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2013 Western Australian state election

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2013 Western Australian state election

← 2008 9 March 2013 2017 →

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'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 Increase 7 Decrease 5 Increase 2
First preference vote 557,903 392,448 71,694
Percentage 47.10% 33.13% 6.05%
Swing Increase 8.71 Decrease 2.70 Increase 1.18
TPP 57.29% 42.71%
TPP swing Increase 5.44 Decrease 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 9 March 2013 to elect the 39th Parliament of Western Australia, including all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 36 seats in the Legislative Council.

The incumbent LiberalNational Coalition government, led by Premier Colin Barnett and Brendan Grylls, was re-elected in a landslide. They were opposed by the Labor Party, led by Mark McGowan. For the first time since 1996, the Liberals won a majority of seats in their own right, technically not requiring support from the Nationals.

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