Statement: NSW election vote count update 4

Counting is proceeding as planned in line with legislative requirements and the published count timeline. 

We have now received more than 466,000 postal votes in total for the 2023 NSW State election after the deadline to return postal votes closed at 6pm this evening.

The counting of the remaining tranche of postal votes (progressive count 3) is scheduled to commence at 8.30am, Saturday, 8 April.  

The count of declaration votes for progressive count 4 commenced today at the Centralised Declaration Vote Count Centre (CDVCC). Approximately 85,000 votes were counted. The remaining tranche of declaration votes (progressive count 5) will commence from Saturday 8 April.

The order of these vote counts is provided in the Other declaration votes to be counted table on the NSW Electoral Commission website. This table also contains the projected number of votes to be counted.

No counting is scheduled for Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

The overall progress of the count remains on track for all districts to meet the timeline published on the NSW Electoral Commission website. The operating days and hours of our count centres are also published on our website.

Counting progress is available live through the Virtual tally room. 

Learn more about how votes are counted in state elections.  

Count timeline

  • Wednesday, 12 April - Estimated completion of check counts for Legislative Assembly districts
  • Thursday, 13 April - Estimated distribution of preferences for each district
  • Friday, 14 April - Estimated declaration of results for each Legislative Assembly district
  • Wednesday, 19 April – Estimated distribution of preferences for the Legislative Council
  • Thursday, 20 April – Estimated declaration of results for the Legislative Council

For more information about counting and results, you can view the recording of our webinar on the topic. 

For more information about the 2023 NSW State election, go to elections.nsw.gov.au or call 1300 135 736

Media contact
(02) 9290 5936
nswecmedia@elections.nsw.gov.au

Last updated 21 November 2023 at 1:08 PM