Labor has secured a clear victory over the Coalition in Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW), having enough seats in the lower house to form a majority government for the first time in 12 years.
Overall, Labor snatched 10 seats from the Liberals, while there were no Labor seats that fell into the Liberals’ hands. After 12 years of Liberal state governments, Labor saw swings in its favour in 67 of 93 seats, compared to swings to the Liberals in just three seats: Liverpool which Labor retained, Badgerys Creek which the Liberals retained, and Cabramatta which Labor retained.
The Nationals perform slightly better than the Liberals, losing only one seat (Monaro) to Labor, while seeing five electorates swing in their favour. The Nationals, however, also didn’t gain any seats from Labor….