Victorious Berejiklian eyes NSW parliamentary majority, but vows to work with independents

Gladys Berejiklian says whether or not she ends up winning a majority she'll work closely with the three independents in the NSW lower house.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian and sisters Mary (left) and Rita (right) are seen at a cafe during a media opportunity in Willoughby in Sydney Sunday, March 24, 2019 Source: AAP

What you need to know:

• Counting has resumed with Gladys Berejiklian hoping to win one more seat to allow the Coalition to govern in its own right for its third term.
• By Saturday night the Coalition had 46 seats, 34 for the Liberals, 12 for the Nationals with Labor on 35 - short of the 47 seats needed to form majority government in the 93-seat parliament. .
• Michael Daley has conceded Labor's defeat. 
• The final vote count is expected to be completed by April 12. 

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is expecting to form a majority government with up to 49 seats after Saturday's state election win.

She on Sunday again refused to concede the loss of any Liberal seats, telling reporters that the coalition would win between 47 and 49 seats allowing the coalition to govern in its own right.

As counting stands, the Liberal-Nationals coalition has 46 seats - just one short of an outright majority in the 93-seat parliament.

NSW Liberal leader Gladys Berejiklian celebrates the NSW Liberal party win of the 2019 New South Wales Election with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Source: AAP

But even if it falls short, Ms Berejiklian will be able to rely on the three returning independents - Alex Greenwich, Greg Piper and Joe McGirr - and she said the government would not take them for granted.

"I want them to be have a strong working relationship with my government from day one, not just when I might need them," she told reporters on Sunday.

The Berejiklian government has held on to power in NSW with the coalition hoping the result will prove a boost to Scott Morrison just two months out from the federal election.

Ms Berejiklian on Saturday became the first woman to be popularly elected premier of NSW and she'll lead the coalition into a third straight term for the first time in 50-odd years.

She told the party faithful on Saturday night she was incredibly proud of NSW where "someone with a long surname - and a woman - can be the premier".

With almost 66 per cent of the vote counted the Liberal party and Nationals had won 46 seats in the 93-seat lower house.

Labor had 35 seats, the Greens had three and the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party had at least two.

Liberals hope the result is an indication NSW voters won't punish the prime minister and the party for the 2018 chaos in Canberra when they cast their ballots in May's federal election.

"How good is Gladys Berejiklian and how good is the Liberal Party here in NSW," Mr Morrison told supporters.

NSW Labor leader Michael Daley has only been in the top job for four months but after Saturday's poor showing his days could well be numbered.

He vowed again on Sunday to remain as leader.

Labor frontbencher Jodi McKay - a potential leadership contender along with Chris Minns - backed Mr Daley to stay in the top job before adding: "In saying that, last week we had a bad week".

"We had two incidents there which I think all of us wish hadn't happened," she said, referring to a video of Mr Daley saying Asian migrants were taking local jobs and his inability to recall, during a TV debate, how much the opposition had committed to schools and TAFE.