Results of the 2003 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council) explained

Election Name:2003 New South Wales state election
(Legislative Council)
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Election Date:22 March 2003
Previous Election:Results of the 1999 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council)
Previous Year:1999
Next Election:Results of the 2007 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council)
Next Year:2007
Seats For Election:21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council
Majority Seats:21
Leader1:Michael Egan
Party1:Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)
Seats Before1:16
Seats1:10
Seats After1:18
Seat Change1: 2
Popular Vote1:1,620,190
Percentage1:43.54%
Swing1: 6.27pp
Leader2:Mike Gallacher
Party2:Coalition (Australia)
Seats Before2:14
Seats2:7
Seats After2:13
Seat Change2: 1
Popular Vote2:1,239,107
Percentage2:33.30%
Swing2: 5.91pp
Leader3:None
Party3:The Greens NSW
Seats Before3:2
Seats3:2
Seats After3:3
Seat Change3: 1
Popular Vote3:320,010
Percentage3:8.60%
Swing3: 5.69pp
Leader4:Fred Nile
Party4:Christian Democratic Party (Australia)
Seats Before4:2
Seats4:1
Seats After4:2
Popular Vote4:112,865
Percentage4:3.03%
Swing4: 0.14pp
Leader5:Roy Smith
Party5:SFF
Seats Before5:1
Seats5:1
Seats After5:1
Popular Vote5:76,133
Percentage5:2.05%
Swing5: 0.38pp
Leader6:Arthur Chesterfield-Evans
Party6:Australian Democrats
Seats Before6:1
Seats6:0
Seats After6:1
Popular Vote6:58,494
Percentage6:1.57%
Swing6: 2.44pp
Leader7:David Oldfield
Party7:One Nation NSW
Seats Before7:1
Seats7:0
Seats After7:1
Popular Vote7:55,396
Percentage7:1.49%
Swing7: 4.85pp
Leader8:Peter Wong
Party8:Unity Party (Australia)
Seats Before8:1
Seats8:0
Seats After8:1
Popular Vote8:52,979
Percentage8:1.42%
Swing8: 0.44pp
Leader9:Peter Breen
Party9:RLS
Seats Before9:1
Seats9:0
Seats After9:1
Popular Vote9:9,644
Percentage9:0.26%
Swing9: 0.74pp

This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 2003 New South Wales state election.

Results

|-| |  | style="text-align:left;"| Fishing/Horse Riders/4WD| style="text-align:left;"| 1. Robert Smith
2. Glenn Druery
3. Ruth Green
4. Frank Sanzari
5. David Wiseman
6. Debra Avis
7. Philip Gilham
8. Stewart Paterson
9. Fiona Meller
10. David Bennis
11. Deanne Shepherd
12. Wendy Smallwood
13. Dean Carpenter
14. David Hitchcock
15. Michelle Carpenter
16. Steven Kaskaniotis
17. Michael Butcher
18. Graham Crossley
19. Antonio Gabrielle
20. Phillip Bell
21. Chris Hodgson| style="text-align:right;"| 39,315| style="text-align:right;"| 1.06| style="text-align:right;"| +0.85|-

Continuing members

The following MLCs were not up for re-election this year.

MemberPartyTerm
 Meredith Burgmann1999–2007
 Jan Burnswoods1999–2007
 John Della Bosca1999–2007
 Amanda Fazio2000–2007
 John Hatzistergos1999–2007
 Ian MacDonald1999–2007
 Eddie Obeid1999–2007
 Henry Tsang1999–2007
 Patricia Forsythe1999–2007
 Don Harwin1999–2007
 Charlie Lynn1999–2007
 John Ryan1999–2007
 Jenny Gardiner1999–2007
 Melinda Pavey2002–2007
 David Oldfield1999–2007
 Arthur Chesterfield-Evans1999–2007
 Fred Nile1999–2007
 Lee Rhiannon1999–2007
 Peter Breen1999–2007
 Peter Wong1999–2007
 Malcolm Jones1999–2007

See also