2011 New South Wales state election

The 2011 New South Wales state election was held on 26 March 2011 to elect the 55th Parliament of New South Wales, including all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council. It was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).

2011 New South Wales state election

26 March 2011
All 93 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and 21 (of the 42) seats in the New South Wales Legislative Council 47 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Opinion polls
First party Second party Third party   Leader Barry O'Farrell Kristina Keneally John Kaye Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Greens Leader's seat Ku-ring-gai Heffron Legislative Council Last election 35 seats 52 seats 0 seats Seats before 37 50 0 Seats won 69 20 1 Seat change 32 30 1 Popular vote 2,124,321 1,061,352 427,144 Percentage 51.15% 25.55% 10.29% Swing 14.16 13.43 1.33 TPP 64.22% 35.78% TPP swing 16.48 16.48
The top map shows the first party preference by electorate. The bottom map shows the final two-party preferred vote result by electorate.
Premier before election Kristina Keneally Labor Elected Premier Barry O'Farrell Liberal/National coalition

The incumbent Labor government, led by Premier Kristina Keneally, tried to win a fifth consecutive term in government, but were defeated by the Liberal/National Coalition, led by Barry O'Farrell, in a landslide.

Labor had a two-party swing against them of 16.48%, the largest swing against a sitting government in Australia since World War II. The Coalition won the largest majority government in New South Wales history, winning 69 seats in the Legislative Assembly (or 74.2% of the chamber). It was one of the worst defeats of a sitting Australian government since Federation in 1901. Labor won its lowest ever seat total, winning only 20 seats.

In the Legislative Assembly, the Coalition won 69 seats, Labor won 20, the Greens won one and independents won three. In the Legislative Council, the Coalition won 11 seats (with a total of 19), Labor won five (with a total of 14), the Greens won three (with a total of five), the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party won one (with at total of two) and the Christian Democrats won one (with a total of two).