Electoral district of Newtown

Newtown is an electoral district of New South Wales. It was created in 1859, abolished in 1894, recreated in 1904, reabolished in 1920, recreated again in 1927, reabolished again in 1950 and recreated for a fourth time in 2015.

Newtown New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1859–1894 1904–1920 1927–1950 2015–present
MP	Jenny Leong
Party	Greens
Namesake	Newtown
Electors	56,412 (2019)
Area	10.29 km2 (4.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner-metropolitan
Electorates around Newtown: Summer Hill Balmain Sydney Summer Hill Newtown Heffron Summer Hill Heffron Heffron

It is a progressive electorate.

Newtown is located in the Sydney CBD.

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Newtown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Jenny Leong	26,758	54.1	+9.9
	Labor	David Hetherington	15,104	30.5	+1.9
	Liberal	Fiona Douskou	6,365	12.9	−1.7
	Sustainable Australia	Christopher Thomas	1,275	2.6	+0.8
Total formal votes			49,502	98.5	+0.6
Informal votes			769	1.5	−0.6
Turnout			50,271	84.4	−0.8
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	David Hetherington	35,145	82.3	+4.1
	Liberal	Fiona Douskou	7,553	17.7	−4.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Jenny Leong	28,015	62.1	+0.7
	Labor	David Hetherington	17,094	37.9	−0.7
	Greens hold		Swing	+0.7