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{{Short description|Elections to the 55th parliament of New South Wales}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name   = 2011 New South Wales state election
| country         = New South Wales
| type            = parliamentary
| ongoing         = no
| previous_election = 2007 New South Wales state election
| previous_year   = 2007
| next_election   = 2015 New South Wales state election
| next_year       = 2015
| seats_for_election = All 93 seats in the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]]<br />and [[Results of the 2011 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council)|21 (of the 42) seats]] in the [[New South Wales Legislative Council]]<br /><small>47 Assembly seats were needed for a majority</small>
| election_date   = 26 March 2011
| opinion_polls = #Opinion polling

<!-- Liberal/ National Coalition -->
| image1          = {{CSS image crop |Image = Premier Barry O'Farrell - Flickr - Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer.jpg|bSize = 130|cWidth = 130|cHeight = 170|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}
| leader1         = [[Barry O'Farrell]]
| leader_since1   = 4 April 2007
| party1          = Coalition (New South Wales)
| leaders_seat1   = [[Electoral district of Ku-ring-gai|Ku-ring-gai]]
| popular_vote1   = '''2,124,321'''
| percentage1     = '''51.15%'''
| swing1          = {{increase}} 14.16
| last_election1  = 35 seats
| seats_before1   = 37 seats
| seats_needed1   = {{increase}} 10
| seats1          = '''69'''
| seat_change1    = {{increase}} 32

<!-- Labor -->
| image2          = {{CSS image crop |Image = Kristina Keneally.jpg
|bSize = 190|cWidth = 130|cHeight = 170|oTop = 7|oLeft = 22|Location = center}}
| leader2         = [[Kristina Keneally]]
| leader_since2   = [[2009 New South Wales Labor Party leadership spill|3 December 2009]]
| party2          = Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)
| leaders_seat2   = [[Electoral district of Heffron|Heffron]]
| popular_vote2   = 1,061,352
| percentage2     = 25.55%
| swing2          = {{decrease}} 13.43
| last_election2  = 52 seats
| seats_before2   = 50 seats
| seats_needed2   = {{steady}}
| seats2          = 20
| seat_change2    = {{decrease}} 30

<!-- Greens -->
| image3          = {{CSS image crop|Image = Greens_placeholder-01.png|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| leader3         = ''No leader''
| leader_since3   = 
| party3          = The Greens NSW
| leaders_seat3   = 
| popular_vote3   = 427,144
| percentage3     = 10.29%
| swing3          = {{increase}} 1.33
| last_election3  = 0 seats
| seats_before3   = 0 seats
| seats_needed3   = {{increase}} 46
| seats3          = 1
| seat_change3    = {{increase}} 1

<!-- TPP %  -->
| 1blank          = [[Two-party-preferred vote|TPP]]
| 1data1          = '''64.22%'''
| 1data2          = 35.78%
| 2blank          = [[Two-party-preferred vote|TPP]] swing
| 2data1          = {{increase}} 16.48
| 2data2          = {{decrease}} 16.48

<!-- Map -->
| map_image = 2011 New South Wales state election.svg
| map_size = 400px
| map_caption = Two-candidate-preferred margin by electorate

| title = [[Premier of New South Wales|Premier]]
| before_election = [[Kristina Keneally]]
| before_party = Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)
| posttitle = Elected [[Premier of New South Wales|Premier]]
| after_election = [[Barry O'Farrell]]
| after_party = Liberal/National coalition
}}

The '''2011 New South Wales state election''' held on Saturday, 26 March 2011. The 16-year-incumbent [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor Party]] government led by [[Premier of New South Wales|Premier]] [[Kristina Keneally]] was defeated in a [[landslide victory|landslide]] by the [[Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)|Liberal]]–[[National Party of Australia – NSW|National]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] opposition led by [[Barry O'Farrell]].

Labor suffered a [[two-party-preferred|two-party]] swing of 16.4 points, the largest against a sitting government at any level in Australia since [[World War II]]. From 50 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. The Coalition picked up a 32-seat swing to win a strong majority, with 69 seats–the largest majority government, in terms of percentage of seats controlled, in NSW history. It is only the third time since 1941 that a NSW Labor government has been defeated. It was also notable in that many of Labor's [[safe seat|safest seats]], such as [[electoral district of Newcastle|Newcastle]] and [[Electoral district of Parramatta|Parramatta]], were won by the Liberal Party on large swings. This election also saw the previous record for largest percentage of seats controlled by the Coalition, which won 74.2 percent of seats (69 out of 93 seats). The previous record for percentage of the legislature controlled was set by [[Neville Wran]]'s Labor Party in the [[1981 New South Wales state election|1981 election]], in which Labor won 69 out of 99 seats (69.7 percent).

New South Wales has [[compulsory voting]], with an optional [[instant-runoff voting|preferential ballot]] in [[Single-winner voting system|single-member seats]] for the lower house and [[single transferable vote]] with optional preferential [[above-the-line voting]] in the [[proportional representation|proportionally represented]] upper house. The election was conducted by the [[New South Wales Electoral Commission]] (NSWEC).

Future premier [[Dominic Perrottet]] and future opposition leader [[Mark Speakman]] entered parliament at this election.

==Background==
{{See also|Post-election pendulum for the New South Wales state election, 2007}}
[[File:NSW Election Map pre-2011.png|200px|thumb|New South Wales electorates by party before the election]]
[[File:NSW Election Map 2011.png|200px|thumb|New South Wales electorates by party after the election]]
The [[centre-left]] [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor Party]], led by [[Premier of New South Wales|Premier]] [[Kristina Keneally]], and the [[centre-right]] [[Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)|Liberal Party]], led by [[Leader of the Opposition (New South Wales)|Leader of the Opposition]] [[Barry O'Farrell]], were the two main parties in New South Wales. In the [[2007 New South Wales state election|2007 state election]], of 93 seats total, Labor won 52 seats, the Liberals won 22 seats and the [[National Party of Australia – NSW|Nationals]], led by [[Andrew Stoner]], who are in coalition with the Liberals, won 13 seats. Six seats were retained by independents. Smaller parties which hold no seats in the lower house but achieved significant votes in 2007 include [[Greens New South Wales|The Greens]] and the [[Christian Democratic Party (Australia)|Christian Democratic Party]].

