2017 Western Australian state election
{{Short description|none}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2017 Western Australian state election
| country = Western Australia
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| vote_type = First preference
| previous_election = 2013 Western Australian state election
| previous_year = 2013
| election_date = 11 March 2017
| next_election = 2021 Western Australian state election
| next_year = 2021
| seats_for_election = 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
| opinion_polls = #Opinion polling
| image1 = 150x150px
| leader1 = Mark McGowan
| leader_since1 = {{start date|df=yes|2012|1|23}}
| party1 = Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
| leaders_seat1 = Rockingham
| popular_vote1 = 557,794
| percentage1 = 42.20%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 9.07
| swing_needed1 =
| last_election1 = 21 seats
| seats_needed1 = {{increase}} 9
| seats1 = 41
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 20
| image2 = 150x150px
| leader2 = Colin Barnett
| party2 = Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)
| leader_since2 = {{start date|df=yes|2008|08|06}}
| leaders_seat2 = Cottesloe
| last_election2 = 31 seats
| seats_needed2 = {{steady}}
| seats2 = 13
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 18
| popular_vote2 = 412,710
| percentage2 = 31.23%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 15.88
| swing_needed2 =
| image3 = 150x150px
| leader3 = Brendon Grylls
| leader_since3 = {{start date|df=yes|2016|08|09}}
| party3 = National Party of Australia (WA)
| leaders_seat3 = Pilbara
(lost seat)
| popular_vote3 = 71,313
| percentage3 = 5.40%
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 0.66
| swing_needed3 =
| last_election3 = 7 seats
| seats_needed3 = {{increase}} 23
| seats3 = 5
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 2
| 1blank = 2PP
| 1data1 = 55.5%
| 1data2 = 44.5%
| 2blank = 2PP swing
| 2data1 = {{increase}} 12.80
| 2data2 = {{decrease}} 12.80
| map_image = Western Australian state election, 2017 results by division.svg
| map_caption = 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.
| map_size = 400px
| title = Premier
| before_election = Colin Barnett
| before_party = Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)
| posttitle = Elected Premier
| after_election = Mark McGowan
| after_party = Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
| turnout = 1,593,228 (88.61%)
}}
The 2017 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 11 March 2017 to elect members to the Parliament of Western Australia, including all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 36 seats in the Legislative Council. The eight-and-a-half-year two-term incumbent Liberal–WA National government, led by Premier Colin Barnett, was defeated in a landslide by the Labor opposition, led by Opposition Leader Mark McGowan.
Labor won 41 of the 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly—a 12-seat supermajority. This was WA Labor's strongest performance in a state election at the time, and formed the largest majority government and seat tally in Western Australian parliamentary history until that point. Additionally, Labor exceeded all published opinion polling, winning 55.5 percent of the two-party-preferred vote from a state record landslide 12.8-point two-party swing.Labor 55.5% 2PP vote and +12.8-point 2PP swing sourced from Antony Green's temporary estimate within provided ABC link published 30 March 2017, which states "The two-party-preferred count is based on estimates for Baldivis, Moore and Roe. – [http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2017/03/final-2017-wa-election-results-plus-a-new-electoral-pendulum.html Final 2017 WA Election Results plus a New Electoral Pendulum: Antony Green ABC 30 March 2017] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521172143/http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2017/03/final-2017-wa-election-results-plus-a-new-electoral-pendulum.html |date=21 May 2017 }}{{cite web |author=Antony Green |url=http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2017/03/the-role-of-one-vote-one-value-electoral-reforms-in-labors-wa-victory.html |title=The Role of One-Vote One-Value Electoral Reforms in Labor's Record WA Victory |work=ABC News (Australia) |date=16 March 2017 |access-date=16 March 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316070326/http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2017/03/the-role-of-one-vote-one-value-electoral-reforms-in-labors-wa-victory.html |archive-date=16 March 2017 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/wa-election-2017/|title=WA Election 2017|work=ABC News|date=11 March 2017|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311173523/http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/wa-election-2017/|archive-date=11 March 2017|df=dmy-all}} It was the worst defeat of a sitting government in Western Australia, as well as one of the worst defeats of a sitting state or territory government since Federation.
