2013 Western Australian state election

2013 Western Australian state election

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All 59 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and all 36 members in the Western Australian Legislative Council 30 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Colin Barnett Mark McGowan Brendon Grylls Party Liberal Labor National Leader since 6 August 2008 (2008-08-06) 23 January 2012 (2012-01-23) 21 June 2005 (2005-06-21) Leader's seat Cottesloe Rockingham Central Wheatbelt (won Pilbara) Last election 24 seats 28 seats 4 seats Seats before 24 26 5 Seats won 31 21 7 Seat change 7 5 2 First preference vote 557,903 392,448 71,694 Percentage 47.10% 33.13% 6.05% Swing 8.71 2.70 1.18 TPP 57.29% 42.71% TPP swing 5.44 5.44
The map on the left shows the first party preference by electorate. The map on the right shows the final two-party preferred vote result by electorate.
Premier before election Colin Barnett Liberal Elected Premier Colin Barnett Liberal

The 2013 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 9 March 2013 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council.

The incumbent Liberal–National Coalition government, led by Premier Colin Barnett, won a second consecutive four-year term in government, defeating the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Mark McGowan, in a landslide.^[1][2][3][4] The Liberals alone won a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly for the first time since the election of 1996, retaining government with 31 seats. Labor won 21 seats and the Nationals won 7 seats. In the Legislative Council, the Liberals won 17 of the 36 seats.