1968 New South Wales state election

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.

1968 New South Wales state election
24 February 1968 (1968-02-24)
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
Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election

Bob Askin
Liberal/Country coalition

 Elected Premier

Bob Askin
Liberal/Country coalition

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