On 18 October 2008, four state electorates ([[2008 Lakemba state by-election|Lakemba]], [[2008 Ryde state by-election|Ryde]], [[2008 Cabramatta state by-election|Cabramatta]], [[2008 Port Macquarie state by-election|Port Macquarie]]) went to by-elections as a result of the resignation of the Premier, two of his ministers, and an independent who left after winning a [[2008 Lyne by-election|federal by-election]]. The results in Ryde, Cabramatta, and Lakemba showed the largest by-election swing against Labor in its history.<ref name=by-elec>{{cite news
  | title     = A turning point for the Libs
  | url       = http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24520701-5001021,00.html
  | work      = The Daily Telegraph
  | date      = 20 October 2008
  | access-date= 20 May 2009 }}</ref> The results showed a significant swing towards the Liberal Party with a swing of 22.7 percentage points in former health minister [[Reba Meagher]]'s seat of Cabramatta, but it was retained by ALP candidate [[Nick Lalich]],<ref name=by-elec/> and a swing of 13 points against Labor in former premier [[Morris Iemma]]'s seat of Lakemba, also retained by an ALP candidate, [[Robert Furolo]].<ref name=by-elec/> Ryde, once a safe Labor seat, with a swing of 23.1 points delivered former deputy premier [[John Watkins (Australian politician)|John Watkins]]' seat to [[Victor Dominello]]. [[Peter Besseling]], the independent candidate, won [[Electoral district of Port Macquarie|Port Macquarie]], left vacant after the resignation of Nationals-turned-independent member [[Rob Oakeshott]], over the Nationals by a [[two-party-preferred|two-party]] margin of 54.5–45.5%, despite a swing of 23.7 points to the Nationals. On 19 June 2010 a [[2010 Penrith state by-election|by-election]] in the electoral district of [[Electoral district of Penrith|Penrith]]<ref>{{cite news
  | agency      = [[Australian Associated Press]]
  | title       = Liar Paluzzano resigns from parliament
  | work        = The Daily Telegraph
  | date        = 7 May 2010
  | url         = http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/liar-paluzzano-resigns-from-parliament/story-e6freuy9-1225863519405
  | access-date  = 8 May 2010}}</ref> was triggered as a result of the resignation of Labor Party MP [[Karyn Paluzzano]], with Liberal candidate [[Stuart Ayres]] winning the seat with a [[two-party-preferred vote|two-party-preferred]] swing of more than 25 points, the biggest swing against an incumbent government in New South Wales history, until the [[2013 Miranda state by-election|2013 Miranda by-election]] which eclipsed it with a 26-point two-party swing against the Liberal/National government.<ref>{{cite news
  | title     = Libs claim victory in Penrith
  | work      = The Sydney Morning Herald
  | publisher = Fairfax Media
  | agency    = AAP
  | access-date= 19 June 2010
  | date      = 19 June 2010
  | url       = https://www.smh.com.au/nsw/libs-claim-victory-in-penrith-20100619-ynk2.html}}</ref>

===Key dates===
* Expiry of 54th Parliament: 12am on Friday, 4 March 2011
* Issue of Writs: 5 March 2011
* Close of Nominations: 10 March 2011
* Polling Day: Saturday 26 March 2011
* Return of the Writs: 30 April 2011<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/No_25_of_2011_0.pdf
 |title        = Writs of Elections
 |work         = Government Gazette
 |publisher    = Government of New South Wales
 |date         = 5 March 2011
 |access-date   = 24 March 2011
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110513183139/http://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/No_25_of_2011_0.pdf
 |archive-date = 13 May 2011
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref>
* Meeting of 55th Parliament: By Monday, 16 May 2011

===Campaign===
{{See also|Candidates of the 2011 New South Wales state election}}
The Labor Party launched their campaign on 5 February 2011<ref>{{cite news
  | title     = NSW election campaign launch: Labor beats Coalition to the punch
  | work      = The Sydney Morning Herald
  | publisher = Fairfax Media
  | author    = Nicholls, Sean
  | date      = 4 February 2011
  | url       = http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-election-campaign-launch-labor-beats-coalition-to-the-punch-20110204-1afy6.html
  | access-date= 20 February 2011}}</ref> in [[Liverpool, New South Wales|Liverpool]] within the [[electoral district of Macquarie Fields]].<ref>{{cite news
  | title     = Labor election strategy already failing the test
  | work      = [[The Australian]]
  | publisher = News Limited
  | author    = [[Imre Salusinszky|Salusinszky, Imre]]
  | date      = 12 February 2011
  | url       = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/labor-election-strategy-already-failing-the-test/story-e6frgczx-1226004319541
  | access-date= 20 February 2011}}</ref> Premier Keneally launched the Labor Party's campaign slogan "Protecting jobs – Supporting families". In attendance for the launch were former Prime Minister [[Bob Hawke]] and former Premiers [[Neville Wran|Wran]] and [[Bob Carr|Carr]].

The Liberal and Nationals [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] launched their campaign on 20 February 2011 at the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre in [[Penrith, New South Wales|Penrith]] within the [[electoral district of Penrith]] with the slogan: "Real Change for NSW". In attendance for the launch were both Liberal and Nationals Leaders O'Farrell and Stoner as well as federal Liberal Party leader [[Tony Abbott]], former Liberal Premiers and Leaders [[Nick Greiner|Greiner]], [[John Fahey (politician)|Fahey]], and [[Kerry Chikarovski|Chikarovski]].<ref>{{cite news
  | url = http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sunday-telegraph/abbott-kicks-off-nsw-election-campaign/story-e6frewt0-1226008960995
  | title = Coalition kicks off NSW election campaign
  | publisher =  [[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|Telegraph]] — News Ltd
  | date      = 20 February 2011
  | access-date = 25 March 2011}}</ref>

The Coalition had been leading in opinion polling for almost three years, and were unbackable favourites throughout the campaign to win the election. The final Newspoll had support for Labor at an all-time low with 23 percent of the primary vote and 35.9 percent of the two-party vote. Bookmakers were paying $1.01 for a Coalition win with Labor getting as much as $36 and one agency even paid out the winnings and declared the winner a week earlier.<ref>{{cite news
  | title     = Labor steels itself for disaster with day to go
  | work      = The Sydney Morning Herald
  | publisher = Fairfax Media
  | date      = 20 February 2011
  | url       = https://www.smh.com.au/nsw/state-election-2011/labor-steels-itself-for-disaster-with-day-to-go-20110325-1c94z.html
  | access-date= 25 March 2011}}</ref> At one point, Labor was widely predicted to win as few as 13 seats, seven less than the actual result.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2011/s3174126.htm |title=NSW Labor may only win 13 seats: ABC PM 25 March 2011 |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=25 March 2011 |access-date=16 April 2011}}</ref> According to several pollsters, Labor was in danger of losing several seats where it had not been seriously threatened in decades, as well as several that it had held for a century or more. Indeed, there were concerns that Labor would not win enough seats to form a credible shadow cabinet.

===Resulting parliament===
The Liberal/National Coalition won the largest proportional number of seats in NSW state history with 69 of 93 seats in the lower house (74.2 percent of the chamber)—in contrast, Labor won 69 of 99 seats (69.7 percent of the chamber) at [[Neville Wran]]'s second "Wranslide" in [[1981 New South Wales state election|1981 election]]. Labor won 20 seats, the party's smallest presence in Parliament in over a century, and the worst defeat that a sitting government in NSW has ever suffered. Many prominent Labor MPs and ministers lost their seats including [[Verity Firth]], [[David Borger]], [[Matt Brown (Australian politician)|Matt Brown]], [[Jodi McKay]], [[Virginia Judge]], [[Phil Costa]] and [[Kevin Greene (politician)|Kevin Greene]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/avoid-scandals-ofarrell-tells-his-mps-20110330-1cfam.html |title=Avoid scandals, O'Farrell tells his MPs |publisher=News.smh.com.au |date=30 March 2011 |access-date=16 April 2011}}</ref> In the process, the Coalition took dozens of seats in areas considered Labor heartland, such as western Sydney and the Upper Hunter—some on swings of well over 10 per cent.  The Liberals actually won 51 seats, enough for a majority in their own right—the first time the main non-Labor party in the state had achieved this since adopting the Liberal banner in 1945. Although O'Farrell thus had no need for the support of the Nationals, he opted to retain the Coalition.

