The NSW Greens could be forced to elect a leader against their own wishes following their stunning electoral success.
The minor party is on track to quadruple their presence in the lower house by picking up four seats, two in inner Sydney and two on the north coast.
With the prospect of holding six seats in the upper house still very much alive, the Greens could end up with ten MPs which would force them to have to name a leader.
It's not an idea that returned upper house MP John Kaye is keen on.
"The Greens reject the idea of leadership," he told AAP.
"We have run a flat structure since there was one of us in 1995. We want to continue to do that.
"... we don't need fancy titles."
While the Greens were expected to perform strongly in the inner Sydney seats of Balmain and Newtown, their performances in Lismore and Ballina demonstrated the opposition to coal seam gas in the region.
"It is very clear from the results of Lismore and Ballina and across the north coast is that people don't trust either the Nationals or the Labor party," Mr Kaye said.
"They have heard what they said during the election but they have looked at what they did before the election.
"They know from the get go the Greens have been totally opposed to coal seam gas."
He said the major parties would not be able to ignore the swelling influence of the Greens in parliament, and that includes on the controversial sale of poles and wires.
"If there is a majority that is opposed to the privatisation of the wires and poles they will not be privatised. That is how democracy works," Mr Kaye said.
"There is no mandate that comes specifically from winning a lower house election."
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