2015 New South Wales state election

state election for New South Wales, Australia in March 2015

The 2015 New South Wales state election was held on 28 March 2015 to elect the 56th Parliament of New South Wales, including all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council.

2015 New South Wales state election

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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 Mike Baird Luke Foley John Kaye
Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Greens
Leader's seat Manly Auburn
(won seat)
Legislative Council
Last election 69 seats, 51.2% 20 seats, 25.6% 1 seat, 10.29%
Seats won 54 34 3
Seat change Decrease 15 Increase 14 Increase 2
Popular vote 2,009,821 1,500,855 453,031
Percentage 45.63% 34.08% 10.29%
Swing Decrease 5.52 Increase 8.52 Increase 0.00
TPP 54.32% 45.68%
TPP swing Decrease 9.90 Increase 9.90

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

Mike Baird
Liberal/National coalition

Elected Premier

Mike Baird
Liberal/National coalition

The incumbent Liberal/National Coalition government, led by Premier Mike Baird, won a second consecutive term in government, opposed by the Labor Party, led by Luke Foley.

The Coalition's supermajority was reduced by 15 seats as Labor gained back the heartland seats it lost at the previous state election, which the Coalition won in a landslide.

In the Legislative Assembly, the Coalition won 52 seats, Labor won 34, the Greens won three and independents won two. In the Legislative Council, the Coalition won nine seats (with a total of 20), Labor won seven (with a total of 12), the Greens won two (with a total of five), the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party won one (with a total of two), the Christian Democrats won one (with a total of two) and the Animal Justice Party won one (with a total of one).

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