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1976

Enrolment and Voting Total number of voters on the roll ... 2,989,786 Number of Assembly seats ... 99 Number of uncontested seats ... 2  Number of voters on the roll in uncontested seats ... 46,538 Number of voters on the roll in contested seats ... 2,943,248 Total ballots cast (may differ from number of votes in multiple voting systems) ... 2,745,749 Turnout (rate of voting in contested seats) ... 93.29% Total valid votes ... 2,697,529 Rate of informal (invalid) voting ...1.76% Informal (invalid) ballots in multiple voting system ... Not applicable Electoral system ... Universal franchise at 18 years (from 1973); single member districts; preferential voting (AV); compulsory preferences; compulsory voting