In the upper house however, where half of the chamber was up for election, the landslide was not enough to deliver a Coalition majority. Three additional votes outside of the Liberal/National Coalition were required to pass legislation. The [[Balance of power (parliament)|balance of power]] shifted from the Greens to the [[Shooters and Fishers Party]] and [[Christian Democratic Party (Australia)|Christian Democratic Party]]. With two seats each held by the latter two parties, both needed to give legislative support if Labor and the Greens opposed legislation.<ref name="autogeneratedlc">{{cite news |date=27 March 2011<!-- 05:23 AEDT
   --> |title=Legislative Council, NSW election 2011 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2011/guide/lc-results.htm |access-date=27 March 2011}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news |date=27 March 2011<!-- 17:00 AEDT
   --> |title=Upper House shift from left to right |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/27/3174945.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501204325/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/27/3174945.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 May 2011 |access-date=27 March 2011}}</ref>

==Retiring members==
Where a Member of the Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council did not renominate to contest the election, their term ended at the dissolution of the parliament. Members who confirmed their retirement were:

===Legislative Assembly===
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}

====Labor (22)====
* [[Marie Andrews]] ([[Electoral district of Gosford|Gosford]])
* [[John Aquilina]] ([[Electoral district of Riverstone|Riverstone]])
* [[Diane Beamer]] ([[Electoral district of Mulgoa|Mulgoa]])
* [[David Campbell (Australian politician)|David Campbell]] ([[Electoral district of Keira|Keira]])
* [[Barry Collier (politician)|Barry Collier]] ([[Electoral district of Miranda|Miranda]])
* [[Angela D'Amore]] ([[Electoral district of Drummoyne|Drummoyne]])
* [[Tanya Gadiel]] ([[Electoral district of Parramatta|Parramatta]])
* [[Paul Gibson (politician)|Paul Gibson]] ([[Electoral district of Blacktown|Blacktown]])
* [[Kerry Hickey]] ([[Electoral district of Cessnock|Cessnock]])
* [[Phil Koperberg]] ([[Electoral district of Blue Mountains|Blue Mountains]])
* [[Grant McBride]] ([[Electoral district of The Entrance|The Entrance]])
* [[Gerard Martin]] ([[Electoral district of Bathurst|Bathurst]])
* [[Lylea McMahon]] ([[Electoral district of Shellharbour|Shellharbour]])
* [[Alison Megarrity]] ([[Electoral district of Menai|Menai]])
* [[Frank Sartor]] ([[Electoral district of Rockdale|Rockdale]])
* [[Tony Stewart (politician)|Tony Stewart]] ([[Electoral district of Bankstown|Bankstown]])
* [[Joe Tripodi]] ([[Electoral district of Fairfield|Fairfield]])
* [[Graham West]] ([[Electoral district of Campbelltown|Campbelltown]])

====Liberal (5)====
* [[Peter Debnam]] ([[Electoral district of Vaucluse|Vaucluse]])
* [[Judy Hopwood]] ([[Electoral district of Hornsby|Hornsby]])
* [[Malcolm Kerr (Australian politician)|Malcolm Kerr]] ([[Electoral district of Cronulla|Cronulla]])
* [[Wayne Merton]] ([[Electoral district of Baulkham Hills|Baulkham Hills]])
* [[Michael Richardson (politician)|Michael Richardson]] ([[Electoral district of Castle Hill|Castle Hill]])

====Nationals (2)====
* [[John Turner (Australian politician)|John Turner]] ([[Electoral district of Myall Lakes|Myall Lakes]])
* [[Russell Turner]] ([[Electoral district of Orange|Orange]])
{{div col end}}

===Legislative Council===

====Labor (4)====
* [[Tony Catanzariti]]
* [[Kayee Griffin]]
* [[Christine Robertson]]
* [[Ian West]]

====Greens (1)====
* [[Ian Cohen]]

==Opinion polling==
Opinion polling was conducted by firms such as Newspoll, Galaxy and Nielsen via random telephone number selection in city and country areas [[Sample size|Sampling sizes]] consist of around 1200–1300 electors. The declared [[margin of error]] is ±3 percentage points.
===Graphical summary===
====Primary votes====
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 | xAxisAngle = -40
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 | y3Title=Greens
 | y4Title=Other(s)/Independent
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 | x= 2007/03/24, 2008/02/19, 2008/03/31, 2008/04/30, 2008/06/29, 2008/06/30, 2008/08/31, 2008/10/31, 2008/12/31, 2009/02/28, 2009/04/30, 2009/06/12, 2009/08/31, 2009/10/31, 2009/11/28, 2009/12/31, 2010/01/14, 2010/03/22, 2010/04/30, 2010/06/30, 2010/08/31, 2010/10/31, 2010/12/03, 2010/12/16, 2011/01/20, 2011/02/16, 2011/02/18, 2011/02/28, 2011/03/04, 2011/03/11, 2011/03/18, 2011/03/23, 2011/03/23, 2011/03/24, 2011/03/26
 | y1=38.98, 38, 34, 35, 32, 28, 33, 29, 26, 30, 33, 31, 32, 30, 31, 26, 29, 29, 31, 25, 25, 23, 22, 23, 20, 22, 23, 27, 23, 26, 24, 23, 22, 23, 22
 | y2=36.99, 42, 39, 38, 41, 46, 40, 42, 43, 42, 40, 41, 41, 42, 43, 44, 43, 44, 42, 46, 46, 46, 53, 46, 51, 53, 46, 51, 50, 50, 54, 55, 51, 49, 50
 | y3=8.95, 11, 14, 14, 13,, 13, 11, 14, 15, 13, 14, 14, 12, 12,, 17, 15, 14, 14, 16, 14, 17, 13.5, 17, 15, 13, 17, 12, 14, 11, 12, 11, 12, 12, 13
 | y4=15.08, 9, 13, 13, 14,, 14, 18, 17, 13, 14, 14, 13, 16, 16,, 13, 13, 13, 13, 12, 15, 14, 11.5, 14, 14, 12, 14, 10, 13, 13, 11, 11, 15, 15, 15
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{{clear}}

====Two-party preferred====
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 | x= 2007/03/24, 2008/02/02, 2008/02/19, 2008/03/31, 2008/04/30, 2008/06/29, 2008/06/30, 2008/08/31, 2008/10/31, 2008/12/31, 2009/02/28, 2009/04/30, 2009/05/31, 2009/06/23, 2009/08/31, 2009/10/31, 2009/11/28, 2009/12/31, 2010/01/14, 2010/03/22, 2010/04/30, 2010/06/30, 2010/08/31, 2010/10/31, 2010/12/03, 2010/12/16, 2011/01/20, 2011/02/16, 2011/02/18, 2011/02/28, 2011/03/04, 2011/03/11, 2011/03/18, 2011/03/23, 2011/03/23, 2011/03/24, 2011/03/26
 | y1=52.26, 51, 50, 50, 51, 48, 44, 48, 44, 41, 44, 47, 44, 45, 46, 45, 45, 41, 44, 43, 45, 39, 39, 37, 35, 37, 34, 34, 38, 41, 36, 37, 35, 34, 35, 35.9, 36
 | y2=47.74, 49, 50, 50, 49, 52, 56, 52, 56, 59, 56, 53, 56, 55, 54, 55, 55, 59, 56, 57, 55, 61, 61, 63, 65, 63, 66, 66, 62, 59, 64, 63, 65, 66, 64, 64.1, 64
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{{clear}}

