Surprises and uncertainty in NSW seats

As the dust settles in many seats across NSW, parties and candidates are counting their winners and losers.

And while some candidates are relieved at keeping their jobs, other seats remain too close to call.

In one of the few good news stories for Labor, Michelle Rowland retained her western Sydney seat of Greenway.

The seat shot to prominence after Liberal candidate Jaymes Diaz's disastrous television interview, where he struggled to outline his party's asylum seeker policy, went viral.

Ms Rowland said she couldn't speculate whether the result would have been different were it not for Mr Diaz's performance as a candidate.

But said the 2.98 per cent swing towards her was a surprise, as it appeared to be the opposite of what many of her colleagues experienced.

"I'm still recovering from the fact that I've still got a job as the member for Greenway," she told AAP on Sunday.

Outgoing treasurer Chris Bowen also retained his western Sydney seat of McMahon following serious fears he could be on the Labor chopping board.

However, results in Robertson indicate Labor's Deborah O'Neill is likely to lose to Liberal Lucy Wicks.

Ms Wicks led by more than 3000 votes on a two candidate preferred basis on Sunday afternoon, with Ms O'Neill, who claimed the seat in 2010, suffering a 4.15 per cent swing against her.

But Ms Wicks said she isn't cracking out the champagne yet.

"There are many, many votes that still need to be counted."

Meanwhile Liberal candidate Fiona Scott claimed the most senior Labor scalp of the election, taking out assistant treasurer David Bradbury in the Sydney seat of Lindsay.

Ms Scott - who shot to prominence after being described by prime minister-elect Tony Abbott as having sex appeal - enjoyed a 3.87 per cent swing towards her.

While she believes Mr Abbott's "sex appeal" comments neither helped or hindered her, she said it "created a lightness to the campaign".

"It meant that people knew they could and talk to me and have a joke with me," she told AAP.

In Dobell, Labor turned independent Craig Thomson lost his seat.

Meanwhile in northern NSW, the Nationals regained ground.

Both Lyne and New England, which were held by independents Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott, were re-claimed by David Gillespie and former senator Barnaby Joyce respectively.

Anthony Albanese has retained his seat of Grayndler for Labor, with the popular Sydney MP Tanya Plibersek also holding on.

Liberal frontbencher Malcolm Turnbull retained the seat of Wentworth, in Sydney's affluent east, with a positive swing of 2.69 per cent.

However a number of seats remain too close to call.

In Eden-Monaro Liberal Peter Hendy leads by a 246-vote margin on a two candidate preferred basis over Labor's Mike Kelly, while Reid and Barton are also a tight race.

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) will be re-counting polling booth votes on Monday and will then be scrutinising absentee and pre-poll declarations.