Election result for Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Armidale on 17 February 1973 because of the resignation of Davis Hughes (Country) who had accepted the position of Agent-General in London.
Result.
! scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px"|Party
! scope="col" style="width: 17em"|Candidate
! scope="col" style="width: 5em"|Votes
! scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"|%
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! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total formal votes
! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Informal votes
! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope=row | Turnout
! colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |Two-party-preferred result
 
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Davis Hughes (Country) resigned to be appointed Agent-General in London. ;/includeonly ;
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