The next New South Wales state election will be held no earlier than 30 January 2027 and no later than 27 March 2027,[1] to elect the 59th 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).
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The incumbent Labor minority government, led by Premier Chris Minns, will seek to win a second four-year term in office. They will be challenged by the Liberal/National coalition, led by Mark Speakman. The Greens, the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party, other minor parties and several independents will also contest the election.
New South Wales has compulsory voting, with optional preferential, instant runoff voting in single-member seats for the lower house, and single transferable voting with optional preferential above-the-line voting in the proportionally represented upper house.
Background
At the previous state election held in 2023, the Australian Labor Party (ALP), led by Chris Minns, won the election after spending 12 years in Opposition. The election saw Labor win 45 seats to the Coalition's 36 seats on election day, allowing Labor to form an initial minority government. The Greens retained their three seats, while the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers lost all three of their seats as a result of their MPs resigning from the party to become independents.
In the Legislative Council (the Upper House), 21 of the 42 seats were up for election. Both the Coalition and Labor won 15 seats each, however after the election of Ben Franklin as President of the Legislative Council, the Coalition's effective vote on the floor on the council was reduced to 14.[2] The Greens won 4 seats in the Legislative Council. One Nation won 3 seats, which is its largest representation in New South Wales and currently its largest in any Australian parliament (including the federal Parliament). Meanwhile, the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party retained its two seats, the Animal Justice Party lost one of its two seats and two parties (the Legalise Cannabis Party and the Liberal Democrats) won their first ever seats in the New South Wales Parliament.
Date
The parliament has fixed four-year terms with the election held on the fourth Saturday in March,[3] though the Governor may dissolve the house sooner on the advice of the Premier. Additionally, Section 24B, Paragraph 4 of the Constitution Act 1902 states that “The Legislative Assembly may be dissolved within 2 months before the Assembly is due to expire if the general election would otherwise be required to be held during the same period as a Commonwealth election, during a holiday period or at any other inconvenient time.” [1] Since 27 March 2027 is Holy Saturday, it is highly unlikely that an election will be held on this day, given the number of citizens of New South Wales who travel or are otherwise occupied during the Easter long weekend. Two months before this date is 27 January 2027; however, since all Australian elections must by law take place on a Saturday, the earliest possible date for the 2027 New South Wales state election (other than by early dissolution) is Saturday 30 January 2027.
Pre-election pendulum
Registered parties
Fourteen parties are registered with the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).[4] Bold text indicates parliamentary parties.
Opinion polling
Voting intention
| Date | Firm | Primary vote | TPP vote | |||||
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| ALP | L/NP | GRN | ONP | OTH | ALP | L/NP | ||
| 16 June 2024 | Resolve Strategic[5][d] | 32% | 35% | 11% | — | 22% | 52% | 48% |
| February – May 2024 | Redbridge[6] | 35% | 40% | 11% | — | 14% | 50.5% | 49.5% |
| 21 April 2024 | Resolve Strategic[7][e] | 33% | 36% | 12% | — | 19% | 52% | 48% |
| 25 February 2024 | Resolve Strategic[8][f] | 34% | 38% | 12% | — | 17% | 51.5% | 48.5% |
| 5 November 2023 | Resolve Strategic[9][g] | 36% | 32% | 13% | — | 19% | 57% | 43% |
| 10 September 2023 | Resolve Strategic[10][h] | 38% | 36% | 9% | — | 17% | 54% | 46% |
| 16 July 2023 | Resolve Strategic[11][i] | 41% | 32% | 10% | — | 16% | 58% | 42% |
| 14 May 2023 | Resolve Strategic[12][j] | 44% | 31% | 9% | — | 15% | 60% | 40% |
| 25 March 2023 election | 36.97% | 35.37% | 9.70% | 1.80% | 16.18% | 54.26% | 45.74% | |
Preferred Premier and satisfaction
| Date | Firm | Better Premier | Minns | Speakman | |||||
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| Minns | Speakman | Satisfied | Dissatisfied | Satisfied | Dissatisfied | ||||
| 16 June 2024 | Resolve Strategic[5] | 38% | 13% | not asked | not asked | ||||
| February – May 2024 | Redbridge[6] | not asked | 40% | 20% | 19% | 21% | |||
| 21 April 2024 | Resolve Strategic[7] | 37% | 16% | not asked | not asked | ||||
| 25 February 2024 | Resolve Strategic[8] | 35% | 16% | not asked | not asked | ||||
| 5 November 2023 | Resolve Strategic[9] | 35% | 13% | not asked | not asked | ||||
| 10 September 2023 | Resolve Strategic[10] | 41% | 14% | not asked | not asked | ||||
| 16 July 2023 | Resolve Strategic[11] | 39% | 12% | not asked | not asked | ||||
| 14 May 2023 | Resolve Strategic[12] | 42% | 12% | not asked | not asked | ||||
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