1959 New South Wales state election

1959 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 Joseph Cahill Pat Morton Party Labor Liberal/Country coalition Leader since 2 April 1952 20 September 1955 Leader's seat Cook's River Mosman Last election 50 seats 42 seats Seats won 49 44 Seat change 1 2 Percentage 49.12% 44.06% Swing 1.87 2.19
Two-candidate-preferred margin by electorate
Premier before election Joseph Cahill Labor Elected Premier Joseph Cahill Labor

The 1959 New South Wales state election was held on 21 March 1959. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1957 redistribution.^[1] The election was for all of the 94 seats in the Legislative Assembly.