The ABC's election analyst Antony Green says three seats are still in doubt in the New South Wales Upper House, with Gladys Berejiklian set to negotiate the balance of power.
Three seats in the New South Wales Upper House are still in doubt with the Berejiklian Government set to negotiate a balance of power with five MPs from a range of political parties, according to ABC election analyst Antony Green.
Almost two weeks after polls closed in the state election that saw Premier Gladys Berejiklian re-elected with a one-seat Lower House majority, the make-up of the Upper House — which Ms Berejiklian on Friday described as"challenging" — is still very much up in the air. , the Coalition is likely to pick up eight seats in the Upper House, bringing its total number to 17 including the nine continuing members from the 2015 election.The Coalition's total would come down to 16 in the event a Coalition-aligned Upper House president is elected.
Labor will get six Upper House MPs from last month's poll, bringing its total to 13 — up one seat from its total members before the election. The Greens are likely to pick up two seats, which would bring its total to four members of the 42-member Upper House were it not for the resignation of Greens MP Justin Field.
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