2021 Western Australian state election

state general election for Western Australia, held on 13 March 2021

The 2021 Western Australian state election was held on 13 March 2021 to elect the 41st Parliament of Western Australia, including all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 36 seats in the Legislative Council. It was conducted by the Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC).

2021 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 are needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout1,467,159 (85.46%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
LIB
Leader Mark McGowan Mia Davies Zak Kirkup
Party Labor National Liberal
Leader's seat Rockingham Central Wheatbelt Dawesville
(lost seat)
Last election 41 seats 5 seats 13 seats
Seats before 40 6 14
Seats won 53 4 2
Seat change Increase 13 Decrease 2 Decrease 12
First preference vote 846,116 56,448 300,796
Percentage 59.92% 4.00% 21.30%
Swing Increase 17.70 Decrease 1.40 Decrease 9.90
2PP 69.70% 30.30%
2PP swing Increase 14.10 Decrease 14.10

Winning margin by electorate.

Premier before election

Mark McGowan
Labor

Elected Premier

Mark McGowan
Labor

The incumbent Labor government, led by Premier Mark McGowan, was re-elected in a landslide. They were opposed by the Liberal Party, led by Zak Kirkup, and the National Party, led by Mia Davies. The Liberals lost all but two seats, while the Nationals won four, making the Nationals the official Opposition. After the election, the two parties formed an alliance, called the Western Australian Opposition Alliance, similar to the Coalition, with the Nationals as the senior partner and the Liberals as the junior partner. Labor won the largest majority government (89.8% of seats) and the largest two-party-preferred vote (69.7%) ever won by any party at any election in Australian history. For the first time, they had a majority in both chambers of Parliament.

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