A minority Berejiklian govt: exit poll

Gladys Berejiklian is set to be returned as NSW premier, but her Liberal/National coalition government will lose its majority, a Nine/Galaxy Exit poll indicates.

The poll of marginal seats shows a swing to Labor of 2.3 per cent, but it's not enough for it to win the 47 seats needed to form a majority government the 93-seat parliament.

The exit poll shows a 50/50 two-party preferred split, with the Berejiklian government losing six of its 52 seats.

Two of those would be in Sydney, while the other four are in regional NSW.

Labor needs to pick up 13 seats in Saturday's election to clinch an outright majority, but the exit poll indicates that is unlikely.

A special Newspoll, published in The Weekend Australian, showed the coalition ahead of Labor 51-49 on a two-party preferred basis.

Voting booths close at 6pm.