By Stephen Johnson For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 07:02 GMT, 23 March 2019 | Updated: 07:03 GMT, 23 March 2019
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Polling booths have closed in New South Wales with the state facing a hung parliament for the first time since the aftermath of the 1991 election.
Opinion polls and betting markets are predicting the Coalition will be returned without a majority, as it possibly loses six seats to Labor.
Gladys Berejiklian is set to be returned as premier but will be forced to rely on the support of key regional independents to govern.
The daughter of Armenian migrants would be Australia's first female conservative premier to win an election in her own right.
It would also be the first time since 1971 that the Coalition would have secured a third consecutive term.
Gladys Berejiklian (picutred) is set to be returned as premier but will be forced to rely on the support of key regional independents to govern. Polling booths have closed in New South Wales with the state facing a hung parliament for the first time since the aftermath of the 1991 election
A Nine exit poll is pointing to a swing of 2.3 per cent to Labor in Australia's most populous
