Labor can, in part, thank Sydney's west for its surge to form majority government for the first time in 12 years, after reclaiming several seats in the area.
Camden, East Hills, Parramatta, and Riverstone were lost by Labor in 2011, Holsworthy in 2015, and Penrith in 2010, but are now back red after Chris Minns romped to power on Saturday night.
Labor faithful cried tears of joy at the party's official event at Brighton-Le-Sands as seats turned red again for the first time in years.
“We never win,” Labor MP Rose Jackson exclaimed, through tears, at the party.
It was just the third time since World War II Labor had come from opposition to form government in NSW.
New Parramatta MP Donna Davis said the statewide swing of more than 7 per cent was a sign of the times.
She said people in Western Sydney were concerned about the rising cost-of-living, the cost of driving on Sydney's numerous toll roads, and high rents and housing prices.
"It was always going to be a challenge; we've known this is going to be a tight seat," she said.
"The community want someone who will listen, I have done that as a councillor, the Lord Mayor and now as the local member.
"I think we always have to acknowledge government do good things, they were riding a wave, there was a wave across Australia at that time, but now we are in a time where things are more challenging.
"The cost of living is hurting people, Parramatta has the second highest rental costs in New South Wales."
Looking back at his time as the member for Parramatta, outgoing Liberal MP Geoff Lee said he hoped the new government continued to "transform" the city's western suburbs.
"People get very used to what we were delivering," he said.
"It's been 12 years since the opposition was in government. For the last decade we have rolled out infrastructure, in fact so much infrastructure, hundreds of billions of dollars have been rolled out."
Parramatta hosted Liberal leader Dominic Perrottet and Mr Minns more than any other electorate since the campaign officially began on March 3.
Independent federal MP Dai Le said her victory in last year's poll had meant Labor no longer took Western Sydney for granted.
Ms Le was a former Liberal councillor in Fairfield who went on to run as an independent in Fowler, beating high-profile Labor candidate and former NSW premier Kristina Keneally.
"What we did was made it more competitive in that area. Labor has historically not taken those areas seriously," she said.
"It's good to see people in the Cabramatta seat in particular really fighting for it."
Labor's Tri Vo is on track to retain Cabramatta, despite a swing of more than 7 per cent against him.
Londonderry MP Pru Carr, who is set to become deputy premier in the new Minns government, said Western Sydney had spoken.
"We are seeing good results in Penrith, against a very very popular incumbent member in Stuart Ayres," she said.
"The Libs threw literally everything at Penrith and if we manage to pick Penrith up that would be a great victory for Labor."
Penrith was held by Mr Ayres since the 2010 by-election and recently saw former premier Gladys Berejiklian turning out in support of his re-election campaign.
The seat had one of the slimmest margins in the state.
The NSW Electoral Commission has said that about 25 per cent of the early votes will not be counted on Saturday night in Penrith and Emu Plains.
While projections have the seat for Labor, the early votes could affect the current swing.
