2025 Western Australian state election

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All 59 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
and all 37 members in the Western Australian Legislative Council
30 Assembly seats are needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Reporting|

67.45%

as of 15 March, 12:45 AWST
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Leader  | Roger Cook | Libby Mettam | Shane Love
Party  | Labor | Liberal | National
Leader since  | 6 June 2023 | 30 January 2023 | 30 January 2023
Leader's seat  | Kwinana | Vasse | Moore
(won Mid-West)
Last election  | 53 seats, 59.92%  | 2 seats, 21.30%  | 4 seats, 4.00%
Seats before  | 53  | 3[a] | 3[a]
Seats won  | 43 | 6  | 4
Seat change  |  |  |
Primary vote  | 504,362 | 343,322  | 66,454
Percentage  | 41.68% | 28.37%  | 5.49%
Swing  |  |  |
TPP | 57.7% | 42.3%  |
TPP swing  |  |  |

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Current leading margin by electorate.

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| Premier before election

Roger Cook
Labor

| Elected Premier

Roger Cook
Labor

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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, the ABC has projected that Labor has won 43 seats in the lower house, the Liberals have won 5, the Nationals have won 4, and 7 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 to 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.

## Results

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The election was called for the incumbent Labor government just after 7:40pm Australian Western Standard Time (AWST).[citation needed]

### Legislative Assembly

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Results by electoral district as of 8 March (shaded by winning party).

Labor

Liberal

National

In doubt (Labor ahead)

In doubt (Liberal ahead)

In doubt (National ahead)

In doubt (Independent ahead)

Main article: Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)

76.33% reporting

Party| Votes| %| Seats
| Labor| 569,277| 41.60| 44
| Liberal| 386,514| 28.24| 6
| Greens| 146,669| 10.72| 0
| National| 72,994| 5.33| 4
| One Nation| 53,276| 3.89| 0
| Independents| 46,753| 3.42| 0
| Australian Christians| 42,768| 3.13| 0
| Legalise Cannabis| 31,917| 2.33| 0
| Shooters, Fishers and Farmers| 9,889| 0.72| 0
| Animal Justice Party| 5,700| 0.42| 0
| Stop Pedophiles! Protect kiddies!| 1,614| 0.12| 0
| Libertarian| 779| 0.06| 0
| Other| 408| 0.03| 0
Total| 1,368,558| 100.00| 54
Valid votes| 1,368,558| 96.03|
Invalid/blank votes| 56,528| 3.97|
Total votes| 1,425,086| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 1,868,946| 76.25|
Source: [1] [2]

Results are not final. Last updated on 18 March 2025 at 5:00pm AWST.

### Legislative Council

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Main article: Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)

65.78% reporting

Party| Votes| %| Seats
| Labor| 495,814| 41.62| 16
| Liberal| 327,636| 27.50| 11
| Greens| 127,931| 10.74| 4
| National| 67,021| 5.63| 2
| One Nation| 42,576| 3.57| 1
| Legalise Cannabis| 32,238| 2.71| 1
| Australian Christians| 31,069| 2.61| 1
| Independents| 14,746| 1.24| –
| Animal Justice Party| 13,763| 1.16| –
| Sustainable Australia Party| 11,580| 0.97| –
| Stop Pedophiles! Protect kiddies!| 10,595| 0.89| –
| Shooters, Fishers and Farmers| 9,035| 0.76| –
| Libertarian| 7,300| 0.61| –
Total| 1,191,304| 100.00| 36
Registered voters/turnout| 1,868,946| –|
Source: [3] [4]

### Seats changing hands

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* Carine
* Churchlands
* Geraldton
* Murray-Wellington
* Nedlands

### Uncalled seats

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As of 17 March 2025[update] the following five seats are uncalled:[6]