Labor also became the largest party in the Legislative Council with 14 of the 36 seats. The Labor government thus required at least five additional votes from non-government members to pass legislation.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-25/wa-labor-misses-out-on-working-majority-in-upper-house/8387038|title=WA Labor misses out on upper house working majority by one seat|work=ABC News|date=26 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327033927/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-25/wa-labor-misses-out-on-working-majority-in-upper-house/8387038|archive-date=27 March 2017|df=dmy-all}}
Results
=Legislative Assembly=
{{see also|Results of the Western Australian state election, 2017 (Legislative Assembly)}}
[[File:2017 Western Australian Legislative Assembly.svg|thumb|
Government (41)
{{legend|#F10012|Labor (41)}}
{{legend|#080CAB|Liberal (13)}}
{{legend|#008001|National (5)}}
]]
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin-bottom:0"
|+Legislative Assembly (IRV) – Turnout 86.90% (CV){{cite web|url=https://elections.wa.gov.au/elections/state/sgelection#/sg2017|title=2017 State General Election Results|publisher=Western Australian Electoral Commission|date=11 March 2017|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312200650/https://elections.wa.gov.au/elections/state/sgelection#/sg2017|archive-date=12 March 2017|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|last1=Green|first1=Antony|title=2017 Western Australian State Election – Analysis of Results |url=http://parliament.wa.gov.au/intranet/libpages.nsf/WebFiles/Publications+Antony+Green+2017+election+analysis/$FILE/Publications+Antony+Green+2017+election+analysis.pdf |publisher=Parliamentary Library Western Australia |access-date=23 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001044641/http://parliament.wa.gov.au/intranet/libpages.nsf/WebFiles/Publications+Antony+Green+2017+election+analysis/$FILE/Publications+Antony+Green+2017+election+analysis.pdf |archive-date=1 October 2017 |df=dmy-all}} ! colspan="7" |File:2017 WA Legislative Assembly.svg |
| colspan="2" style="width:10px" | Party
! style="width:70px;" |Votes ! style="width:40px;" |% ! style="width:50px;" |Swing ! style="width:40px;" |Seats ! +/– |
|---|
| {{Australian party style|Labor|width:1px}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Labor | 557,794 | 42.20 | {{increase}} 9.07 | 41 | {{Increase}} 20 |
| {{Australian party style|Liberal|width:1px}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Liberal | 412,710 | 31.23 | {{decrease}} 15.88 | 13 | {{Decrease}} 18 |
| {{Australian party style|Greens}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Greens | 117,723 | 8.91 | {{increase}} 0.51 | 0 |{{Steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|National}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | National | 71,313 | 5.40 | {{decrease}} 0.66 | 5 |{{Decrease}} 2 |
| {{Australian party style|One Nation}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | One Nation | 65,192 | 4.93 | New | 0 |{{Steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Australian Christians}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Christians | 27,724 | 2.10 | {{increase}} 0.29 | 0 |{{Steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Shooters, Fishers and Farmers}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 17,317 | 1.31 | New | 0 |{{Steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Micro Business}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Micro Business | 13,211 | 1.00 | New | 0 |{{Steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Julie Matheson for WA}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Matheson for WA | 6,145 | 0.47 | New | 0 |{{Steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Animal Justice}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Animal Justice | 2,836 | 0.21 | New | 0 |{{Steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Flux the System}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Flux the System! | 2,188 | 0.17 | New | 0 |{{Steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Family First}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Family First | 1,443 | 0.11 | {{decrease}} 0.49 | 0 |{{Steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Socialist Alliance}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Alliance | 694 | 0.05 | New | 0 |{{Steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Liberal Democrats}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Liberal Democrats | 561 | 0.04 | New | 0 |{{Steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Independent}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Independents | 24,327 | 1.84 | {{decrease}} 1.07 | 0 |{{Steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Other}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Other | 462 | 0.04 | New | 0 |{{Steady}} |
