A state general election is scheduled to be held on 13 March 2027 to elect members of the 59th Parliament of New South Wales. All 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly will be up for election, along with 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council. The election will be conducted by the NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC).

The incumbent Labor minority government, led by Premier Chris Minns, is expected to seek to win a second four-year term in office. They will be challenged by the Liberal–National Coalition, led by Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane. 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 (Legislative Assembly), and single transferable voting with an optional system of preferences that voters can mark in the proportionally represented upper house (Legislative Council).

Background At the previous state election held in 2023, the Labor Party (ALP), led by Chris Minns, won the election after spending 12 years in opposition. The election saw Labor win 45 seats as opposed to the Coalition's 36 seats on election day, allowing Labor to form a 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 2019–2023 parliament, as well as two independents who gained seats.

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 total vote on the floor on the council was reduced to 14. The Greens won four seats in the Legislative Council. One Nation won three seats, which is its largest representation in New South Wales and currently its largest in any Australian state or territory 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 Libertarian Party, which was registered as the Liberal Democrats in 2023) won their first ever seats in the New South Wales Parliament.

During the 2023–2027 term of parliament, the government announced plans to rezone and activate Woollahra station, which is part of the T4 eastern suburbs line but was never completed due to local opposition in an effort to solve housing supply issues and announced major housing policies (such as transit-oriented development, the creation of a three-person panel named the Housing Delivery Authority to expedite approvals and banned no-fault evictions for renters as well as capping rent increases to once per year), and increased teachers' wages to attract more people to the profession. They have also acted upon a pledge at the previous election to abolish the land tax introduced by former premier Dominic Perrottet. The government have also set in train processes to create new national parks based upon previous election pledges, those being in Georges River for Koalas and one in the North Coast to create a "Great Koala National Park".

The Coalition opposition have proposed building new metro lines.

Since the 2023 state election, there have been six by-elections: in Northern Tablelands, Pittwater, Epping, Hornsby, Port Macquarie and Kiama. As a result of these by-elections, Labor's share of seats increased by one to 46, one short of a majority and the Liberal seat count was reduced by one to 35.

In November 2025, Speakman resigned as leader of the Liberal party and was replaced by shadow health minister Kellie Sloane.

Date The parliament has fixed four-year terms with the election held on the fourth Saturday in March, though the Governor may dissolve the house sooner on the advice of the Premier.

Additionally, section 24B, paragraph four 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." Since 27March 2027 is Holy Saturday, the government has announced that an election will be held on 13March. 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

