1988 New South Wales state election

1988 New South Wales state election

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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.