The Labor Party wins the elections in New South Wales and confirms the turn to the left in Australia

March 25 () –

The Labor Party of Australia has achieved victory in the elections to the state of New South Wales, the most populous in the country, where the metropolis of Sydney is located, at the end of the twelve-year mandate of the conservative Liberal-National party .

Chris Minns will be the new prime minister of the state and it only remains to be seen if his party reaches a majority of 47 seats. Right now, the formation moves around 45-47 seats, according to estimates by ABC and the Sydney Morning Herald, in any case well ahead of the 24-27 seats that the deposed PLN would get.

Victory in New South Wales gives the Labor Party control at the federal level and in the governments of the five states and two territories on the Australian mainland for the second time in 120 years. The island state of Tasmania has become Australia’s only centre-right Liberal government.

“We are not going to disappoint the people of this state,” Minns declared in his first remarks after his victory. “We will rule for all amid huge challenges, but Labor is back and ready to run this great state,” he added.