Labor seats (45) Seat Member Party MarginMarginalPenrithKaren McKeownALP1.6%East HillsKylie WilkinsonALP1.8%MonaroSteve WhanALP2.4% v NATCamdenSally QuinnellALP2.9%South CoastLiza ButlerALP3.7%RiverstoneWarren KirbyALP3.7%Fairly safeThe EntranceDavid MehanALP7.8%LiverpoolCharishma KaliyandaALP8.4%ParramattaDonna DavisALP8.5%LeppingtonNathan HagartyALP8.7%ProspectHugh McDermottALP8.8%HeathcoteMaryanne StuartALP9.9%SafeBegaMichael HollandALP10.4%CabramattaTri VoALP11.8%CoogeeMarjorie O'NeillALP12.2%StrathfieldJason Yat-Sen LiALP13.1%LondonderryPrue CarALP13.6%LismoreJanelle SaffinALP15.0% v NATRockdaleSteve KamperALP15.4%SwanseaYasmin CatleyALP15.4%GosfordLiesl TeschALP15.4%ShellharbourAnna WatsonALP17.1% v INDSummer HillJo HaylenALP16.8% v GRNVery safeKogarahChris MinnsALP18.3%MaroubraMichael DaleyALP18.6% MaitlandJenny AitchisonALP18.6%Port StephensKate WashingtonALP19.0%WyongDavid HarrisALP19.2%Macquarie FieldsAnoulack ChanthivongALP19.9%BlacktownStephen BaliALP20.1%BankstownJihad DibALP20.3%CharlestownJodie HarrisonALP21.1%FairfieldDavid SalibaALP21.1%GranvilleJulia FinnALP21.5%Blue MountainsTrish DoyleALP21.9%Mount DruittEdmond AtallaALP22.3%NewcastleTim CrakanthorpALP22.6% HeffronRon HoenigALP23.2%CampbelltownGreg WarrenALP23.3%CessnockClayton BarrALP23.4% v ONPAuburnLynda VoltzALP24%KeiraRyan ParkALP24.3%WollongongPaul ScullyALP24.3%CanterburySophie CotsisALP25.7%WallsendSonia HorneryALP31.8% Liberal/National seats (36) Seat Member Party Margin MarginalRydeJordan LaneLIB0.1%HolsworthyTina AyyadLIB0.4% PittwaterJacqui ScrubyIND0.7% LIB v INDOatleyMark CoureLIB0.8%TerrigalAdam CrouchLIB1.2% GoulburnWendy TuckermanLIB1.3% DrummoyneStephanie Di PasquaLIB1.3%Winston HillsMark TaylorLIB1.8%MirandaEleni PetinosLIB2.3%WilloughbyTim JamesLIB2.6% v INDTweedGeoff ProvestNAT3.6%Upper HunterDave LayzellNAT3.8%ManlyJames GriffinLIB4.8% v INDEppingMonica TudehopeLIB4.8%Lane CoveAnthony RobertsLIB5.5%North ShoreFelicity WilsonLIB5.6% v INDFairly safeHornsby James WallaceLIB8.0%HawkesburyRobyn PrestonLIB9.9%SafeWahroongaAlister HenskensLIB10.5%Badgerys CreekTanya DaviesLIB10.5%Castle HillMark HodgesLIB10.9%KellyvilleRay WilliamsLIB10.9%OxleyMichael KempNAT12.8%VaucluseKellie SloaneLIB12.8% v INDCoffs HarbourGurmesh SinghNAT13.2%DavidsonMatt CrossLIB14.0%CronullaMark SpeakmanLIB14.0%ClarenceRichie WilliamsonNAT14.5%TamworthKevin AndersonNAT15.8% v INDMyall LakesTanya ThompsonNAT15.9%AlburyJustin ClancyLIB16.3%Port MacquarieRobert DwyerLIB16.7%Very safeDubboDugald SaundersNAT18.7%BathurstPaul TooleNAT23.6%CootamundraSteph CookeNAT32.3%Northern TablelandsBrendan MoylanNAT33.8% Crossbench seats (12) Seat Member Party MarginMarginalWollondillyJudy HannanIND1.8% v LIBKiamaKatelin McInerneyALP1.8% v ALPBalmainKobi ShettyGRN1.8% v ALPWakehurstMichael ReganIND4.4% v LIBFairly safeBallinaTamara SmithGRN7.7% v NATSafeNewtownJenny LeongGRN12.1% v ALPSydneyAlex GreenwichIND15.8% v ALPMurrayHelen DaltonIND16.0% v NATBarwonRoy ButlerIND16% v NATVery safeOrangePhilip DonatoIND22.0% v NATWagga WaggaJoe McGirrIND22.2% v NATLake MacquarieGreg PiperIND24.3% v ALP

Registered parties

Twenty parties are registered with the NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC). Bold text indicates parliamentary parties.

Animal Justice Christians Citizens Party Family First Greens HEART Party Josh for NSW

Labor Legalise Cannabis Liberals Libertarians (formerly Liberal Democrats) Nationals One Nation Public Education Party

The Rural Party Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party Small Business Socialist Alliance Sustainable Australia New South Wales Soc

Candidates

Retiring members

Opinion polling

Primary vote

Two-party preferred

See also Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 2023–2027

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