====Voting intention====
{| class="toccolours" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; margin-right:.5em; margin-top:.4em; font-size:90%;"
|-
|+'''Legislative Assembly polling'''
|-
! rowspan="2"|Date
! rowspan="2"|Firm
! colspan="4"|Primary vote
! colspan="2"|[[Two-party-preferred vote|TPP vote]]
|-
! style="background:#f66;"|ALP
! style="background:#00bfff;"|L/NP
! style="background:#90ee90;"|GRN
! style="background:gray;"| OTH
! style="background:#f66;"|ALP
! style="background:#00bfff;"|L/NP
|-
! 26 March 2011
|Nielsen
| 22%
| 50%
| 13%
| 15%
|36%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|64%
|-
! 21–24 March 2011
|Newspoll
| 23%
| 49%
| 12%
| 15%
|35.9%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|64.1%
|-
! 23 March 2011
|Galaxy
| 22%
| 51%
| 12%
| 15%
|34%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|64%
|-
! 23 March 2011
|Essential
| 23%
| 55%
| 11%
| 11%
|34%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|66%
|-
! 18 March 2011
|Essential
| 24%
| 54%
| 12%
| 11%
|35%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|65%
|-
! 9–11 March 2011
|Newspoll
| 26%
| 50%
| 11%
| 13%
|37%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|63%
|-
! 4 March 2011
|Galaxy
| 23%
| 50%
| 14%
| 13%
|36%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|64%
|-
! 18 February 2011
|Essential
| 27%
| 51%
| 12%
| 10%
| 41%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|59%
|-
! Jan-Feb 2011
|Newspoll
| 23%
| 46%
| 17%
| 14%
|38%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|62%
|-
! 16 February 2011
|Nielsen
| 22%
| 53%
| 13%
| 12%
|34%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|66%
|-
! 20 January 2011
|Nielsen
| 20%
| 51%
| 15%
| 14%
|34%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|66%
|-
! Nov-Dec 2010
|Newspoll
| 23%
| 46%
| 17%
| 14%
|37%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|63%
|-
! Oct-Dec 2010
|Morgan
| 22%
| 53%
| 13.5%
| 11.5%
|35%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|65%
|-
! Sep-Oct 2010
|Newspoll
| 23%
| 46%
| 17%
| 14%
|37%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|63%
|-
! Jul-Aug 2010
|Newspoll
| 25%
| 46%
| 14%
| 15%
|39%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|61%
|-
! May-Jun 2010
|Newspoll
| 25%
| 46%
| 16%
| 12%
|39%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|61%
|-
! Mar-Apr 2010
|Newspoll
| 31%
| 42%
| 14%
| 13%
|45%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|55%
|-
! 22 March 2010
| Galaxy
| 29%
| 44%
| 14%
| 13%
|43%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|57%
|-
! 14 January 2010
| Galaxy
| 29%
| 43%
| 15%
| 13%
|44%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|56%
|-
! colspan="12" style="font-size:90%;"| 4 December 2009 Kristina Keneally replaces Nathan Rees as Labor leader and Premier
|-
! Nov-Dec 2009
| Newspoll
| 26%
| 44%
| 17%
| 13%
|41%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|59%
|-
! 28 November 2009
| Taverner
| 31%
| 43%
| {{n/a}}
| 26%
|45%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|55%
|-
! Sep-Oct 2009
| Newspoll
| 30%
| 42%
| 12%
| 16%
|45%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|55%
|-
! Jul-Aug 2009
| Newspoll
| 32%
| 41%
| 14%
| 13%
|46%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|54%
|-
! May-Jun 2009
| Newspoll
| 31%
| 41%
| 14%
| 14%
|45%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|55%
|-
! 31 May 2009
| Taverner
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|44%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|56%
|-
! Mar-Apr 2009
| Newspoll
| 33%
| 40%
| 13%
| 14%
|47%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|53%
|-
! Jan-Feb 2009
| Newspoll
| 30%
| 42%
| 15%
| 13%
|44%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|56%
|-
! Nov-Dec 2008
| Newspoll
| 26%
| 43%
| 14%
| 17%
|41%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|59%
|-
! Sep-Oct 2008
| Newspoll
| 29%
| 42%
| 11%
| 18%
|44%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|56%
|-
! colspan="12" style="font-size:90%;"| 5 September Nathan Rees replaces Morris Iemma as Labor leader and Premier
|-
! Jul-Aug 2008
| Newspoll
| 33%
| 40%
| 13%
| 14%
|48%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|52%
|-
! 29 June 2008
| Taverner
| 28%
| 46%
| {{n/a}}
| 26%
|44%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|56%
|-
! May-Jun 2008
| Newspoll
| 32%
| 41%
| 13%
| 14%
|48%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|52%
|-
! Mar-Apr 2008
| Newspoll
| 35%
| 38%
| 14%
| 13%
| style="background:#f66;"|51%
|49%
|-
! Jan-Mar 2008
| Newspoll
| 34%
| 39%
| 14%
| 13%
| style="background:#f66;"|50%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|50%
|-
! 15–19 February 2008
| Nielsen
| 38%
| 42%
| 11%
| 9%
| style="background:#f66;"|50%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|50%
|-
|-
! 2 February 2008
| Taverner
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| style="background:#f66;"|51%
| 49%
|-
! colspan="12" style="font-size:90%;"| 4 April 2007 Barry O'Farrell succeeds Peter Debnam as Liberal leader and Leader of the Opposition
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#b0e9db;"|[[2007 New South Wales state election|24 March 2007 election]]
| style="background:#b0e9db;"|38.98%
| style="background:#b0e9db;"|36.99%
| style="background:#b0e9db;"|8.95%
| style="background:#b0e9db;"|15.08% 
| style="background:#f66;"|52.26%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|47.74%
|-
! 23 March 2007
| Nielsen
| 41%
| 36%
| 10%
| 13%
| style="background:#f66;"|56%
| 44%
|-
|}
{{clear}}

