New South Wales

Updated: 14 August 2007
NEW SOUTH WALES
Number of divisions: 50 %
Enrolled 4 227 937  
Turnout 4 005 629 94.74
Number of static polling booths 2 662  
Number of special hospital teams 156  
Number of pre poll centres 144  
ALP TCP 1 831 469 48.34
NON ALP TCP 1 956 991 51.66
Informal 217 169 5.42
Informal votes by category
Category Ballot Papers % 1996
Blanks 44 268 20.38 21.96
Number '1' only 70 507 32.47 47.15
Ticks and crosses 27 307 12.57 21.40
Langer style 5 152 2.37  
Non sequential 48 914 22.52  
Voter identified 80 0.04 0.05
Marks 11 933 5.49 7.94
Slogans making numbering illegible 609 0.28  
Other 8 399 3.87  
Total 217 169 5.42 3.62
Specific data
    Total Votes Total informal %
Highest % informal division Fowler 77 241 9 852 12.75
Lowest % informal division New England 81 511 1 608 1.97
Absent votes   254 834 13 967 5.48
Postal votes   141 392 2 487 1.75
Pre poll votes   207 499 6 509 3.13
Provisional votes   27 608 2 034 7.36

Graph depicting NSW Informal Vote 1901-2002

Informal votes by division