Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council)

2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council)

25 March 2023

21 of the 42 seats on the Legislative Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Penny Sharpe Damien Tudehope None
Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Greens
Seats before 14 17 3
Seats won 8 7 2
Seats after 15 15 4
Seat change 1 2 1
Popular vote 1,690,445 1,374,857 419,346
Percentage 36.61% 29.78% 9.08%
Swing 6.93pp 5.04pp 0.64pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
SFF
Leader Mark Latham Robert Borsak Jeremy Buckingham
Party One Nation SFF Legalise Cannabis
Seats before 2 2 0
Seats won 1 1 1
Seats after 3 2 1
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 273,496 144,043 169,482
Percentage 5.92% 3.12% 3.67%
Swing 0.97pp 2.42pp 3.67pp

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
AJP
RAP
Leader John Ruddick None Silvana Nile
Party Liberal Democrats Animal Justice Revive Australia
Seats before 0 2 1
Seats won 1 0 0
Seats after 1 1 0
Seat change 1 1 1
Popular vote 162,755 101,183 2,507
Percentage 3.53% 2.19% 0.05%
Swing 1.35pp 0.24pp 0.05pp

The 2023 New South Wales Legislative Council election was held on 25 March 2023 to elect the 57th New South Wales Legislative Council.

The incumbent Liberal–National Coalition was seeking to retain its longstanding majority of seats, opposed by the Labor Party. The Greens, One Nation and several other minor parties also contested the election.