===Better Premier and satisfaction===
====Graphical summary====
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 | caption=Graphical summary of Better Premier opinion polling 
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 | width=575
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 | yAxisMax=70
 | yAxisMin=0
 | xAxisTitle=
 | yAxisTitle=%percentage
 | xAxisAngle = -40
 | legend=Leader
 | interpolate = bundle
 | showSymbols = 1.5
 | xType = date
 | y1Title=Iemma 
 | y2Title=Rees
 | y3Title=Keneally
 | y4Title=O'Farrell
 | y5Title=Uncommitted
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 | xGrid = | yGrid =
 | x=2008/02/19, 2008/04/30, 2008/06/30, 2008/10/31, 2008/12/31, 2009/02/28, 2009/04/30, 2009/05/31, 2009/06/30, 2009/08/31, 2009/11/28, 2009/12/31, 2010/01/14, 2010/02/28, 2010/03/22, 2010/04/30, 2010/06/30, 2010/08/31, 2010/10/31, 2010/12/31, 2011/01/14, 2011/02/16, 2011/02/28, 2011/03/04, 2011/03/23, 2011/03/24, 2011/03/26
 | y1=45, 36, 32
 | y2=,,,35, 30, 34, 33, 33, 33, 32, 43
 | y3=,,,,,,,,,,,35, 42, 40, 48, 45, 44, 39, 35, 35, 32, 38, 32, 34, 33, 32, 37
 | y4=30, 33, 39, 28, 33, 29, 31, 50, 32, 33, 40, 34, 34, 31, 35, 30, 36, 39, 42, 40, 54, 52, 47, 50, 53, 48, 53
 | y5=25, 31, 29, 37, 37, 37, 36, 17, 35, 35, 17, 31, 24, 29, 17, 25, 20, 22, 23, 25, 14, 10, 21, 16, 14, 20, 10
 | colors=#dd3433, #dd3433, #dd3433, #0133cc, #b3b3b3
 | vAnnotatonsLine=2008/09/05, 2009/12/04
 | vAnnotatonsLabel=Rees replaces Iemma, Keneally replaces Rees
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}}
{{clear}}
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 | caption=Graphical summary of approval ratings of Morris Iemma, Nathan Rees and Kristina Keneally as Premiers. 
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 | height=400
 | yAxisMax=70
 | yAxisMin=0
 | xAxisTitle=
 | yAxisTitle=%percentage
 | xAxisAngle = -40
 | legend=Premier
 | interpolate = bundle
 | showSymbols = 1.5
 | xType = date
 | y1Title=Iemma Approval
 | y2Title=Iemma Disapproval
 | y3Title=Iemma Uncommitted
 | y4Title=Rees Approval
 | y5Title=Rees Disapproval
 | y6Title=Rees Uncommitted
 | y7Title=Keneally Approval
 | y8Title=Keneally Disapproval
 | y9Title=Keneally Uncommitted
 | type=line
 | xGrid = | yGrid =
 | x=2008/02/17, 2008/02/19, 2008/04/30, 2008/06/30, 2008/10/31, 2008/12/31, 2009/02/28, 2009/04/30, 2009/06/30, 2009/08/31, 2009/11/28, 2010/01/14, 2010/02/28, 2010/03/22, 2010/04/30, 2010/06/30, 2010/08/31, 2010/10/31, 2010/12/31, 2011/01/14, 2011/01/16, 2011/02/28, 2011/03/24, 2011/03/26
 | y1=51, 34, 28, 26
 | y2=29, 44, 56, 63
 | y3=20, 22, 16, 11
 | y4=,,,,39, 34, 37, 34, 30, 33, 39
 | y5=,,,,26, 47, 42, 46, 49, 51, 49
 | y6=,,,,35, 19, 21, 20, 21, 16, 12
 | y7={{repeat|11|,}}45, 41, 53, 47, 47, 39, 39, 35, 30, 36, 30, 33, 37
 | y8={{repeat|11|,}}25, 26, 30, 31, 37, 44, 50, 49, 62, 58, 57, 59, 54
 | y9={{repeat|11|,}}30, 33, 17, 22, 16, 17, 11, 16, 8, 6, 13, 8, 9
 | colors=#19bd81, #dd3433, black, #19bd81, #dd3433, black, #19bd81, #dd3433, black
 | vAnnotatonsLine=2008/09/05, 2009/12/04
 | vAnnotatonsLabel=Rees replaces Iemma, Keneally replaces Rees
}}
}}
{{clear}}
{{Image frame
 | align=left
 | caption=Graphical summary of approval ratings of Barry O'Farrell as Leader of the Opposition.
 | content = {{Graph:Chart
 | width=575
 | height=400
 | yAxisMax=70
 | yAxisMin=0
 | xAxisTitle=
 | yAxisTitle=%percentage
 | xAxisAngle = -40
 | legend=Rating
 | interpolate = bundle
 | showSymbols = 1.5
 | xType = date
 | y1Title=Approval
 | y2Title=Disapproval
 | y3Title=Uncommitted
 | type=line
 | xGrid = | yGrid =
 | x=2008/02/17, 2008/04/30, 2008/06/30, 2008/10/31, 2008/12/31, 2009/02/28, 2009/04/30, 2009/06/30, 2009/08/31, 2009/11/28, 2010/01/14, 2010/02/28, 2010/03/22, 2010/04/30, 2010/06/30, 2010/08/31, 2010/10/31, 2010/12/31, 2011/01/14, 2011/01/16, 2011/02/28, 2011/03/24, 2011/03/26
 | y1=18, 33, 37, 41, 40, 39, 35, 34, 36, 44, 44, 42, 44, 44, 41, 44, 43, 48, 42, 53, 55, 43, 48, 53
 | y2=19, 34, 34, 30, 32, 32, 37, 34, 36, 36, 30, 35, 30, 36, 34, 33, 33, 32, 33, 33, 33, 35, 39, 34
 | y3=63, 33, 29, 29, 28, 29, 28, 32, 28, 20, 26, 23, 26, 20, 25, 23, 24, 20, 25, 14, 12, 22, 13, 13
 | colors=#19bd81, #dd3433, black
}}
}}
{{clear}}
{| class="toccolours" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; margin-right:.5em; margin-top:.4em; font-size:90%;"
|-
|+ '''Better Premier and satisfaction polling*'''
|-
! rowspan="2" |Date
! rowspan="2" |Firm
! colspan="2" |Better Premier
!
! colspan="2" |Keneally
! colspan="2" |O'Farrell
|-
! [[Kristina Keneally|Keneally]]
! [[Barry O'Farrell|O'Farrell]]
!
! Satisfied
! Dissatisfied
! Satisfied
! Dissatisfied
|-
!26 March 2011
|Nielsen
|37%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|53%
|
|37%
|style="background:#f66;"|54%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|53%
|34%
|-
!21-24 March 2011
|Newspoll
|32%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|48%
|
|33%
|style="background:#f66;"|59%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|48%
|39%
|-
!23 March 2011
|Galaxy
|33%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|53%
|
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|-
!4 March 2011
|Galaxy
|34%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|50%
|
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|-
!Jan-Feb 2011
|Newspoll
|32%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|47%
|
|30%
|style="background:#f66;"|57%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|43%
|35%
|-
!16 February 2011
|Nielsen
|38%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|52%
|
|36%
|style="background:#f66;"|58%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|55%
|33%
|-
!14 January 2011
|Galaxy
|32%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|54%
|
|30%
|style="background:#f66;"|62%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|53%
|33%
|-
!Nov-Dec 2010
|Newspoll
|35%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|40%
|
|35%
|style="background:#f66;"|49%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|42%
|33%
|-
!Sep-Oct 2010
|Newspoll
|35%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|42%
|
|39%
|style="background:#f66;"|50%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|48%
|32%
|-
!Jul-Aug 2010
|Newspoll
|'''39%'''
|'''39%'''
|
|39%
|style="background:#f66;"|44%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|43%
|33%
|-
!May-Jun 2010
|Newspoll
|style="background:#f66;"|44%
|36%
|
|style="background:#f66;"|47%
|37%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|44%
|33%
|-
!Mar-Apr 2010
|Newspoll
|style="background:#f66;"|45%
|30%
|
|style="background:#f66;"|47%
|31%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|41%
|34%
|-
!22 March 2010
|Galaxy
|style="background:#f66;"|48%
|35%
|
|style="background:#f66;"|53%
|30%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|44%
|36%
|-
!Jan-Feb 2010
|Newspoll
|style="background:#f66;"|40%
|31%
|
|style="background:#f66;"|41%
|26%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|44%
|30%
|-
!14 January 2010
|Galaxy
|style="background:#f66;"|42%
|34%
|
|style="background:#f66;"|45%
|25%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|42%
|35%
|-
!Nov-Dec 2009
|Newspoll
|style="background:#f66;"|35%
|34%
|
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|style="background:#00bfff;"|44%
|30%
|-
! colspan="2" style="font-size:80%;"| 4 December 2009 Keneally replaces Rees
! [[Nathan Rees|Rees]]
! O'Farrell
!
! colspan="2"| Rees
! colspan="2"| O'Farrell
|-
!28 November 2009
|Nielsen
|style="background:#f66;"|43%
|40%
|
|39%
|style="background:#f66;"|49%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|44%
|36%
|-
!Jul-Aug 2009
|Newspoll
|32%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|33%
|
|33%
|style="background:#f66;"|51%
|'''36%'''
|'''36%'''
|-
!May-Jun 2009
|Newspoll
|style="background:#f66;"|33%
|32%
|
|30%
|style="background:#f66;"|49%
|'''34%'''
|'''34%'''
|-
!31 May 2009
|Taverner
|33%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|50%
|
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|-
!Mar-Apr 2009
|Newspoll
|style="background:#f66;"|33%
|31%
|
|34%
|style="background:#f66;"|46%
|35%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|37%
|-
!Jan-Feb 2009
|Newspoll
|style="background:#f66;"|34%
|29%
|
|37%
|style="background:#f66;"|42%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|39%
|32%
|-
!Nov-Dec 2008
|Newspoll
|30%
|style="background:#00bfff;"|33%
|
|34%
|style="background:#f66;"|47%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|40%
|32%
|-
!Sep-Oct 2008
|Newspoll
|style="background:#f66;"|35%
|28%
|
|style="background:#f66;"|39%
|26%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|41%
|30%
|-
! colspan="2" style="font-size:80%;"| 5 September 2008 Rees replaces Iemma 
! Iemma
! O'Farrell
!
! colspan="2"| Iemma
! colspan="2"| O'Farrell
|-
!May-Jun 2008
|Newspoll
|32%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|39%
|
|26%
| style="background:#f66;"|63%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|37%
|34%
|-
!Mar-Apr 2008
|Newspoll
| style="background:#f66;"|36%
|33%
|
|28%
| style="background:#f66;"|56%
|33%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|34%
|-
!19 February 2008
|Nielsen
| style="background:#f66;"|45%
|30%
|
|34%
| style="background:#f66;"|44%
| colspan="2" |''<small>not asked</small>''
|-
!17 February 2008
|Taverner
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|
| style="background:#f66;"|51%
|29%
|18%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|19%
|-
! colspan="2" style="font-size:80%;"| 4 April 2007 O'Farrell replaces Debnam
! [[Morris Iemma|Iemma]]
! [[Peter Debnam|Debnam]]
!
! colspan="2"| Iemma
! colspan="2"| Debnam
|-
! style="background:#b0e9db;"|[[2007 New South Wales state election|24 March 2007 election]]
| style="background:#b0e9db;"|
| style="background:#b0e9db;"|–
| style="background:#b0e9db;"|–
|
| style="background:#b0e9db;"|–
| style="background:#b0e9db;"|–
| style="background:#b0e9db;"|–
| style="background:#b0e9db;"|–
|-
!22 March 2007
|Newspoll
| style="background:#f66;"|58%
|24%
|
| style="background:#f66;"|47%
|43%
|31%
| style="background:#00bfff;"|55%
|-
| colspan="9" style="font-size:80%; background:#cef;"|*Remainder were "uncommitted", "fair" or "other/neither".
|-
|}
{{Clear}}

