2023 New South Wales state election

The 2023 New South Wales state election will be held on Saturday 25 March 2023 to elect the 58th Parliament of New South Wales, including all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council. The election will be conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).

2023 New South Wales state election
25 March 2023
All 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly
and 21 (of the 42) seats in the Legislative Council
47 Assembly seats are needed for a majority
Opinion polls
 
Leader Gladys Berejiklian Jodi McKay
Party Liberal/National coalition Labor
Leader since 23 January 2017 29 June 2019 (2019-06-29)
Leader's seat Willoughby Strathfield
Last election 48 seats 36 seats
Current seats 48 seats 36 seats
Seats needed 11
 
Leader No leader No leader
Party Greens Shooters, Fishers and Farmers
Last election 3 seats 3 seats
Current seats 3 seats 3 seats
Seats needed 44 44
Incumbent Premier

Gladys Berejiklian
Liberal/National coalition

The third-term incumbent Liberal/National Coalition government, currently led by Premier Gladys Berejiklian, will seek a fourth four-year term against the Labor opposition, currently led by Opposition Leader Jodi McKay.

New South Wales has compulsory voting, with optional preferential voting in single-member seats for the lower house and single transferable vote with optional preferential above-the-line voting in the proportionally represented upper house.

Background
See also: 2019 New South Wales state election and Post-election pendulum for the 2019 New South Wales state election

At the 2019 election, the Coalition won a third term in government for the first time since 1971 while Gladys Berejiklian became the first woman in New South Wales to lead a party to a state election victory. At the election the Liberals won 35 seats while the Nationals won 13 seats, thus giving the Coalition a combined total of 48 seats, one more than the minimum 47 required for a majority.

The Labor Party won 36 seats and overtook the Liberals to become the largest single party in the Legislative Assembly. However, the party only managed to gain two seats from the Coalition, Coogee from the Liberals and Lismore from the Nationals.

The Greens strengthened their hold on the three seats they held prior to the election while the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers held onto Orange, a seat the party had won from the Nationals at a by-election, while also taking Barwon and Murray from the Nationals.

Independents Greg Piper and Alex Greenwich both retained the seats of Lake Macquarie and Sydney, respectively, while Joe McGirr successfully held on to the seat of Wagga Wagga he won in a by-election.

Date

The parliament has fixed four-year terms with the election held on the fourth Saturday in March,[1] though the Governor may dissolve the house sooner on the advice of the Premier.

Registered parties
Main article: List of political parties in Australia

17 parties are registered with the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).[2]

Polling

Polling tables
Legislative Assembly polling
Date Firm Primary vote TPP vote
LIB NAT ALP GRN SFF ONP OTH L/NP ALP
23 March 2019 election 32.0% 9.6% 33.3% 9.6% 3.5% 1.1% 11.0% 52.0% 48.0%
22 March 2019 Newspoll 41%* 35% 10% – – 14% 51% 49%[3]
* Indicates a combined Liberal/National primary vote.
Newspoll polling is published in The Australian and sourced from here

See also

References
  1. "So when is the next election?". Aph.gov.au. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  2. "State Register of Parties". New South Wales Electoral Commission.
  3. Preference allocation based on previous election.
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