| The Bogan - 1880 (Roll: 3,280) - 2 to be elected| Nominations: Wednesday, 24 November 1880, Polling: Tuesday, 30 November 1880 | | Candidate | Votes | Votes % |
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| Jennings, Patrick Alfred (Elected 1) | 1,394 | 42.08 | | Cass, George Edwin (Elected 2) | 750 | 22.64 | | Forlonge, William | 671 | 20.25 | | Shorter, William Thomas Ashton | 498 | 15.03 | | Formal Votes | 3,313 | | | Informal Votes | 42 | 1.25 | | Total Votes / Estimated Turnout | 3,355 | 51.78 | | Persons Voting / Turnout | 1,842 | 56.16 | | Notes: Sitting MP WT Coonan contested Forbes. | | Source: Brief report of nominations, 25 November 1880, p.3 col.3, results from SMH 7 December, p.3 col.5, booths having been reported SMH 3 December, p.3 col.3. Note that incomplete results were published in the SMH election summary on 8 December, p.3 col.4. | |