One Nation will have two seats in the NSW upper house but former senator David Leyonhjelm has missed out, despite being so confident of securing a spot he'd updated his Twitter bio to state he was a member of the state parliament.
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Shortly after the final preferences were distributed on Monday afternoon, Mr Leyonhjelm had to alter his profile from "NSW MLC for the Liberal Democrats" to "former senator".
The two One Nation upper house MPs will join a mixed bag of crossbenchers who'll hold the balance of power in the state's Legislative Council.
The last available seat went to One Nation candidate Rod Roberts, who's a former detective from Goulburn.
Mr Roberts will join former federal Labor leader and NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham at Macquarie Street when parliament resumes in May.
He said his background in kidnapping and murder investigations would come in handy when negotiating with other politicians.
"I have lots of experience in negotiating certain things," Mr Roberts told reporters minutes after learning he'd been elected.
Asked whether he was relieved the state election occurred before revelations that party officials attempted to solicit political donations from the National Rifle Association in the United States, he replied: "Yes and no."
"The general public would have seen through that, as to what it was and there was no, pardon the pun, smoking gun," Mr Roberts said.
"Those gentlemen probably didn't behave professionally but I think they were enticed into that position."
The second last seat was won by Animal Justice Party candidate Emma Hurst, who's a former media officer for animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
She said banning battery-caged eggs was top of her agenda. She also hopes her party could help end live animal exports after May's federal election.
"The people of NSW have spoken and animal cruelty is a big issue and it's something we want to see an end to - Australians love animals," Ms Hurst told reporters.
Greens MP David Shoebridge is relieved Mr Leyonhjelm didn't secure an upper house seat but is concerned NSW elected two One Nation members.
"There is now a danger we will see an increased rhetoric on race and division and it's every politician's job to minimise that," Mr Shoebridge told reporters.
"It's fair to say NSW dodged a bullet by not having David Leyonhjelm elected."
Mr Leyonhjelm - speaking 10 days before the deadly Christchurch terror attacks - told AAP during the election campaign that Australia should adopt New Zealand-style gun laws.
Mr Shoebridge said he was disappointed the Greens had lost a seat after his upper house colleague Justin Field quit the party to become an independent this month.
The Liberal-National coalition government won eight of the 21 upper house seats up for grabs at the March 23 election while Labor snared seven.
That means the new-look Legislative Council comprises 17 coalition MPs, 14 Labor MPs and an 11-member crossbench including three Greens.
Australian Associated Press