==Newspaper endorsements==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Newspaper
! colspan="2" | Endorsement
|-
| ''[[The Australian]]''
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/nsw-must-emerge-from-labors-heart-of-darkness/story-e6frg71x-1226027673435 |title=NSW must emerge from Labor's heart of darkness |publisher=News Limited | work=The Australian |date= 25 March 2011|access-date=28 March 2011}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Australian Financial Review]]''
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)}}{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}}
|-
| ''[[Newcastle Herald]]''
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)}}{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}}
|-
| ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]''
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/its-time-for-a-state-cleanout/story-e6frezz0-1226027642550 |title=It's time for a state cleanout | work=The Daily Telegraph |date= 25 March 2011|access-date=28 March 2011}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]''
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/editorial/nsw-is-overdue-for-change-and-renewal-20110324-1c8fd.html |title=NSW is overdue for change and renewal |publisher=Fairfax Media | work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date= 25 March 2011|access-date=28 March 2011}}</ref>
|}

==Results==

===Legislative Assembly===
{{Main|Results of the 2011 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly)}}
{{for|pendulum immediately after the 2011 election|Post-election pendulum for the 2011 New South Wales state election}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin-bottom:0"
|+ Legislative Assembly ([[Instant-runoff voting|IRV]]) – ([[Compulsory voting|CV]])<ref name="Green 2011">{{cite news
   | url        = https://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2011/
   | title      = Summary, NSW election 2011
   | work       = [[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]
   | publisher  = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]
   | date       = 27 March 2011<!-- 05:23 AEDT
   -->| access-date = 27 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2011/guide/parties.htm |title=Party totals, NSW election 2011 |publisher=ABC |date=29 July 2010 |access-date=16 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/SGE2011/la_landing-iby.htm |title=NSW State Election 2011 |publisher=Electoral Commission of New South Wales |date=26 March 2011 |access-date=15 December 2012}}</ref>
! colspan="8" |[[File:2011 NSW Legislative Assembly.svg]]
|-
! style="width:10px;" colspan=3 | Party
! style="width:70px;"| Votes
! style="width:40px;"| %
! style="width:40px;"| Swing
! style="width:40px;"| Seats
! style="width:40px;"| Change
|-
| rowspan="3" | &nbsp;
| {{Australian party style|Liberal|width:1px}} | &nbsp;
| align=left | [[Liberal Party of Australia (NSW Division)|Liberal]]
| 1,602,457
| 38.58
| {{increase}}+11.64	
| 51
| {{increase}} 27
|-
| {{Australian party style|Nationals|width:1px;}} | &nbsp;
| align=left | [[National Party of Australia – NSW|National]]
| 521,864
| 12.56
| {{increase}}+2.51	
| 18
| {{increase}} 5
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition total]]
!style="text-align:right;"|2,124,321
!style="text-align:right;"|51.15
!style="text-align:right;"|{{increase}}+14.16
!style="text-align:right;"| 69
!style=text-align:right;| {{increase}} 32
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor|width:1px}} | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| [[Australian Labor Party (NSW Branch)|Labor]]
| style="width:70px;"| 1,061,352
| style="width:40px;"| 25.55
| style="width:45px;"| {{decrease}}–13.43	
| style="width:40px;"| 20
| style="width:55px;"| {{decrease}} 30
|-
| {{Australian party style|Greens}} | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| [[NSW Greens|Greens]]
| 427,144
| 10.28
| {{increase}}+1.33	
| 1
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| {{Australian party style|christian democrats}} | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| [[Christian Democratic Party (Australia)|Christian Democrats]]
| 129,431
| 3.12
| {{increase}}+0.65
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| [[John Hatton (politician)|Hatton's Independent Team]]
| 45,969
| 1.10
| New
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Australian party style|family first}} | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| [[Family First Party|Family First]]
| 18,576
| 0.45
| New
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Australian party style|socialist alliance}} | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| [[Socialist Alliance (Australia)|Socialist Alliance]]
| 3,180
| 0.07
| New
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Australian party style|sustainable australia}} | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Social Justice Network
| 3,173
| 0.07
| New
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Australian party style|australia first}} | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| [[Independent politician|Independent]] [[Australia First Party|Australia First]]
| 2,446
| 0.06
| New
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Australian party style|socialist equality}} | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| [[Socialist Equality Party (Australia)|Socialist Equality]]
| 2,056
| 0.05
| New
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Australian party style|democratic labor}} | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| [[Democratic Labour Party (Australia, 1980)|Democratic Labor]]
| 1,855
| 0.04
| New
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Australian party style|palmer united}} | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| United We Stand
| 1,414
| 0.03
| New
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Australian party style|progressive labour}} | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| [[Progressive Labour Party (Australia)|Progressive Labour]]
| 1,372
| 0.03
| New
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Australian party style|Communist}} | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Communist League
| 1,226
| 0.03
| New
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Australian party style|sex party}} | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| [[Australian Sex Party|Sex Party]]
| 676
| 0.02
| New
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Australian party style|democrats}} | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| [[Australian Democrats|Democrats]]
| 617
| 0.01
| {{decrease}}–0.39
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Australian party style|protectionist}} | &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| [[Independent politician|Independent]] [[Australian Protectionist Party|Protectionist]]
| 289
| 0.01
| New
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| &nbsp;
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
| 314,066
| 7.56
| {{decrease}}–1.62
| 3
| {{decrease}} 3
|-
! colspan="3"| &nbsp;Formal votes
| '''4,153,335'''
| '''96.72'''
| '''{{increase}}+0.18'''
| –
| –
|-
! colspan="3"| &nbsp;Informal votes
| '''137,260'''
| '''3.20'''
| '''{{increase}}+0.43'''
| –
| –
|-
! colspan="3"| &nbsp;Total 
| '''4,290,595'''
| –
| –
| '''93'''
| –
|-
! colspan="3"| &nbsp;Registered voters / turnout
| '''4,635,810'''
| '''92.55'''
| '''{{decrease}}–0.09'''
| –
| –
|-
! colspan="8" | [[Two-party-preferred vote]]
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]]
| 2,324,226
| 64.22
| {{increase}}+16.48	
|
|
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} |
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor]]
| 1,294,824	
| 35.78
| {{decrease}}–16.48
|
| 
|}

