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The 2025 Western Australian state election was held on 8 March 2025 to elect members to the Parliament of Western Australia, where all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 37 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election.
The Labor government, led by Premier Roger Cook, won a third consecutive four-year term in a landslide, becoming the first party to win a third term in Western Australia since 1989.[4] Labor were challenged by the Liberal Party, led by Libby Mettam and by the National Party, led by Opposition Leader Shane Love.
This was Labor's third consecutive landslide victory since winning government in 2017 and Labor's second best result after the previous 2021 state election. Currently, Labor has won 41 seats in the lower house, the Liberals have won 5, the Nationals have won 4, and 9 seats remain in doubt. Labor's primary vote has fallen to 41.7% (a decrease of 18.2%), the Liberals are on 28.4% (an increase of 7.1%) and the Nationals vote sits at 5.6% (up 1.6%).
In the Legislative Council, Labor has won at least 15 seats, the Liberals 10 and Nationals 2; while minor party the Greens have won 4 seats. Other minor parties likely to earn representation in the Council include One Nation, Legalise Cannabis and Australian Christians, each expected win 1 seat respectively. This leaves 3 seats in doubt.[5]
Candidates were elected in single-member seats in the Legislative Assembly via full-preferential instant-runoff voting. In the Legislative Council, 37 candidates were elected across the state, which functioned as a single electorate. Amendments made to electoral law increased the size of the Legislative Council by one member at this election and also abolished the former system of six regions of unequal population that each elected six members.
- ^ "WA Election 2025". ABC News. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ Carmody, James; Perpitch, Nicolas; Mundy, Garrett (31 October 2023). "Nationals MP Merome Beard quits party to join Liberals, throwing opposition alliance into doubt". ABC News.
- ^ Hastie, Hamish (31 October 2023). "WA Liberals-Nationals divide widens to a chasm with shock defection of MP". WA Today.
- ^ Bourke, Keane; Shine, Rhiannon (8 March 2025). "Labor enjoys third successive thumping WA election win as swing splits between minor parties, independents". ABC News. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ "Party Totals". ABC Elections. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
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