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Formal votes
| 1,321,640 | 95.46 | {{increase}} 1.46 | | |
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Informal votes
| 62,860 | 4.54 | {{decrease}} 1.46 | | |
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Total
| 1,384,500 | | | 59 | |
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Registered voters / turnout
| 1,593,222 | 86.90 | {{decrease}} 2.31 | | |
| colspan="7" | Two-party-preferred vote |
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Labor | 733,738 | 55.5 | {{increase}} 12.8 | | |
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Liberal | 587,353 | 44.5 | {{decrease}} 12.8 | | |
The four main media networks covering the election, the ABC, Sky News, Seven News and Nine News, all called the election for Labor within two hours after polls closed. McGowan succeeded Barnett to become the 30th Premier of Western Australia.{{cite web |author=Sprague, Julie-anne |author2=Ingram, Tess |url=http://www.afr.com/news/politics/election/wa-election-labor-storms-to-victory-20170311-guw49b |title=WA election: Labor storms to victory |work=Australian Financial Review |date=11 March 2017 |access-date=11 March 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311142954/http://www.afr.com/news/politics/election/wa-election-labor-storms-to-victory-20170311-guw49b |archive-date=11 March 2017 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-17/new-wa-labor-government-sworn-in-pledge-to-create-jobs/8362988|title=Mark McGowan sworn in as WA's 30th Premier|date=17 March 2017|work=ABC News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317132359/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-17/new-wa-labor-government-sworn-in-pledge-to-create-jobs/8362988|archive-date=17 March 2017|df=dmy-all}}
By the morning of 12 March, two thirds of votes had been counted and seven lower house seats were still in doubt, showing that Labor had won at least 36 seats, well above the 30 required for a majority, which the ABC predicted would increase to 41. Meanwhile, the Liberals and WA Nationals had won only 10 and five seats respectively, with a further three expected to be retained by the Liberals.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/wa-election-2017/results/ |title=WA Election 2017 - WA Results |work=ABC News |date=12 March 2017 |access-date=12 March 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311105932/http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/wa-election-2017/results/ |archive-date=11 March 2017 |df=dmy-all }}
The swing against the government affected traditionally safe seats. Consequently, six government ministers lost their seats in the Legislative Assembly while one lost his seat in the Legislative Council.{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-15/seventh-minister-lost-in-wa-election-liberals-rout/8357264 |title=WA Election: Seventh minister lost in WA Liberals rout |date=15 March 2017 |work=ABC News |access-date=16 March 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315221103/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-15/seventh-minister-lost-in-wa-election-liberals-rout/8357264 |archive-date=15 March 2017 |df=dmy-all }}
The Labor landslide was built primarily on a near-sweep of Perth. Labor took 34 of the capital's 43 seats on a swing of 13.6 points, accounting for nearly all of its majority. By comparison, it had gone into the election holding 17 seats in Perth. According to the ABC's Antony Green, the 10 percent swing Labor needed to make McGowan premier was not nearly as daunting as it seemed on paper. Green noted that several Liberals in outer suburban seats sat on inflated margins. Additionally, Green argued that the one vote one value reforms of 2008, which allowed Perth to elect over 70 percent of the legislature, proved to be a boost for Labor in 2017. Green noted that when Labor last governed from 2001 to 2008, it did so in a legislature where voters in country seats had twice the voting power of voters in a Perth-based seat.
