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1988 New South Wales state election
State election for New South Wales, Australia in March 1988 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 victory against Labor.
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election took place following a redistribution of seats, which resulted in the Assembly growing from 99 to 109 seats.