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This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 2011 New South Wales state election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Quota | 185,274 | ||||
| Liberal/National Coalition | 1. Mike Gallacher (Lib) (elected 1) 2. Duncan Gay (Nat) (elected 4) 3. Greg Pearce (Lib) (elected 7) 4. David Clarke (Lib) (elected 9) 5. Rick Colless (Nat) (elected 11) 6. Scot MacDonald (Lib) (elected 13) 7. Catherine Cusack (Lib) (elected 14) 8. Natasha Maclaren-Jones (Lib) (elected 15) 9. Peter Phelps (Lib) (elected 16) 10. Niall Blair (Nat) (elected 17) 11. Sarah Johnston (Nat) (elected 21) 12. Henson Liang (Lib) 13. Andy Heath (Lib) 14. Lili Gestakovska (Lib) 15. Ben Tyson (Nat) | 1,943,246 | 47.68 | +13.46 | |
| Labor | 1. Eric Roozendaal (elected 2) 2. Greg Donnelly (elected 5) 3. Penny Sharpe (elected 8) 4. Peter Primrose (elected 10) 5. Tony Kelly (elected 12) 6. Andrew Ferguson 7. Natalie Bradbury 8. Ernest Wong 9. Nizza Siano 10. Sue Fletcher 11. Alexandra Cowan 12. Richard SMolenski 13. Glenn Kolomeitz 14. Michelle Miran 15. Anna Minns 16. John Knight 17. John Rumble 18. Kien Ly | 967,242 | 23.73 | -15.41 | |
| Greens | 1. David Shoebridge (elected 3) 2. Jan Barham (elected 6) 3. Jeremy Buckingham (elected 20) 4. Lesa de Leau 5. Chris Harris 6. Brami Jegatheeswaran 7. Terri Latella 8. Brian Mason 9. Lynne Saville 10. Leonard Chin 11. Catherine Moore 12. Bronislava Lee 13. Alex Surace 14. Anne Marett 15. Anthony Petrolo 16. Jan Davis 17. Melissa Brooks 18. Jason Koh 19. Pauline Tyrrell 20. Joel Macrae 21. Sandra Heilpern | 453,125 | 11.12 | +2.00 | |
| Shooters and Fishers | 1. Robert Brown (elected 18) 2. Jim Muirhead 3. Max Castle 4. Pauline Smith 5. Tony McManus 6. Al McGlashan 7. Col Allison 8. John Featherstone 9. Steve Lee 10. Alain Noujaim 11. Kath Clapham 12. Arthur Baker 13. Darren Higgins 14. Karl Houseman 15. Peter Saunders 16. Ron Wakem 17. David Cook 18. Bob Shaw | 150,741 | 3.70 | +0.90 | |
| Christian Democrats | 1. Paul Green (elected 19) 2. Robyn Peebles 3. Graham Freemantle 4. Max Cracknell 5. Elaine Nile 6. Magdi Hanna 7. Ian Smith 8. Elwyn Sheppard 9. David Fraser 10. Anita Bird 11. Eddie Cropper 12. Michelle Green 13. Trisha Ellis 14. Devon Chapman 15. Graeme Young 16. Bruce Watson 17. Diana Thew 18. Gamil Heimy-Kostandy 19. Soon-Hyung Kwon 20. Ula Falanga | 127,233 | 3.12 | -1.30 | |
| Independent | 1. Pauline Hanson 2. Brian Burston 3. Graham Abel 4. Kate McCulloch 5. David Taylor 6. Alan Cronin 7. Michael Parsons 8. Rosalyn Wright 9. John Cantwell 10. Ed Farnsworth 11. Sharon Elwell 12. Andy Frew 13. David Seccombe 14. Stephen Mulcahy 15. Kenneth Dibsdale 16. Bev Wallis | 98,043 | 2.41 | +2.41 | |
| Family First | 1. Gordon Moyes 2. Phil Lamb 3. Gregory Swane 4. Joseph Mack 5. Ken Duncan 6. John Millard 7. Sam Habashy 8. Graham Guy 9. Richard Menteith 10. Nett Knox 11. Grace Sham 12. Nancy Piggott 13. Patricia Giles 14. Arnold Gorrell 15. Wayne Koivu 16. Ken Scott 17. Gavin Brett 18. Johnny Teong 19. Rejieli Flexman | 59,640 | 1.46 | +1.46 | |