==Seats changing parties==
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Seat
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center"| Pre-2017 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Swing | colspan="4" style="text-align:center"| Post-2017 |
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Party
| style="text-align:center"| Member | style="text-align:center"| Margin | style="text-align:center"| Margin | style="text-align:center"| Member | colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Party |
| Balcatta
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 7.1 | style="text-align:right;"| 12.9 | style="text-align:right;"| 5.8 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Belmont
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 1.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 12.4 | style="text-align:right;"| 11.4 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Bicton
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | Matt Taylor1 | style="text-align:right;"| 10.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 13.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 2.9 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Bunbury
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 12.2 | style="text-align:right;"| 23.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 10.8 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Burns Beach
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | Albert Jacob2 | style="text-align:right;"| 11.3 | style="text-align:right;"| 13.9 | style="text-align:right;"| 2.5 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Darling Range
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 13.1 | style="text-align:right;"| 18.9 | style="text-align:right;"| 5.8 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Forrestfield
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 2.2 | style="text-align:right;"| 11.6 | style="text-align:right;"| 9.4 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Jandakot
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 18.3 | style="text-align:right;"| 19.4 | style="text-align:right;"| 1.0 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Joondalup
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 10.4 | style="text-align:right;"| 11.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 0.6 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Kalamunda
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | John Day | style="text-align:right;"| 10.3 | style="text-align:right;"| 12.7 | style="text-align:right;"| 2.5 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Kalgoorlie
| {{Australian party style|National}}| | National | style="text-align:right;"| 3.2 | style="text-align:right;"| n/a | style="text-align:right;"| 6.2 | Liberal | {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |
| Kingsley
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 14.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 14.7 | style="text-align:right;"| 0.7 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Morley
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 4.7 | style="text-align:right;"| 16.2 | style="text-align:right;"| 11.4 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Mount Lawley
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 8.9 | style="text-align:right;"| 12.9 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.0 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Murray-Wellington
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 12.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 13.4 | style="text-align:right;"| 1.4 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Perth
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 2.8 | style="text-align:right;"| 14.6 | style="text-align:right;"| 11.8 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Pilbara
| {{Australian party style|National}}| | National | style="text-align:right;"| 11.5 | style="text-align:right;"| 13.8 | style="text-align:right;"| 2.3 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Southern River
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 10.9 | style="text-align:right;"| 18.8 | style="text-align:right;"| 7.9 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Swan Hills
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 3.7 | style="text-align:right;"| 18.3 | style="text-align:right;"| 14.5 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Wanneroo
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 11.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 18.2 | style="text-align:right;"| 7.3 | Labor | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
:1 Matt Taylor was the member for the seat of Bateman, but contested Bicton after losing preselection to Dean Nalder, the member for the abolished seat of Alfred Cove.
:2 Albert Jacob was the member for the abolished seat of Ocean Reef, but instead contested Burns Beach, a seat containing much of the same territory.
- Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
- Labor also retained two seats—Collie-Preston and West Swan—which were notionally Liberal-held after the redistribution. The Liberals retained Hillarys, which was being contested by the incumbent MLA Rob Johnson as an independent.
=Legislative Council=
{{see also|Results of the Western Australian state election, 2017 (Legislative Council)}}
[[File:2017 Western Australian Legislative Council.svg|thumb|
Government (14)
{{legend|#F10012|Labor (14)}}
{{legend|#080CAB|Liberal (9)}}
{{legend|#008001|National (4)}}
{{legend|#0FC25C|Greens (4)}}
{{legend|#F46C22|One Nation (3)}}
{{legend|#E52B51|Shooters, Fishers, Farmers (1)}}
{{legend|#0D3B6E|Liberal Democrats (1)}}]]
