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1984 New South Wales state election

State election for New South Wales, Australia in March 1984

Field	Value
election_name	1984 New South Wales state election
country	New South Wales
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1981 New South Wales state election
previous_year	1981
next_election	1988 New South Wales state election
next_year	1988
seats_for_election	All 99 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
and 15 (of the 45) seats in the New South Wales Legislative Council
50 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
election_date
image1	[[File:Neville Wran cropped.png	175x175px]]
leader1	Neville Wran
leader_since1	3 December 1973
party1	Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)
leaders_seat1	Bass Hill
popular_vote1	1,466,413
percentage1	48.77%
swing1	6.95
last_election1	69 seats
seats1	58
seat_change1	11
image2
leader2	Nick Greiner
leader_since2	15 March 1983
party2	Liberal/National coalition
colour2
leaders_seat2	Ku-ring-gai
popular_vote2	1,292,996
percentage2	43.00%
swing2	4.16
last_election2	28 seats
seats2	37
seat_change2	9
1blank	TPP
2blank	TPP swing
1data1	52.4%
1data2	47.6%
2data1	6.3
2data2	6.3
map_image	1984 New South Wales state election.svg
map_size	340px
map_caption	Two-candidate-preferred margin by electorate
title	Premier
before_election	Neville Wran
before_party	Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)
after_election	Neville Wran
after_party	Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)

and 15 (of the 45) seats in the New South Wales Legislative Council 50 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

Elections were held in the state of New South Wales, Australia, on Saturday 24 March 1984. The Labor government led by Neville Wran won a fourth term in office, though with a reduced (if still sizeable) majority and a 7% swing against it.

As the two previous elections each saw the sitting Opposition Leader lose the election and failing to be elected to Parliament, the 1984 election saw Nick Greiner becoming the first Opposition Leader to lose an election and retain his seat since Pat Hills in 1973.

Independents Ted Mack and John Hatton retained their seats of North Shore and South Coast respectively. They were joined on the cross benches by a third independent and Bruce Duncan.

Duncan, a former National Country Party member, withdrew from the party in protest at their change to the National Party name. He ran on an "Independent Country Party" ticket and won his seat of Lismore.

At a 1981 referendum, voters had approved an increase in the maximum parliamentary term from three years to four.

Key dates

Date	Event
5 March 1984	The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
9 March 1984	Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
24 March 1984	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
5 April 1984	The seventh Wran Ministry was reconstituted.
30 April 1984	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
1 May 1984	Parliament resumed for business.

Results

Legislative Assembly

| turnout % = 92.52 | informal % = 2.41 |votes % = 48.77 |votes % = 34.15 |votes % = 8.85 |votes % = 2.85 |votes % = 0.84 |votes % = 0.08 |votes % = 0.07 |votes % = 4.32 |votes % = 0.07 |2pp % 2 = 47.6% |2pp % 1 = 52.4% |}

Legislative Council

| turnout % = 92.52 | informal % = 6.66 |votes % = 46.88 |votes % = 42.61 |votes % = 6.09 |votes % = 3.15 |votes % = 0.49 |votes % = 0.22 |votes % = 0.14 |votes % = 0.42 |}

Seats changing hands

Seat	Post-1984	Party	Member	Margin	Margin	Member	Party
Bligh	Labor	Fred Miller	2.7	-3.9	1.2	Michael Yabsley	Liberal
Burwood	Labor	Phil O'Neill	7.2	-8.8	1.6	Paul Zammit	Liberal
Camden	Labor	Ralph Brading	2.0	-7.2	5.2	John Fahey	Liberal
Clarence	Labor	Don Day	6.6	-10.9	4.3	Ian Causley	National
Cronulla	Labor	Michael Egan	5.3	-5.8	0.5	Malcolm Kerr	Liberal
Hurstville	Labor	Kevin Ryan	9.2	-10.1	0.9	Guy Yeomans	Liberal
Lismore	National	Bruce Duncan	18.9	N/A	26.9	Bruce Duncan	Independent Country
Manly	Labor	Alan Stewart	1.2	-5.7	4.5	David Hay	Liberal
Miranda	Labor	Bill Robb	4.3	-6.1	1.8	Ron Phillips	Liberal
Murrumbidgee	Labor	Lin Gordon	13.9	-15.4	1.5	Adrian Cruickshank	National
Wakehurst	Labor	Tom Webster	7.0	-8.2	1.2	John Booth	Liberal
Wollongong	Labor	Eric Ramsay	0.1	-4.3	4.2	Frank Arkell	Independent

Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.

Post-election pendulum

Notes

References

Sources cited

References

Green, Antony. "1984 election totals". [[Parliament of New South Wales]].
Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of New South Wales, Assembly election, 24 March 1984".

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