ABC analyst Antony Green says Labor is not likely to form a majority government

While Labor raced to victory a week ago, there are still a handful of seats in doubt, but it is now expected the party will not hold a majority government.

Labor is not expected to fill enough seats to have a majority government in NSW after election analysts called two of the last three remaining seats for the Liberal party.

A week after NSW residents took to the polls, ABC analyst Antony Green has made the call that Labor would be falling short of having a majority government.

He announced on Saturday Holsworthy could be retained by Tina Ayyas, who is ahead by 600 votes, while the Liberal’s Adam Crouch fights to keep the seat of Terrigal on the state’s Central Coast with a lead of more than 1,000 votes.

More than 320,000 postal and declaration votes were still being calculated, according to Mr Green.

Labor is not expected to hold a majority government. Picture: NCA Newswire/ Monique Harmer

Labor is looking like it could come out on top in Ryde with Lyndal Howison leading by 320 votes, but Mr Green is predicting postal votes could favour the Liberal’s Jordan Lane.

The party, led by Premier Chris Minns, currently holds 45 seats. A majority government is required to have at least 47.

In the event of a minority government, Labor will need to negotiate with minor parties and independents to pass bills.

It will also give more influence to crossbenchers like Sydney MP Alex Greenwich, Lake Macquarie MP Greg Piper and the Greens, who will retained Newtown, Ballina and Balmain.

Earlier projections had Labor winning the 47 seats needed to form a majority government.

It comes after Mr Minns was sworn in as the state’s 47th Premier on Tuesday.

Senior members of Labor’s interim ministry also sworn in, including Prue Car as deputy premier, Daniel Mookhey as treasurer and Penny Sharpe as Executive Council vice-president. Senior ministers Jo Haylen (transport), Ryan Park (health), and Michael Daley (Attorney-General) were also officially admitted into the NSW government.

Chris Minns was officially sworn in by NSW Governor Margaret Beazley at Government House. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts)

Presiding over the ceremony, NSW Governor Margaret Beazley encouraged the new government to “savour” the moment before MPs were officially sworn into their roles.

“This moment is a unique moment in your life and I’m going to suggest you savour it because premier-elect, ministers-designate, it’s not going to last very long,” she said.

“(It’s) a moment that gives us an opportunity to just stop and think, as a community, what this moment means.”

After the ceremony, Mr Minns reiterated that his team were ready to “hit the ground running”.

“With the interim government now in place, we know there’s a huge responsibility on our shoulders and work starts today,” he said.

Mr Minns later shared the advice outgoing Premier Dominic Perrottet gave him during a 90-minute post election discussion.

“He said, you’ve got to protect date night, which was good advice, and a lot about the machinery of government, [such as] how important it is to have good staff in senior positions [and] the responsibilities of office,” Mr Minns said.

“I don’t know, in such a short period of time, whether there’s ever been a comparable meeting in any jurisdiction in the country. It’s a tribute and a credit to what a big person [Mr Perrottet] is.”

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