Western Australian state election, 1986

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 8 February 1986 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and 17 members to the 34-seat Legislative Council. The Labor government, led by Premier Brian Burke, won a second term in office against the Liberal Party, led by Opposition Leader Bill Hassell since 16 February 1984.

The election resulted in Labor's best election result after World War II, and featured a united National Party for the first time since the 1977 election.

Results

Legislative Assembly

Australian elections/Title row
title = Western Australian state election, 8 February 1986
house = Legislative Assembly
series = Western Australian state election
back = 1983
forward = 1989
enrolled = 883,239
total_votes = 807,634
turnout % = 91.44%
turnout chg = +3.51%
informal = 21,240
informal % = 2.63%
informal chg = –0.20%Australian elections/Party summary
government = yes
party_id = Labor
votes = 416,805
votes % = 53.00%
votes chg = –0.16%
seats = 32
seats chg = ± 0Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Liberal
votes = 324,961
votes % = 41.32%
votes chg = +1.46%
seats = 19
seats chg = – 1Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Nationals
party = Nationalref label|Nat|1|1
votes = 29,156
votes % = 3.71%
votes chg = –1.40%
seats = 6
seats chg = + 1Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Democrats
votes = 5,192
votes % = 0.66%
votes chg = –0.14%
seats = 0
seats chg = ± 0Australian elections/Party summary
party = Other parties
votes = 2,630
votes % = 0.33%
votes chg = –0.73%
seats = 0
seats chg = ± 0Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Independent
votes = 7,650
votes % = 0.98%
votes chg = +0.48%
seats = 0
seats chg = ± 0Australian elections/Total row
total_votes = 786,394
total_seats = 57
winner_id = LaborAustralian elections/2PP summary
party id 1 = Labor
2pp votes 1 = 427,704
2pp % 1 = 54.12%
2pp chg 1 = +0.37%
party id 2 = Liberal
2pp votes 2 = 362,642
2pp % 2 = 45.88%
2pp chg 2 = –0.37%

Notes::note label|Nat|1|1 The National Country Party (NCP) and the National Party (NP), which had been two separate parties from 1978 onwards, united in 1985 to form the National Party of Western Australia. Three sitting members who had previously identified as National Country Party stood for the Liberal Party in 1986, with two losing their seats to the Nationals, and the other (Bert Crane in Moore retaining his seat. The Nationals also gained Avon from the Labor Party, and Mount Marshall from the Liberals, who had held it for a single term.

Legislative Council

Australian elections/Title row
title = Western Australian state election, 8 February 1986
house = Legislative Council
staggered = yes
enrolled = 883,239
total_votes = 807,496
turnout % = 91.42%
turnout chg = +2.44%
informal = 26,530
informal % = 3.29%
informal chg = –0.43%Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Labor
votes = 352,437
votes % = 45.13%
votes chg = –5.50%
seats = 9
seats held = 15Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Liberal
votes = 327,786
votes % = 41.97%
votes chg = +0.40%
seats = 6
seats held = 15Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Nationals
party = National
votes = 37,194
votes % = 4.76%
votes chg = –1.59%
seats = 2
seats held = 4Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Democrats
votes = 63,483
votes % = 8.13%
votes chg = +6.68%
seats = 0
seats held = 0Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Independent
votes = 66
votes % = 0.01%
votes chg = +0.01%
seats = 0
seats held = 0Australian elections/Total row
total_votes = 780,966
total_seats = 17
total_held = 34Australian elections/2PP summary
party id 1 = Labor
2pp votes 1 = 418,124
2pp % 1 = 53.54%
2pp chg 1 = +0.57%
party id 2 = Liberal
2pp votes 2 = 361,160
2pp % 2 = 46.25%
2pp chg 2 = –0.57%

ee also

* Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1983–1986
* Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1986–1989

References