2027 New South Wales state election

2027 New South Wales state election

← 2023 No earlier than 30 January 2027 and no later than 27 March 2027 2031 →

All 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly
and 21 (of the 42) seats in the Legislative Council
47 Assembly seats are needed for a majority
Opinion polls
 
Fundraising function for Mr Edmond Atalla MP, State Member for Member for Mount Druitt, with then NSW Opposition Leader, Mr Chris Minns MP (cropped).jpg
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Leader Chris Minns Mark Speakman None
Party Labor Liberal/National Coalition Greens
Leader since 4 June 2021 21 April 2023
Leader's seat Kogarah Cronulla
Last election 45 seats, 36.97% 36 seats, 35.37% 3 seats, 9.70%
Current seats 45 36 3
Seats needed Increase 2 Increase 11 Increase 44

Incumbent Premier

Chris Minns
Labor



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).

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.

  1. ^ "Constitution Act 1902 No 32". legislation.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

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