File:Western_Australia_Legislative_Council_Map_2017.svg
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin-bottom:0"
|+Legislative Council (STV/GVT) – Turnout 87.00% (CV){{cite web |title=2017 State General Election Results |url=https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/elections/state/sgelection#/sg2017 |publisher=Western Australian Electoral Commission |access-date=14 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/wa-election-2017/|title=WA Election 2017|publisher=ABC News|date=11 March 2017|accessdate=12 March 2017}} ! colspan="7" |File:2017 WA Legislative Council.svg |
| colspan="2" style="width:10px" | Party
! style="width:70px;" |Primary votes ! style="width:40px;" |% ! style="width:45px;" |Swing ! style="width:40px;" |Seats ! +/- |
|---|
| {{Australian party style|Labor|width:1px}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Labor | 544,938 | 40.41 | {{increase}} 7.90 | 14 | {{increase}} 3 |
| {{Australian party style|Liberal|width:1px}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Liberal | 360,235 | 26.71 | {{decrease}} 20.91 | 9 | {{decrease}} 8 |
| {{Australian party style|Greens}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Greens | 116,041 | 8.60 | {{increase}} 0.39 | 4 | {{increase}} 2 |
| {{Australian party style|One Nation}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | One Nation | 110,480 | 8.19 | New | 3 | {{increase}} 3 |
| {{Australian party style|National}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | National | 59,776 | 4.43 | {{decrease}} 0.45 | 4 | {{decrease}} 1 |
| {{Australian party style|Shooters, Fishers and Farmers}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 31,924 | 2.37 | {{increase}} 0.59 | 1 | {{steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Christians}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Christians | 26,209 | 1.94 | {{decrease}} 0.01 | 0 | {{steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Liberal Democrats}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Liberal Democrats | 23,848 | 1.77 | New | 1 | {{increase}} 1 |
| {{Australian party style|Animal Justice}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Animal Justice | 14,838 | 1.10 | New | 0 | {{steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Family First}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Family First | 11,279 | 0.84 | {{decrease}} 0.53 | 0 | {{steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Daylight Saving}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Daylight Saving | 9,209 | 0.68 | New | 0 | {{steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Micro Business}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Micro Business | 7,484 | 0.55 | New | 0 | {{steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Flux the System}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Flux the System! | 5,934 | 0.44 | New | 0 | {{steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Julie Matheson for WA}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Matheson for WA | 5,270 | 0.39 | New | 0 | {{steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Fluoride Free WA}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Fluoride Free WA | 4,327 | 0.32 | New | 0 | {{steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Socialist Alliance}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Alliance | 1,367 | 0.10 | New | 0 | {{steady}} |
| {{Australian party style|Independent}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Independents | 15,516 | 1.15 | {{decrease}} 0.53 | 0 | {{steady}} |
|
| style="text-align:left;" | Other | 482 | 0.03 | New | 0 | {{steady}} |
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Formal votes
| 1,348,675 | 97.29 | {{increase}} 0.13 | | |
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Informal votes
| 37,480 | 2.70 | {{decrease}} 0.13 | | |
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Total
| 1,386,155 | | | 36 | |
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Registered voters / turnout
| 1,593,222 | 87.00 | {{decrease}} 2.20 | | |
Labor became the largest party in the Legislative Council with 14 of the 36 seats. The Labor government will require at least five additional votes from non-government members to pass legislation.{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/wa-election-2017/results/legislative-council/ |title=Legislative Council Results |date=16 March 2017 |work=ABC News |access-date=20 March 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314170512/http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/wa-election-2017/results/legislative-council/ |archive-date=14 March 2017 |df=dmy-all }}
On 4 April, the Western Australian Electoral Commission conducted a recount of 2013 election results to fill two casual vacancies for the remainder of the 2013–17 term caused by the resignation and subsequent election to the Legislative Assembly of Amber-Jade Sanderson (Labor) in East Metropolitan and Peter Katsambanis (Liberal) in North Metropolitan.{{cite web|title=Vacancies in two Legislative Council Regions|url=https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/about-us/media/whats-new/1499|publisher=WAEC|access-date=26 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326135835/https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/about-us/media/whats-new/1499|archive-date=26 March 2017|df=dmy-all}} The vacancies were filled by Bill Leadbetter (Labor) and Elise Irwin (Liberal), who will first sit in the Legislative Council on 11 May 2017.{{cite web|title=April 2017 Legislative Council vacancies filled|url=https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/about-us/media/whats-new/1508|publisher=WAEC|access-date=5 April 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406020549/https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/about-us/media/whats-new/1508|archive-date=6 April 2017|df=dmy-all}}