Seat  | Ref. | Pre-2025  | Swing  | Post-2025

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Party  | Member  | Margin  | 1st place  | Party  | 2nd place  | Party
Albany | [7] |  | Labor | Rebecca Stephens | 11.0%  | 13.8%  | Rebecca Stephens |  | Labor | Tom Brough  |  | Liberal
Kalamunda | [8] |  | Labor | Matthew Hughes | 14.5%  | 15.4%  | Karen Beale  |  | Labor | Adam Hort  |  | Liberal
Kalgoorlie | [9] |  | Labor | Ali Kent | 11.2%  | 9.7%  | Ali Kent |  | Labor | Rowena Olsen  |  | Liberal
Pilbara | [10] |  | Labor | Kevin Michel | 17.6%  | 15.9%  | Kevin Michel |  | Labor | Amanda Kailis  |  | Liberal
Warren-Blackwood | [11] |  | Labor | Jane Kelsbie | 2.2%  | 4.2%  | Jane Kelsbie |  | Labor | Bevan Eatts  |  | National

## Background

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The 2021 state election saw Labor win one of the most comprehensive victories on record at the state or territory level in Australia. It won 53 of the 59 seats, surpassing its own record set four years earlier for the largest government majority and seat tally in Western Australian parliamentary history.[12][13]

In May 2023, McGowan resigned the premiership, saying he was "exhausted".[14]

Since the 2021 election, there have been two by-elections. North West Central elected a new member upon the resignation of Vince Catania.[15] Rockingham also elected a new member after former premier Mark McGowan retired from politics. Labor retained this seat with their candidate Magenta Marshall.[16] Merome Beard, the winner of the North West Central by-election defected from the National Party to the Liberal Party in October 2023 and will be running as the Liberal Party's candidate in this election.[17]

## Registered parties

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The following parties are registered with the Western Australian Electoral Commission:[18]

* Sustainable Australia Party – Anti-corruption
* Animal Justice Party
* Australian Christians
* Greens Western Australia
* Labor Party
* Legalise Cannabis Western Australia Party
* Liberal Party
* National Party of Australia
* Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party
* Libertarian Party
* One Nation
* Stop Pedophiles! Protect kiddies!

## Electoral system

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Candidates are elected to single-member seats in the Legislative Assembly via full-preferential instant-runoff voting. In the Legislative Council, 37 candidates are elected across the state, which functions as a single electorate. They are to be elected using single transferable voting.

### Legislative Council voting changes

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In September 2021, the McGowan Labor Government introduced the "one vote, one value" legislation to change the voting system for the Legislative Council at this election. Under the then-existing voting system for the upper house, which had been in place since 2005, voters were divided into six regions of unequal weight, each of whom were responsible for electing six candidates (36 in total). Three of the regions were based in metropolitan Perth, and three in the regions. This meant that the Mining and Pastoral region had as many voters as only 16% of the number of electors in the three metropolitan regions on average.[19][20] The government first proposed abolishing the regions and replacing them with what it called a "one vote, one value" system.

Instead, 37 members will be elected from a single statewide constituency using single transferable voting (STV). This increased the size of the council by one seat. Group voting tickets would also be abolished. (They were abolished for the federal Senate in 2016 and are currently used only for the Victorian Legislative Council.)[21] Votes are to be cast under a semi-optional preferential form of STV using above-the-line voting. It will require electors to vote for one or more preferred parties above the dividing line on the ballot paper, or at least 20 candidates below the dividing line. The legislation passed the parliament on 17 November 2021 and received royal assent seven days thereafter.[22][23]

Electing 37 members of the Legislative Council at one time is the largest district magnitude seen in STV any time in history.

### Redistribution

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Electoral districts of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the 2021 state election

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Electoral districts of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the 2025 state election

The Western Australian Electoral Commission conducted a redistribution of the boundaries of all 59 electoral districts. The final boundaries for the electoral districts were released on 1 December 2023.[24]

The seats of Moore and North West Central were merged to create a new seat, Mid-West.[24] The merger of two rural seats into one was matched by the creation of a new seat in Perth, Oakford, which covers growing suburbs between Armadale and the Kwinana Freeway.[24]

According to psephologist Antony Green, the Coalition will need a combined swing of 23.4% to gain the 24 seats needed to form a majority government.[24]

On the new boundaries, there are 17 seats with margins under 15%, which will be regarded as "key seats". (Green described these as "marginal seats" due to the extent of Labor's landslide in 2021, as normally a margin of over 15% would be considered a safe seat.)

