Total 894.824     90  

See also

References
  1. Green, Antony. "1925 election totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
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