Date of election
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On 3 November 2011, the Government of Western Australia introduced fixed four-year terms for the Legislative Assembly, with the elections to be held on the second Saturday in March.{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-03/fixed-state-elections/3617230 |title=New laws fix state election dates |newspaper=ABC News |date=3 November 2011 |publisher=Abc.net.au |access-date=26 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206171114/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-03/fixed-state-elections/3617230 |archive-date=6 February 2012 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web |author=Antony Green |url=http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2011/02/future-election-dates.html |title=Future election dates |publisher=Blogs.abc.net.au |date=8 February 2011 |access-date=26 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103004718/http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2011/02/future-election-dates.html |archive-date=3 January 2012 |df=dmy-all }}[http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1617/AustralianElectionsTimetable ‘So when is the next election?’: APH.gov.au 1 September 2016] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619190918/http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1617/AustralianElectionsTimetable |date=19 June 2017 }} The first election under the new law was the 2013 election. Previously, under electoral reforms of the Burke Government in 1987, four-year maximum terms were adopted for the Legislative Assembly, and fixed four-year terms for the Legislative Council.Phillips, Harry C. J. [https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/documents/Electoral_Law_WA_3rd.pdf Electoral Law in the State of Western Australia: An Overview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220134633/https://elections.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/documents/Electoral_Law_WA_3rd.pdf |date=20 February 2017 }}. Western Australian Electoral Commission, 2013. {{ISBN|9780980417340}}, page 113 (pdf 126). Retrieved 10 March 2017
Campaign
The Western Australian National Party led by Brendon Grylls, who retook the leadership in August 2016, ran on a policy to increase the tax on every tonne mined from $0.25 to $5 for BHP and Rio Tinto.{{cite news|title=WA Nationals: Brendon Grylls elected leader again after Terry Redman resigns|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-09/brendon-grylls-elected-nationals-leader-in-wa/7706490|access-date=12 February 2017|newspaper=ABC News|date=9 August 2016}} The big mining companies ran an advertising campaign against the policy,{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-14/mining-lobby-campaign-attacking-brendon-grylls-deemed-a-success/8350614 | title=Anti-mining tax advertising avalanche set to blast Grylls out of Parliament | newspaper=ABC News | date=13 March 2017 }}{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-13/brendon-grylls-fighting-two-front-war-on-mining-tax/8117518 | title=Brendon Grylls fights for political survival | newspaper=ABC News | date=13 December 2016 }} while a poll conducted found that 39.4% of voters surveyed supported the policy, 37.1% opposed and 23.5% were undecided.{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/10/wa-nationals-leader-digs-in-on-mining-tax-as-bhp-billiton-steps-up-attack | title=WA Nationals leader digs in on mining tax as BHP Billiton steps up attack | website=TheGuardian.com | date=9 March 2017 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/wa-election-miners-campaign-against-tax-fails-to-win-voters-20170302-gup82r#ixzz4al7vE3VM | title=WA election: Miners' campaign against tax fails to win voters | date=2 March 2017 }}
The Liberal Party undertook a preference deal with One Nation during the elections, saying the party held less extreme views than it did in the 1990s.{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-14/one-nation-not-so-extreme-anymore-barnett-says-preference-deal/8269544 | title=One Nation's 'extreme' policies a thing of the past, Barnett says | newspaper=ABC News | date=14 February 2017 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/wa-libs-seal-preference-deal-with-hanson/383d7c1b-7c2a-4f91-a743-98f335677f30 | title=WA Premier Colin Barnett defends One Nation preference deal | date=13 February 2017 }}{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-12/one-nation-deal-to-deliver-senate-style-upper-house-to-wa/8263392 | title=One Nation deal to deliver 'Senate-style' Upper House to WA | newspaper=ABC News | date=12 February 2017 }} Some One Nation candidates were against the preference deal with the Liberal Party.{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-13/one-nation-candidate-refuses-to-preference-liberals-wa-election/8265354 | title=WA One Nation candidates refuse to preference Liberals | newspaper=ABC News | date=13 February 2017 }}
One Nation ran on opposing privatisation and the National party mining taxes.{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-20/pauline-hanson-draws-battlelines-in-wa-election/8135412 | title=One Nation to oppose privatisation and mining tax in WA | newspaper=ABC News | date=20 December 2016 }}
Seats held
=Lower house=
At the 2013 election, Labor won 21 seats, the Liberals won 31 seats and the Nationals won 7 seats. No seats were won by independents.
On 15 April 2016, the Liberal member for Hillarys, Rob Johnson, resigned from the Liberals to sit as an independent, leaving the government with 30 seats in the lower house.