#### Changes to electorates of the Legislative Assembly

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Current seat  | 2021 election  | New seat  | 2023 redistribution

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Party  | Member  | Margin  | Party  | Member  | Margin*
Burns Beach |  | Labor  | Mark Folkard | 26.9  | Mindarie |  | Labor  | Notional | 23.1
Mirrabooka |  | Labor  | Meredith Hammat | 33.7  | Girrawheen |  | Labor  | Notional | 33.4
Moore |  | Nationals  | Shane Love | 8.5  | Mid-West |  | Nationals  | Notional | 8.6
North-West Central |  | Nationals  | Vince Catania | 1.7
New seat | Oakford |  | Labor  | Notional | 27.7
Warnbro |  | Labor  | Paul Papalia | 33.4  | Secret Harbour |  | Labor  | Notional | 31.3
Willagee |  | Labor  | Peter Tinley | 27.1  | Bibra Lake |  | Labor  | Notional | 28.2
*These margins are notional, being calculated by Antony Green to take account of the 2023 redistribution. As such, it may vary from the 2021 election results.

## Key dates

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Elections are scheduled for the second Saturday of March every four years, in line with legislative changes made in 2011.[25]

While the Legislative Assembly has fixed four-year terms, the Governor of Western Australia may still dissolve the Assembly and call an election early on the advice of the Premier.[26]

Key dates of this election were:

Date  | Event

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3 January 2025  | Postal vote applications open
13 February 2025  | Last day to join the electoral roll, 6:00 PM
24 February 2025  | Early voting opens
5 March 2025  | Last day to apply for postal vote, 6:00 PM
8 March 2025  | Election day, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
13 March 2025  | Last day for postal votes to be returned, 9:00 PM
Source: [27]

## Retiring MPs

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### Labor

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* Lisa Baker MLA (Maylands) – announced 5 March 2024[28]
* Sue Ellery MLC (South Metropolitan) – announced 29 July 2022[29]
* Matthew Hughes MLA (Kalamunda) – announced 9 February 2024[30]
* Bill Johnston MLA (Cannington) – announced 30 November 2023[31]
* Kyle McGinn MLC (Mining and Pastoral) – announced 7 July 2024[32]
* Simon Millman MLA (Mount Lawley) – announced 8 April 2024[33]
* Martin Pritchard MLC (North Metropolitan) – announced 16 May 2024[34]
* John Quigley MLA (Butler) – announced 19 February 2024[35]
* Margaret Quirk MLA (Landsdale) – announced 2 April 2024[36][37]
* Michelle Roberts MLA (Midland) – announced 16 October 2024[38]
* Jessica Shaw MLA (Swan Hills) – announced 3 June 2024[39]
* Sally Talbot MLC (South West) – announced 5 July 2024[40]
* Chris Tallentire MLA (Thornlie) – announced 26 February 2024[41]
* David Templeman MLA (Mandurah) – announced 17 September 2024[42]
* Peter Tinley MLA (Willagee) – announced 14 March 2024[43]
* Darren West MLC (Agricultural) – announced 8 June 2024[44]

### Liberal

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* Peter Collier MLC (North Metropolitan) – did not nominate for endorsement[45]
* Donna Faragher MLC (East Metropolitan) – announced 10 January 2024[46][47]
* David Honey MLA (Cottesloe) – lost preselection 10 February 2024[48]

### National

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* Martin Aldridge MLC (Agricultural) – announced 16 April 2024[49]
* Mia Davies MLA (Central Wheatbelt) – announced 27 January 2023[50]
* Colin de Grussa MLC (Agricultural) – announced 8 June 2024[51]

### Independent

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* Wilson Tucker MLC (Mining and Pastoral) – announced 12 February 2025[52]

## Candidates

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Main article: Candidates of the 2025 Western Australian state election

## Opinion polling

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Primary vote opinion polling for the Western Australian 2025 election with a local regression (LOESS) trendline for each party. Two-party-preferred opinion polling for the Western Australian 2025 election with a local regression (LOESS) trendline for each party.

