1988 New South Wales state election

1988 New South Wales state election
19 March 1988 (1988-03-19)
All 109 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
and 15 (of the 45) seats in the New South Wales Legislative Council
55 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nick Greiner Barrie Unsworth
Party Liberal/National coalition Labor
Leader since 15 March 1983 4 July 1986
Leader's seat Ku-ring-gai Rockdale
Last election 37 seats 58 seats
Seats before 38 seats 56 seats
Seats won 59 43
Seat change 21 13
Popular vote 1,588,095 1,233,612
Percentage 49.54% 38.48%
Swing 6.52 10.27
TPP 55.96% 44.02%
TPP swing 8.40 8.40
Two-candidate-preferred margin by electorate
Premier before election

Barrie Unsworth
Labor

 Elected Premier

Nick Greiner
Liberal/National coalition

Elections to the 49th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday 19 March 1988. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and a third of the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election. The Labor government of Premier Barrie Unsworth was defeated by the Liberal–National Coalition, led by Opposition Leader Nick Greiner in a landslide victory against Labor.

The election took place following a redistribution of seats, which resulted in the Assembly growing from 99 to 109 seats.

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