1988 New South Wales state election

Elections to the 49th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday 19 March 1988. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and a third of the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election. The Labor government of Premier Barrie Unsworth was defeated by the Liberal-National Coalition, led by Opposition Leader Nick Greiner, in a landslide.

1988 New South Wales state election
19 March 1988 (1988-03-19)
All 109 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
and 15 (of the 45) seats in the New South Wales Legislative Council
55 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nick Greiner Barrie Unsworth
Party Liberal/National coalition Labor
Leader since 15 March 1983 4 July 1986
Leader's seat Ku-ring-gai Rockdale
Last election 37 seats 58 seats
Seats won 59 43
Seat change 22 15
Popular vote 1,588,095 1,233,612
Percentage 49.54% 38.48%
Swing 6.52 10.27
TPP 55.96% 44.02%
TPP swing 8.40 8.40
Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election

Barrie Unsworth
Labor

 Elected Premier

Nick Greiner
Liberal/National coalition

The election took place following a redistribution of seats, which resulted in the Assembly growing from 99 to 109 seats.

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