| Fishing Party | 1. Bob Smith 2. Elizabeth Stocker 3. Chris Goodbar 4. Deanne Shepherd 5. Russell Bond 6. Bob Sieber 7. Ted Mackay 8. Vicki Johns 9. Stewart Paterson 10. Kevin Johnson 11. Brian Sutton 12. Alison Johnstone 13. Paul Derrick 14. Adrian Callaghan 15. Michael O'Connor 16. Frank Bills 17. Craig McCartney 18. Margaret Hare 19. Rowan Phelps 20. David Hitchcock 21. Matthew Small | 54,253 | 1.33 | -0.20 | |
| John Hatton's Independent Team | 1. John Hatton 2. Ian Scandrett 3. John McInerney 4. Tony Brown 5. David Swan 6. Mike King 7. Debra Wales 8. Sandra Wilson 9. Peter Cipollone 10. Joe Nagy 11. Dianne Allen 12. Edgar Azzopardi 13. Julie Head 14. Darren Boehm 15. Deborah Richards 16. Chris Gibson 17. John Stephens 18. Alan Hunt 19. Lindsay Fuller 20. Mark Corrigan 21. Meg Bishop | 52,514 | 1.29 | +1.29 | |
| No Parking Meters | 1. Charles Matthews 2. Robert Morris 3. David Johnson 4. Sirena Beveridge 5. Troy Seelin 6. Caroline Schlee 7. Dale Ayshford 8. Helen Patterson 9. Robert Braid 10. Joyce McDonnell 11. Kevin Barron 12. John Fleming 13. Michael Morrisey 14. Susan Bisaro 15. John Shaw 16. Louise Morrisey 17. Carol Matthews 18. Carolyn Beveridge | 49,429 | 1.21 | +1.21 | |
| Democrats | 1. Arthur Chesterfield-Evans 2. Ronaldo Villaver 3. Dean Winter 4. Glenn Luxford 5. Brett Paterson 6. Casey Balk 7. Pamela Clifford 8. Robert McFarlane 9. Perry Garofani 10. Carolyn Hastie 11. John Haydon 12. Georgina Johanson 13. Mayo Materazzo 14. Julia Melland 15. David Robinson 16. Carol Prendergast 17. Jaeme Serpanchy 18. Samantha Elliott-Halls | 34,046 | 0.84 | -0.95 | |
| Outdoor Recreation | 1. David Leyonhjelm 2. Peter Whelan 3. Martin Walsh 4. Fay Destry 5. Ian Best 6. James Whelan 7. Jennifer Rose 8. John Phibbs 9. Bob Hennessy 10. Angelique Pettett 11. Virginia Kruse 12. Lucy Gabb 13. Jason Kent 14. Graham Nickols 15. Robert Dolphin 16. Janos Beregszaszi | 31,279 | 0.77 | +0.20 | |
| Restore the Workers' Rights | 1. Barry Gissell 2. Clifford Waiford 3. Amanda Goodwin 4. Jody Gissell 5. Toni Griffis 6. Peter Squires 7. Anthony Adams 8. Donna Adams 9. Irene Wilson 10. Maureen Cross 11. Amanda Radburn 12. Yvonne King 13. David McCabe 14. Kelly Slater 15. Rodney Slater | 17,661 | 0.43 | -0.49 | |
| Save Our State | 1. Tony Recsei 2. Monica Wangmann 3. Gordon Hocking 4. Ted Webber 5. Jean Posen 6. John Ward 7. Barry Hadaway 8. Colin Freeman 9. Rosemary Hadaway 10. Tony Meaney 11. Tanya Wood 12. Margaretha van Gennip 13. Jennifer Bennett 14. Pat Cameron 15. Mary Minns 16. Allan Butt 17. Hugh Knox 18. Robert Hochmann | 13,579 | 0.33 | +0.02 | |
| Socialist Alliance | 1. Peter Boyle 2. Jess Moore 3. Luis Almario 4. Susan Prince 5. Ibrahim Barssi 6. Bea Bielle 7. Raul Bassi 8. Simon Cunich 9. Rachel Evans 10. Ross Geary 11. John Coleman 12. Steve O'Brien 13. Kate Ausburn 14. Patrick Harrison 15. Federico Fuentes 16. Luis Olaya 17. Jill Hickson 18. Duroyan Fertl 19. Stefan Skibicki 20. Terry Townsend 21. Simon Butler | 10,619 | 0.26 | -0.14 | |
