Ryde is the only count still in dispute as the Liberals hold on to Holsworthy and Terrigal, ABC election analyst Antony Green says
, after two of the final three seats in dispute after last week’s election were called for the Liberal party.
Labor holds 45 seats, two short of the number required to form majority government. Green believes the only seat still in dispute is Ryde, where the Liberal candidate, Jordan Lane, had taken a narrow lead after the counting of postal votes.It had appeared unlikely since midweek that Labor and the premier, Chris Minns, would be able to reach the 47 seats required to reach majority government, and Minns had flagged a need to work with a crossbench likely to include 12 MPs .
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