1968 New South Wales state election

1968 New South Wales state election

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All 94 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 48 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Robert Askin Jack Renshaw Party Liberal/Country coalition Labor Leader since 17 July 1959 30 April 1964 Leader's seat Collaroy Castlereagh Last election 47 seats 45 seats Seats won 53 39 Seat change 6 6 Percentage 49.09% 43.10% Swing 0.73 0.21
Two-candidate-preferred margin by electorate
Premier before election Bob Askin Liberal/Country coalition Elected Premier Bob Askin Liberal/Country coalition

The 1968 New South Wales state election was held on 24 February 1968. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1966 redistribution. The election was for all of the 94 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The Liberal Party, led by Premier Robert Askin, in Coalition with the Country Party of Deputy Premier Charles Cutler, was elected for a second term—the first time that a non-Labor government had been reelected since before World War II.