1995 New South Wales state election

1995 New South Wales state election

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All 99 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
and 21 (of the 42) seats in the New South Wales Legislative Council
50 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Bob Carr John Fahey
Party Labor Liberal/National coalition
Leader since 6 April 1988 24 June 1992
Leader's seat Maroubra Southern Highlands
Last election 46 seats 49 seats
Seats before 47 seats 48 seats
Seats won 50 46
Seat change Increase3 Decrease2
Popular vote 1,408,616 1,500,068
Percentage 41.26% 43.94%
Swing Increase2.21 Decrease0.73
TPP 48.82% 51.18%
TPP swing Increase1.51pp Decrease1.51pp

Two-candidate-preferred margin by electorate

Premier before election

John Fahey
Liberal/National coalition

Elected Premier

Bob Carr
Labor

The 1995 New South Wales state election was held on Saturday 25 March 1995. All seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the New South Wales Legislative Council were up for election. The minority Liberal Coalition government of Premier of New South Wales John Fahey was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Bob Carr, who went on to become the longest continuously-serving premier in the state's history, before stepping down in 2005. Fahey pursued a brief career as a Federal Government minister.

It would not be until 2023, exactly twenty-eight years later, that Labor would again win a New South Wales state election from opposition.[1]

  1. ^ Rabe, Tom (25 March 2023). "'NSW has voted for change': NSW Labor returns from the wilderness". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 March 2023.