### Voting intention

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Legislative Assembly (lower house) polling Date  | Firm  | Sample  | Primary vote  | TPP vote

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ALP | LIB | NAT | GRN | ONP | OTH  | ALP  | LIB
8 March 2025 election | N/A  | 41.7%  | 28.4%  | 5.4%  | 10.5%  | 3.8%  | 10.2%  | 57.8%  | 42.2%
4 – 5 March 2025  | Demos AU[53][54] | 1126  | 43%  | 30%  | 5%  | 11%  | —  | 11%  | 57%  | 43%
27 February – 5 March 2025  | Newspoll[55] | 1061  | 44%  | 29%  | 5%  | 10%  | 3%  | 9%  | 57.5%  | 42.5%
29 January – 4 February 2025  | Newspoll[56] | 1039  | 42%  | 32%  | 3%  | 12%  | 4%  | 7%  | 56%  | 44%
30 October – 4 November 2024  | Demos AU[57][58][59] | 948  | 41%  | 34%  | 4%  | 12%  | —  | 9%  | 56%  | 44%
September 2024  | Freshwater[60] | 1045  | 39%  | 32%  | 6%  | 11%  | —  | 12%  | 55%  | 45%
August 2024  | Wolf & Smith[61][62][63] | 878  | 37%  | 29%  | 3%  | 12%  | 4%  | 15%  | 55%  | 45%
July 2024  | Freshwater[64] | 1000  | 39%  | 33%  | 5%  | 12%  | 2%  | 9%  | 56%  | 44%
14 December 2023  | Redbridge[65] | 1200  | 44%  | 29%  | 4%  | 11%  | 3%  | 9%  | 59%  | 41%
23 July 2023  | Utting Research[66] | 1000  | 32%  | 37%  | 6%  | 10%  | —  | 15%  | 46%  | 54%
31 May 2023  | Utting Research[67] | 800  | 52%  | 28%  | 5%  | 8%  | —  | 7%  | 61%  | 39%
13 March 2021 election | N/A  | 59.9%  | 21.3%  | 4.0%  | 6.9%  | 1.3%  | 6.6%  | 69.7%  | 30.3%

### Preferred Premier

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Date  | Firm  | Sample  | Preferred Premier

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Cook | Mettam | Don't know
4 – 5 March 2025  | Demos AU[53][54] | 1126  | 47% | 32%  | 21%
27 February – 5 March 2025  | Newspoll[55] | 1061  | 53% | 34%  | 13%
29 January – 4 February 2025  | Newspoll[56] | 1039  | 54% | 34%  | 12%
30 October – 4 November 2024  | Demos AU[57][58][68] | 948  | 42% | 29%  | 29%
September 2024  | Freshwater[60] | 1045  | 46% | 34%  | 20%
31 May 2023  | Utting Research[67] | 800  | 50% | 24%  | 26%

### Satisfaction ratings

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Date  | Firm  | Sample  | Cook | Mettam

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Satisfied  | Dissatisfied  | Don't know  | Net  | Satisfied  | Dissatisfied  | Don't know  | Net
27 February – 5 March 2025  | Newspoll[55] | 1061  | 55%  | 38%  | 7%  | +17%  | 43%  | 42%  | 15%  | +1%
29 January – 4 February 2025  | Newspoll[56] | 1039  | 55%  | 37%  | 8%  | +18%  | 39%  | 41%  | 20%  | –2%
23 July 2023  | Utting Research[66] | 1000  | 27%  | 37%  | 36%  | –10%  | 31%  | 24%  | 45%  | +7%
31 May 2023  | Utting Research[67] | 800  | 42%  | 26%  | 32%  | +16% | 31%  | 33%  | 36%  | –2%
Date  | Firm  | Sample  | McGowan | Mettam
Satisfied  | Dissatisfied  | Don't know  | Net  | Satisfied  | Dissatisfied  | Don't know  | Net
11 Mar 2023  | Painted Dog Research[69] | 1052  | 63%  | 24%  | 13%  | +39% | 24%  | 18%  | 58%  | +6%
Date  | Firm  | Sample  | McGowan | Honey
Satisfied  | Dissatisfied  | Don't know  | Net  | Satisfied  | Dissatisfied  | Don't know  | Net
19–21 Oct 2022  | Painted Dog Research[70] | 637  | 70%  | 18%  | 12%  | +52% | 9%  | 31%  | 60%  | –22%

## Notes

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1. ^ a b In late October 2023, Merome Beard, National MP for the rural electorate of North West Central, defected to the Liberal Party.[2][3]

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## Further reading

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* Green, Antony (21 February 2025) [15 January 2025]. "Election Preview". ABC News. Archived from the original on 8 March 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.

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