See also: 2023 New South Wales state election.
| Election Name: | 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council) |
| Country: | New South Wales |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 25 March 2023 |
| Previous Election: | Results of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council) |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | 21 of the 42 seats on the Legislative Council |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Leader1: | Penny Sharpe |
| Party1: | Australian Labor Party |
| Seats Before1: | 14 |
| Seats Needed1: | 7 |
| Seats1: | 8 |
| Seats After1: | 15 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,690,445 |
| Percentage1: | 36.61% |
| Swing1: | 6.93pp |
| Leader2: | Damien Tudehope |
| Party2: | Coalition (Australia) |
| Seats Before2: | 17 |
| Seats Needed2: | 4 |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seats After2: | 15 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,374,857 |
| Percentage2: | 29.78% |
| Swing2: | 5.04pp |
| Leader3: | None |
| Party3: | The Greens NSW |
| Seats Before3: | 3 |
| Seats Needed3: | 18 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 4 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 419,346 |
| Percentage3: | 9.08% |
| Swing3: | 0.64pp |
| Leader4: | Mark Latham |
| Party4: | Pauline Hanson's One Nation – New South Wales |
| Seats Before4: | 2 |
| Seats Needed4: | 19 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 3 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 273,496 |
| Percentage4: | 5.92% |
| Swing4: | 0.97pp |
| Leader5: | Robert Borsak |
| Party5: | SFF |
| Seats Before5: | 2 |
| Seats Needed5: | 19 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seats After5: | 2 |
| Popular Vote5: | 144,043 |
| Percentage5: | 3.12% |
| Swing5: | 2.42pp |
| Leader6: | None |
| Party6: | Legalise Cannabis |
| Seats Before6: | 0 |
| Seats Needed6: | 21 |
| Seats6: | 1 |
| Seats After6: | 1 |
| Seat Change6: | 1 |
| Popular Vote6: | 169,482 |
| Percentage6: | 3.67% |
| Swing6: | 3.67pp |
| Leader7: | John Ruddick |
| Party7: | Liberal Democrats |
| Seats Before7: | 0 |
| Seats Needed7: | 21 |
| Seats7: | 1 |
| Seats After7: | 1 |
| Seat Change7: | 1 |
| Popular Vote7: | 162,755 |
| Percentage7: | 3.53% |
| Swing7: | 1.35pp |
| Leader8: | None |
| Party8: | Animal Justice |
| Seats Before8: | 2 |
| Seats Needed8: | 19 |
| Seats8: | 0 |
| Seats After8: | 1 |
| Seat Change8: | 1 |
| Popular Vote8: | 101,183 |
| Percentage8: | 2.19% |
| Swing8: | 0.24pp |
| Leader9: | Silvana Nile |
| Color9: | 0A6645 |
| Party9: | Revive Australia |
| Seats Before9: | 1 |
| Seats9: | 0 |
| Seats After9: | 0 |
| Seat Change9: | 0 |
| Popular Vote9: | 2,507 |
| Percentage9: | 0.05% |
| Swing9: | 0.05pp |
The 2023 New South Wales Legislative Council election was held on 25 March 2023 to elect the 57th New South Wales Legislative Council.
The incumbent Liberal–National Coalition was seeking to retain its longstanding majority of seats, opposed by the Labor Party. The Greens, One Nation and several other minor parties also contested the election.[1]
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | 2023 seats | 2019 seats | Total seats | Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | 1,690,445 | 36.61 | +6.93 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 1 | ||
| Liberal/National joint ticket | 1,374,857 | 29.78 | –5.04 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 2 | ||
| Greens | 419,346 | 9.08 | –0.64 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| One Nation | 273,496 | 5.92 | –0.97 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Legalise Cannabis | 169,482 | 3.67 | +3.67 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 162,755 | 3.53 | +1.35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 144,043 | 3.12 | –2.42 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Animal Justice | 101,183 | 2.19 | +0.24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Elizabeth Farrelly Independents | 61,163 | 1.32 | −0.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Family First | 58,361 | 1.26 | +1.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sustainable Australia | 42,902 | 0.93 | –0.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Australia One | 35,888 | 0.78 | +0.78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Public Education | 34,523 | 0.75 | +0.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Informed Medical Options | 21,362 | 0.46 | +0.