New South Wales State election, 2011

New South Wales state election, 2011

2007 ← 26 March 2011 → 2015

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   First party Second party Third party   Leader Barry O'Farrell Kristina Keneally no leader Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Greens Leader since 4 April 2007 4 December 2009 Leader's seat Ku-ring-gai Heffron Last election 35 seats 52 seats 0 seats Seats won 69 seats 20 seats 1 seats Seat change 34 32 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%

Premier before election Kristina Keneally Labor Premier after election Barry O'Farrell Liberal/National coalition

Kristina Keneally
Labor

Barry O'Farrell
Liberal/National coalition

Elections to the 55th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 26 March 2011. The 16-year-incumbent Australian Labor Party government led by Premier Kristina Keneally was defeated in a landslide by the Liberal–National Coalition opposition led by Barry O'Farrell. Labor suffered a two-party swing of 16.4 points, the largest against a sitting government at any level in Australia since World War II. From 48 seats at dissolution, Labor was knocked down to 20 seats—the worst defeat of a sitting government in New South Wales history, and one of the worst of a state government in Australia since federation. The Coalition picked up 34 seats to win a strong majority, with 69 seats. It is only the third time since 1941 that a NSW Labor government has been defeated.

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 was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).

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