23 January 2017 5 January 2015 34.08%, 34 seats 10.29%, 3 seats 34 seats 3 seats Start date March 23, 2019 | 45.63%, 54 seats 34.08%, 34 seats 52 seats 34 seats 13 44 | |
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The next New South Wales state election is scheduled to be held in 2019 to elect the 58th Parliament of New South Wales. The incumbent centre-right Liberal/National Coalition, currently led by Premier Gladys Berejiklian, will attempt to win a third term and will be challenged by the centre-left Australian Labor Party opposition, currently led by Luke Foley.
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New South Wales has compulsory voting, with an optional preferential ballot 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. The election will be conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).
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The parliament has constitutionally fixed four year terms.
Lower house
At the 2015 election, the Coalition retained government with a reduced majority of 54 seats from 69 seats in the 2011 election. However, during that time the Coalition were reduced to a further 61 seats due to ICAC proceedings that expelled 8 MPs from the Liberal Party. The Australian Labor Party gained 11 seats with a total of 34 seats. The Greens gained a record three seats. Independents Greg Piper and Alex Greenwich both respectively retained their seats.
Upper house
The 2015 election saw the incumbent Liberal/National coalition gain one seat in the legislative council to have a total of 20 despite a 5.1% swing against them. The Labor party lost 2 seats bringing their total down to 12 whilst The Greens, Shooters and Fishers and Christian Democrats saw no gains or losses in the election with each party respectively having 5 and 2 apiece. The only gain came from the Animal Justice Party.