=Upper house=
At the 2013 election, the Liberals won 17 seats, Labor won 11 seats, the Nationals won five seats, the Greens won two seats and the Shooters and Fishers won one seat.
Western Australia's Legislative Council is divided into six regions. Three are based in Perth, while three are rural. Each region elects six members to the Legislative Council. These areas are not of similar population sizes, with rural areas receiving from one and a half to about six times the effective membership of the metropolitan regions.
The Western Australian rural population dropped from about 12.1% to 10.7% of the state's enrolled electors after the 2008 election. Election analyst Antony Green predicted this would make it more difficult for the Liberals or Labor (who typically perform better in Perth than rural areas) to increase their presence within the Legislative Council.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2017/03/the-growing-bias-against-perth-and-the-south-west-in-was-legislative-council.html#more |title=The growing bias against Perth and the South-West in the Legislative Council |last=Green |first=Antony |date=6 March 2017 |website=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=7 March 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307115148/http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2017/03/the-growing-bias-against-perth-and-the-south-west-in-was-legislative-council.html#more |archive-date=7 March 2017 |df=dmy-all }}
Redistribution
A redistribution of electoral boundaries for the lower house was completed on 27 November 2015. This resulted in a net gain of one seat for the Liberals from Labor. The Liberal seats of Alfred Cove, Eyre and Ocean Reef, the Labor seat of Gosnells and the National seat of Wagin were abolished. Five new seats were created (or re-created): the notionally Liberal seats of Bicton (mostly replacing Alfred Cove) and Burns Beach (mostly replacing Ocean Reef), the notionally Labor seats of Baldivis (created from parts of Kwinana and Warnbro) and Thornlie (replacing Gosnells), and the notionally National seat of Roe (merging Wagin and Eyre). The Labor seats of Collie-Preston and West Swan became notionally Liberal.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/wa-redistribution-2015/|title=2015 Western Australian state redistibution|last=Green|first=Antony|author-link=Antony Green|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411141414/http://www.abc.net.au/news/wa-redistribution-2015/|archive-date=11 April 2016|df=dmy-all}}
Retiring MPs
Members who did not re-nominate at the 2017 election:
=Liberal=
- John Castrilli MLA (Bunbury) – announced 14 March 2016{{cite news|title=Bunbury MLA John Castrilli to retire at next State election|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/31095197/bunbury-mla-john-castrilli-to-retire-at-next-state-election/#page1|access-date=14 March 2016|newspaper=The West Australian|date=18 August 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317154438/https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/31095197/bunbury-mla-john-castrilli-to-retire-at-next-state-election/#page1|archive-date=17 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}
- Kim Hames MLA (Dawesville) – announced 2 August 2014{{cite news|title=Joe Spagnolo: Hunt for WA Liberal leader to replace Colin Barnett after deputy Kim Hames confirms he will not contest next state election|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/opinion/joe-spagnolo-hunt-for-wa-liberal-leader-to-replace-colin-barnett-after-deputy-kim-hames-confirms-he-will-not-contest-next-state-election/story-fnhocuug-1227011267567|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140812022617/http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/opinion/joe-spagnolo-hunt-for-wa-liberal-leader-to-replace-colin-barnett-after-deputy-kim-hames-confirms-he-will-not-contest-next-state-election/story-fnhocuug-1227011267567|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 August 2014|access-date=9 August 2014|newspaper=Perth Now|date=2 August 2014}}
- Liz Behjat MLC (North Metropolitan) – lost preselection{{cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/opinion/gareth-parker/who-will-make-the-team-as-libs-plan-for-state-election-ng-ya-137615|title=Who will make the team as Libs plan for state election?|date=25 February 2016 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211160329/https://thewest.com.au/opinion/gareth-parker/who-will-make-the-team-as-libs-plan-for-state-election-ng-ya-137615|archive-date=11 February 2017|df=dmy-all}}
- Barry House MLC (South West) – announced 27 October 2015{{cite news|title=Veteran MP to retire from politics|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/29922453/veteran-mp-barry-house-announces-retirement-from-politics/#page1|access-date=27 October 2015|newspaper=Perth Now|date=17 July 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217072808/https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/29922453/veteran-mp-barry-house-announces-retirement-from-politics/#page1|archive-date=17 December 2015|df=dmy-all}}
=National=
- Wendy Duncan MLA (Kalgoorlie) – announced 4 December 2015{{cite news|title=MP Wendy Duncan reflects on career as prospective candidates circle in Kalgoorlie|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-07/wendy-duncan-reflects-on-storied-career-as-successors-circle/7007606/|access-date=7 December 2015|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=7 December 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207080917/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-07/wendy-duncan-reflects-on-storied-career-as-successors-circle/7007606|archive-date=7 December 2015|df=dmy-all}}