| Building Australia | 1. Ray Brown 2. Michael O'Donnell 3. Liz Tomlinson 4. John Fransen 5. Maureen Riordan 6. Alan Smith 7. Louise Williams 8. Ross Trovato 9. Shiyun Chen 10. John Zhang 11. Kieron Farrell 12. John Baiada 13. Domenic Cammareri 14. John White 15. Robert Pickett 16. John Vellenga 17. Brett Walter 18. Ron Gattone | 9,058 | 0.22 | +0.22 | |
| Independent | James Liu | 1,220 | 0.03 | +0.03 | |
| Independent | Ramsay Nuthall | 612 | 0.02 | +0.02 | |
| Sex Party | Huw Campbell | 465 | 0.01 | +0.01 | |
| Independent | Darren Marton | 446 | 0.01 | +0.01 | |
| Independent | June Esposito | 208 | 0.01 | +0.01 | |
| Independent | Danny Lim | 192 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Independent | Kyrsty MacDonald | 189 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| United We Stand | Ben Smith | 187 | 0.00 | +0.00 | |
| Independent | Richard Stanton | 157 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Independent | Jennifer Stefanac | 119 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Help Fix NSW | Robert Peake | 103 | 0.00 | +0.00 | |
| Independent | Stuart Baanstra | 88 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Independent | Phil Douglas | 71 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Independent | Lindsay Bignell | 57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Independent | Alan Francis | 57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Independent | Frank Monte | 52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Independent | John Tullis | 49 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Progress | Bruce Manefield | 44 | 0.00 | +0.00 | |
| Total formal votes | 4,076,024 | 94.65 | +0.76 | ||
| Informal votes | 230,260 | 5.35 | -0.76 | ||
| Turnout | 4,306,285 | 92.89 | +0.10 | ||
The following MLCs were not up for re-election this year.
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sophie Cotsis | Labor | 2010–2015 | |
| Amanda Fazio | Labor | 2007–2015 | |
| Luke Foley | Labor | 2010–2015 | |
| John Hatzistergos | Labor | 2011–2015 | |
| Shaoquett Moselmane | Labor | 2009–2015 | |
| Eddie Obeid | Labor | 2011–2015 | |
| Mick Veitch | Labor | 2007–2015 | |
| Lynda Voltz | Labor | 2007–2015 | |
| Helen Westwood | Labor | 2007–2015 | |
| John Ajaka | Liberal | 2007–2015 | |
| Marie Ficarra | Liberal | 2007–2015 | |
| Don Harwin | Liberal | 2007–2015 | |
| Charlie Lynn | Liberal | 2007–2015 | |
| Matthew Mason-Cox | Liberal | 2007–2015 | |
| Jenny Gardiner | National | 2007–2015 | |
| Trevor Khan | National | 2007–2015 | |
| Melinda Pavey | National | 2007–2015 | |
| John Kaye | Greens | 2007–2015 | |
| Cate Faehrmann | Greens | 2010–2015 | |
| Fred Nile | Christian Democrats | 2007–2015 | |
| Robert Borsak | Shooters Party | 2010–2015 | |
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