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{{bar percent|Liberal|{{party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}|38.58}}
{{bar percent|Labor|{{party color|Australian Labor Party}}|25.55}}
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{{bar percent|Greens|{{party color|Australian Greens}}|10.28}}
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{{bar percent|Others|#303030|0.60}}
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{{bar percent|Coalition|{{party color|Coalition (Australia)}}|64.22}}
{{bar percent|Labor|{{party color|Australian Labor Party}}|35.78}}
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{{bar percent|Liberal|{{party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}|54.84|51}}
{{bar percent|Labor|{{party color|Australian Labor Party}}|21.51|20}}
{{bar percent|National|{{party color|National Party of Australia}}|19.35|18}}
{{bar percent|Independent|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}|3.23|3}}
{{bar percent|Greens|{{party color|Australian Greens}}|1.08|1}}
}}

===Legislative Council===
<noinclude>{{Main|Results of the 2011 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council)}}</noinclude>{{Election results|image=[[File:2011 NSW Legislative Council.svg]]|party1=[[Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)|Liberal]]/[[New South Wales National Party|National]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]]|party2=[[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor]]|party3=[[Greens New South Wales|Greens]]|party4=[[Shooters and Fishers Party|Shooters and Fishers]]|party5=[[Christian Democratic Party (Australia)|Christian Democrats]]|party6=Other|votes1=1943246|votes2=967242|votes3=453125|votes4=150741|votes5=127233|votes6=434437|sw1=+13.50|sw2=-15.40|sw3=+2.00|sw4=+0.90|sw5=-1.30|sw6=+0.30|color1=#00557C|color2=#F00011|color3=#10c25b|color4=#E52b50|color5=#800080|color6=#888888|caption=Legislative Council election, 2011|seattype1=2011 Seats|seattype2=2007 Seats|seattype3=Total Seats|seattype4=+/-|st1t1=11|st2t1=8|st3t1=19|st4t1=+4|st1t2=5|st2t2=9|st3t2=14|st4t2=-5|st1t3=3|st2t3=2|st3t3=5|st4t3=+1|st1t4=1|st2t4=1|st3t4=2|st4t4=0|st4t5=0|st1t5=1|st2t5=1|st3t5=2|st1t6=0|st2t6=0|st3t6=0|st4t6=0}}