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Socialist Alliance | 17,056 | 0.37 | +0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| United Australia | 3,891 | 0.08 | +0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Revive Australia | 2,507 | 0.05 | +0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Independent | 1,356 | 0.03 | +0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ungrouped | 965 | 0.02 | +0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Call To Freedom | 722 | 0.02 | +0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Christians For Community | 306 | 0.01 | +0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Socialist Equality | 249 | 0.01 | +0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Formal votes | 4,616,858 | 94.31 | +0.66 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Informal votes | 278,477 | 5.69 | −0.66 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 4,895,335 | 100.00 | – | 21 | 21 | 42 | – | ||
| Registered voters / turnout | 5,521,688 | 88.66 | −0.78 | – | – | – | – | ||
|-| | | style="text-align:left;"| Elizabeth Farrelly Independents | style="text-align:left;"| 1. Elizabeth Farrelly
2. Teresa Russell
3. Sunil Badami
4. Philippa Murray
5. Hugo Chan
6. Jennifer Crawford
7. Anne Crawford
8. Caroline Pidcock
9. Julie Walton
10. Jane Stanham
11. Rose Ricketson
12. Andrew Potts
13. Deni McKenzie
14. Marie Sheehan
15. Freddy Sharpe
16. Edilla Ford| style="text-align:right;"| 61,163| style="text-align:right;"| 1.32| style="text-align:right;"| +1.32|-
|-| | | style="text-align:left;"| Family First| style="text-align:left;"| 1. Lyle Shelton
2. Barbara Helvadjian
3. Don Modarelli
4. Richard Stretton
5. Jamie Green
6. Robyn Butt
7. Graham McLennan
8. Craig Dengate
9. Nathaniel Marsh
10. Tracey Bradbury
11. Penelope Windeyer
12. Benjamin Irawan
13. Prue Duignan
14. Glen Ryan
15. Michael Chaplin| style="text-align:right;"| 58,361| style="text-align:right;"| 1.26| style="text-align:right;"| +1.26|-
|-| bgcolor=#292A67 | | style="text-align:left;"| Australia One| style="text-align:left;"| 1. Riccardo Bosi
2. David Graham
3. Jackie George
4. Franco Todisco
5. David Heath
6. Garry Mckinlay
7. Frank Kloepfer
8. Reagan Kloepfer
9. Robyn George
10. Logan George
11. Scott Bowden
12. Kevin Walker
13. Luke George
14. Brad Kirkels
15. Barbara Kafer
16. Noel Anderson
17. Matt Polin
18. Josephine Fsadni| style="text-align:right;"| 35,888| style="text-align:right;"| 0.78| style="text-align:right;"| +0.78|-
|-| | | style="text-align:left;"| United Australia| style="text-align:left;"| 1. Craig Kelly
2. Andrew Robertson
3. Rosemary Saad
4. Anne Khoury
5. Dean Mackin
6. Robert Nalbandian
7. Amber Robertson
8. M. Wrightson
9. Philip Kelly| style="text-align:right;"| 3,891| style="text-align:right;"| 0.08| style="text-align:right;"| +0.08|-
|-| | | style="text-align:left;"| Revive Australia| style="text-align:left;"| 1. Silvana Nile
2. Fred Nile| style="text-align:right;"| 2,507| style="text-align:right;"| 0.05| style="text-align:right;"| +0.05|-
|-| | | style="text-align:left;"| Call To Freedom| style="text-align:left;"| 1. Milan Maksimovic
2. Deborah Lions
3. Mianda Villatora| style="text-align:right;"| 722| style="text-align:right;"| 0.02| style="text-align:right;"| +0.02|-
|-| | | style="text-align:left;"| Christians For Community| style="text-align:left;"| 1. Milton Caine
2. Robert Skillin| style="text-align:right;"| 306| style="text-align:right;"| 0.01| style="text-align:right;"| +0.01|-
|-| | | style="text-align:left;"| Socialist Equality| style="text-align:left;"| 1. Oscar Grenfell
2. Mike Head | style="text-align:right;"| 249| style="text-align:right;"| 0.01| style="text-align:right;"| +0.01|-
|-| | | style="text-align:left;"| Indigenous-Aboriginal| style="text-align:left;"| Colleen Fuller| style="text-align:right;"| 156| style="text-align:right;"| 0.00| style="text-align:right;"| +0.00|-
|-| | | style="text-align:left;"| Homes First| style="text-align:left;"| Lee Howe| style="text-align:right;"| 134| style="text-align:right;"| 0.00| style="text-align:right;"| +0.00|-
The following members of the Legislative Council were not up for re-election this year.
| Party | Member | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - | - | Penny Sharpe | ||||||||
| - | - | - | - | Casual vacancy | ||||||||||
| - | - | Sarah Mitchell | ||||||||||||
| - | Sue Higginson | |||||||||||||
| - | Casual vacancy | |||||||||||||
| Mark Banasiak | ||||||||||||||
| Emma Hurst | ||||||||||||||