Candidates of the 2023 New South Wales state election

This is a list of the candidates of the 2023 New South Wales state election, which will be held on 25 March 2023.

Retiring MPs
The following members announced they would not be contesting the 2023 election:

Labor

 * Walt Secord MLC – announced 19 August 2022
 * Adam Searle MLC – lost preselection 15 September 2022
 * Shaoquett Moselmane MLC – did not nominate for endorsement
 * Guy Zangari MP (Fairfield) – announced 17 October 2022
 * Paul Lynch MP (Liverpool) – not preselected November 2022
 * Nick Lalich MP (Cabramatta) – announced 24 December 2022

Liberal

 * Shelley Hancock MP (South Coast) – announced 18 December 2021
 * Gabrielle Upton MP (Vaucluse) – announced 6 July 2022
 * Kevin Conolly MP (Riverstone) – announced 15 August 2022
 * Victor Dominello MP (Ryde) – announced 17 August 2022
 * Geoff Lee MP (Parramatta) – announced 22 August 2022
 * Jonathan O'Dea MP (Davidson) – announced 6 September 2022
 * Rob Stokes MP (Pittwater) – announced 30 September 2022
 * David Elliott MP (Baulkham Hills) – announced 22 October 2022
 * Brad Hazzard MP (Wakehurst) – announced 24 October 2022
 * Matthew Mason-Cox MLC – not preselected 22 December 2022
 * Lou Amato MLC – not preselected 22 December 2022
 * Shayne Mallard MLC – not preselected 22 December 2022
 * Peter Poulos MLC – disendorsed 18 February 2023
 * Scott Farlow MLC – not preselected

Nationals

 * Stephen Bromhead MP (Myall Lakes) – announced 17 August 2022
 * Chris Gulaptis MP (Clarence) – announced 22 August 2022
 * Melinda Pavey MP (Oxley) – announced 28 August 2022

Independent

 * Justin Field MLC – announced 17 October 2022
 * John Sidoti MP (Drummoyne) – announced 24 November 2022

Other

 * Jamie Parker MP (Balmain, Greens) – announced 14 October 2022
 * Mark Pearson MLC (Animal Justice Party)

Legislative Assembly
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used. The candidates have been derived from the NSW Electoral Commission website.

Legislative Council
Sitting members are shown in bold text.

Half of the Legislative Council is not up for re-election. This includes seven Labor members (Tara Moriarty, Penny Sharpe, Greg Donnelly, Anthony D'Adam, Daniel Mookhey, Peter Primrose, and Mark Buttigieg), five Liberal members (Damien Tudehope, Taylor Martin, Natalie Ward, Natasha Maclaren-Jones and Aileen MacDonald), three Nationals members (Sarah Mitchell, Wes Fang and Sam Farraway), two Greens members (Abigail Boyd and Sue Higginson), two One Nation members (Mark Latham and Rod Roberts), one Shooters and Fishers member (Mark Banasiak) and one Animal Justice member (Emma Hurst).

The Labor Party is defending seven seats. The Liberal Party is defending six seats. The National Party is defending three seats. The Greens, the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party and the Animal Justice Party are each defending one seat. Independent Fred Nile, elected as a Christian Democratic member, is defending his seat; and independent Justin Field, elected as a Greens member, is not defending his seat.