===Seats changing hands===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| '''Seat'''
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center"| '''Pre-2011'''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| '''Swing'''
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center"| '''Post-2011'''
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| '''Party'''
| style="text-align:center"| '''Member'''
| style="text-align:center"| '''Margin'''
| style="text-align:center"| '''Margin'''
| style="text-align:center"| '''Member'''
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| '''Party'''
|-
| [[Electoral district of Balmain|Balmain]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| [[Verity Firth]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.7
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–7.2'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.5*
| [[Jamie Parker (politician)|Jamie Parker]]
| Greens
| {{Australian party style|Greens}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Bathurst|Bathurst]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| ''[[Gerard Martin]]''
| style="text-align:right;"| 13.0
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–36.7'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 23.7
| [[Paul Toole]]
| National
| {{Australian party style|Nationals}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Blue Mountains|Blue Mountains]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| ''[[Phil Koperberg]]''
| style="text-align:right;"| 11.1
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–15.8'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.7
| [[Roza Sage]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Camden|Camden]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| [[Geoff Corrigan]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.9
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–22.8'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.9
| [[Chris Patterson (politician)|Chris Patterson]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Campbelltown|Campbelltown]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| ''[[Graham West]]''
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.5
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–21.9'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.4
| [[Bryan Doyle]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Charlestown|Charlestown]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| [[Matthew Morris (politician)|Matthew Morris]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.6
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–24.5'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.9
| [[Andrew Cornwell]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Coogee|Coogee]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| [[Paul Pearce]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.2
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–15.4'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.2
| [[Bruce Notley-Smith]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Dubbo|Dubbo]]
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Independent
| [[Dawn Fardell]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 0.9
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–14.6'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 13.7
| [[Troy Grant]]
| National
| {{Australian party style|Nationals}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Drummoyne|Drummoyne]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| ''[[Angela D'Amore]]''
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.6
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–24.3'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 16.7
| [[John Sidoti]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of East Hills|East Hills]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| [[Alan Ashton (politician)|Alan Ashton]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.1
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–14.7'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 0.6
| [[Glenn Brookes]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Gosford|Gosford]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| ''[[Marie Andrews]]''
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.9
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–16.7'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 11.9
| [[Chris Holstein]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Granville|Granville]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| [[David Borger]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 11.1
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–13.7'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.6
| [[Tony Issa]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Heathcote|Heathcote]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| [[Paul McLeay]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.8
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–21.4'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.7
| [[Lee Evans (politician)|Lee Evans]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Kiama|Kiama]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| [[Matt Brown (Australian politician)|Matt Brown]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.0
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–19.5'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.5
| [[Gareth Ward]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Londonderry|Londonderry]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| [[Allan Shearan]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.9
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–19.2'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.3
| [[Bart Bassett]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Maitland|Maitland]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| [[Frank Terenzini]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.7
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–16.0'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.3
| [[Robyn Parker]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Menai|Menai]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| ''[[Alison Megarrity]]''
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.7
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–27.1'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 24.4
| [[Melanie Gibbons]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Miranda|Miranda]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| ''[[Barry Collier (politician)|Barry Collier]]''
| style="text-align:right;"| 0.8
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–21.8'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 21.0
| [[Graham Annesley]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Monaro|Monaro]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| [[Steve Whan]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.3
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–8.3'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.0
| [[John Barilaro]]
| National
| {{Australian party style|Nationals}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Mulgoa|Mulgoa]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| ''[[Diane Beamer]]''
| style="text-align:right;"| 11.1
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–23.2'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.0
| [[Tanya Davies]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Newcastle|Newcastle]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| [[Jodi McKay]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.2
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–3.6'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.4
| [[Tim Owen]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Oatley|Oatley]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| [[Kevin Greene (politician)|Kevin Greene]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.4
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–14.9'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 0.5
| [[Mark Coure]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Parramatta|Parramatta]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| ''[[Tanya Gadiel]]''
| style="text-align:right;"| 13.7
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–25.8'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.1
| [[Geoff Lee]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Port Macquarie|Port Macquarie]]
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Independent
| [[Peter Besseling]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 28.2**
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–35.1'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.9
| [[Leslie Williams (politician)|Leslie Williams]]
| National
| {{Australian party style|Nationals}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Riverstone|Riverstone]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| ''[[John Aquilina]]''
| style="text-align:right;"| 10.1
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–30.3'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 20.2
| [[Kevin Conolly]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Rockdale|Rockdale]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| ''[[Frank Sartor]]''
| style="text-align:right;"| 10.3
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–13.9'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.6
| [[John Flowers (politician)|John Flowers]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Smithfield|Smithfield]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| [[Ninos Khoshaba]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.5
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–20.3'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.8
| [[Andrew Rohan]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Strathfield|Strathfield]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| [[Virginia Judge]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.1
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–19.3'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.3
| [[Charles Casuscelli]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Swansea|Swansea]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| [[Robert Coombs (politician)|Robert Coombs]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 10.8
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–11.9'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.1
| [[Garry Edwards]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Tamworth|Tamworth]]
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Independent
| [[Peter Draper (politician)|Peter Draper]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.8
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–12.5'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.8
| [[Kevin Anderson (politician)|Kevin Anderson]]
| National
| {{Australian party style|Nationals}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of The Entrance|The Entrance]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| ''[[Grant McBride]]''
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.9
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–17.3'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.5
| [[Chris Spence (politician)|Chris Spence]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Wollondilly|Wollondilly]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| [[Phil Costa]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.3
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–18.0'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.7
| [[Jai Rowell]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Electoral district of Wyong|Wyong]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Labor
| [[David Harris (Australian politician)|David Harris]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.9
| style="text-align:right;"| '''–9.4'''
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.5
| [[Darren Webber]]
| Liberal
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|}
* *Figure is Greens v Liberal
* **Figure is from the 2007 state election, where [[Rob Oakeshott]] was the independent candidate.
* In addition, the Liberals won [[Electoral district of Ryde|Ryde]] and [[Electoral district of Penrith|Penrith]], which were gained from Labor at by-elections.
* Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.

Every seat in New South Wales swung to the Coalition on a [[two-party-preferred]] basis. The Coalition won the largest government in New South Wales history in a huge landslide, while Labor suffered the largest swing against a sitting government anywhere in Australia (and on any level) since [[World War II]], as well as one of the worst defeats of a state government since [[Federation of Australia|Federation]]. This led to 12 consecutive years of Coalition government in New South Wales (the longest Coalition government and the third-longest state government overall in New South Wales history), until the Coalition was narrowly defeated in [[2023 New South Wales state election|2023]].

The Liberals alone won more first preference votes than Labor (usually it takes both Coalition parties, the Liberals and the Nationals, to have a higher first preference vote than Labor).

Labor only had two [[safe seat]]s after the defeat, both of which were in [[Western Sydney]]. The seats were [[electoral district of Bankstown|Bankstown]] (on a 10.3% margin) and [[electoral district of Liverpool|Liverpool]] (on a 14.7% margin). Labor only held five seats outside of [[Sydney]] ([[electoral district of Cessnock|Cessnock]], [[electoral district of Keira|Keira]], [[electoral district of Shellharbour|Shellharbour]], [[electoral district of Wallsend|Wallsend]] and [[electoral district of Wollongong|Wollongong]]).

Ultimately, the Liberals won 27 seats from Labor (Blue Mountains, Camden, Campbelltown, Charlestown, Coogee, Drummoyne, East Hills, Gosford, Granville, Heathcote, Kiama, Londonderry, Maitland, Menai, Miranda, Mulgoa, Newcastle, Oatley, Parramatta, Riverstone, Rockdale, Smithdale, Strathfield, Swansea, The Entrance, Wollondilly and Wyong) while the Nationals won two seats from Labor (Bathurst and Monaro). The Nationals gained three seats from independents (Dubbo, Port Macquarie and Tamworth), which were Nationals seats held by personally popular independents. It is likely that Port Macquarie and Tamworth were regained by the Nationals easily due to a move by two independents in the federal seats of [[Division of Lyne|Lyne]] ([[Rob Oakeshott]]) and [[Division of New England|New England]] ([[Tony Windsor]]), which partially overlap with the respective state seats, which angered the locals, who are mostly liberal conservatives in some of the most safely-held Coalition seats in the country. The move that supposedly caused this was the decision of these two independents to support [[Julia Gillard]], who formed a Labor [[minority government]], over the Coalition under [[Tony Abbott]] (although Oakeshott stated that he would have supported the Coalition if [[Malcolm Turnbull]] was their leader instead of Abbott). Oakeshott and Windsor were personally popular in these seats (with Oakeshott even being an ex-National), but on traditional two-party-preferred contests, the Nationals were well ahead of Labor. The member for Port Macquarie, [[Peter Besseling]], was friends with Oakeshott and previously worked as his advisor, thus angering Port Macquarie locals. Independents held just three seats after the election: [[electoral district of Lake Macquarie|Lake Macquarie]], [[electoral district of Northern Tablelands|Northern Tablelands]] and [[electoral district of Sydney|Sydney]].

The Greens won their first ever seat in New South Wales, the formerly-safe Labor seat of [[electoral district of Balmain|Balmain]] in inner-city Sydney, despite the Liberals winning the first preference vote.

==See also==
* [[Government of New South Wales]]
* [[O'Farrell ministry]]
* [[Baird ministry (2014–15)|First Baird ministry]]
* [[Shadow Ministry of John Robertson]]
* [[Post-election pendulum for the 2007 New South Wales state election]]
*[[Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 2011–2015]]
*[[Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 2011–2015]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2011/ ABC Online: 2011 New South Wales Election]
* [http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/nsw-election-2011 Daily Telegraph: The New South Wales State Election 2011]
* [https://pandora.nla.gov.au/col/10741 2011 NSW State Election Candidates, Parties and Lobbyists - snapshots of their webpages from 2011]

{{New South Wales elections}}
{{Government of New South Wales}}

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