5/21/2023 0 Comments Swansea by Geoff Brookes![]() ![]() It is only the third time since 1941 that a NSW Labor government has been defeated. The Coalition picked up a 34-seat swing to win a strong majority, with 69 seats–the largest majority government, in terms of percentage of seats controlled, in NSW history. ![]() 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. 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. The 16-year-incumbent Labor Party government led by Premier Kristina Keneally was defeated in a landslide by the Liberal– National Coalition opposition led by Barry O'Farrell. ![]() The bottom map shows the final two-party preferred vote result by electorate.Įlections to the 55th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 26 March 2011. The top map shows the first party preference by electorate. ![]()
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