- Terry Waldron MLA (Wagin) – announced 25 November 2014{{cite news|title=Waldron to retire from politics|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/25606236/waldron-to-retire-from-politics/|access-date=25 November 2014|newspaper=The West Australian|date=25 November 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129120850/https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/25606236/waldron-to-retire-from-politics/|archive-date=29 November 2014|df=dmy-all}}
Electoral pendulums
The following Mackerras pendulums work by lining up all of the seats according to the percentage point margin post-election on a two-candidate-preferred basis,{{cite web|url=http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2017/01/2017-western-australian-election-electoral-pendulum.html|title=2017 Western Australian Election - Electoral Pendulum|date=3 January 2017|access-date=24 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124065138/http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2017/01/2017-western-australian-election-electoral-pendulum.html|archive-date=24 January 2017|df=dmy-all}} grouped as marginal, safe etc. as defined by the Australian Electoral Commission.{{cite web|url=http://www.aec.gov.au/faqs/Elections.htm|title=Elections – Frequently Asked Questions : What is a marginal seat?|publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|date=6 May 2016|access-date=12 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111224110/http://www.aec.gov.au/faqs/Elections.htm|archive-date=11 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}
=Pre-election pendulum=
This pendulum takes the redistribution into account. One sitting member, retiring Wagin Nationals MP Terry Waldron, does not appear in this pendulum: his seat was combined with Eyre to form Roe, a seat with a National margin that will also be contested by Eyre Liberal MP Graham Jacobs, who is listed as the defending member below. Two Liberal members, Dean Nalder (Alfred Cove, now renamed Bicton) and Matt Taylor (Bateman), were contesting each other's seats; this is reflected below. Retiring members are listed in italics.
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| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:blue;"|Liberal/National seats |
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:blue;"| Marginal |
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|West Swan
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Rita Saffioti | style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#a6e7ff;"|0.9 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Belmont
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Glenys Godfrey | style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#a6e7ff;"|1.0 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Forrestfield
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Nathan Morton | style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#a6e7ff;"|2.2 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Perth
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Eleni Evangel | style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#a6e7ff;"|2.8 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Collie-Preston
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Mick Murray | style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#a6e7ff;"|2.9 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#cfc;"|Kalgoorlie
| style="text-align:left; background:#cfc;"|Wendy Duncan | style="text-align:left; background:#cfc;"|NAT | style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|3.2 v LIB |
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Swan Hills
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Frank Alban | style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#a6e7ff;"|3.7 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Morley
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Ian Britza | style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#a6e7ff;"|4.7 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#cfc;"|Moore
| style="text-align:left; background:#cfc;"|Shane Love | style="text-align:left; background:#cfc;"|NAT | style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|5.9 v LIB |
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:blue;"|Fairly safe |
| style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|Balcatta
| style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|Chris Hatton | style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#80d8f9;"|7.1 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#98fb98;"|Warren-Blackwood
| style="text-align:left; background:#98fb98;"|Terry Redman | style="text-align:left; background:#98fb98;"|NAT | style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98;"|7.2 v LIB |
| style="text-align:left; background:#98fb98;"|Central Wheatbelt
| style="text-align:left; background:#98fb98;"|Mia Davies | style="text-align:left; background:#98fb98;"|NAT | style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98;"|8.9 v LIB |
| style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|Mount Lawley
| style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|Michael Sutherland | style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#80d8f9;"|8.9 |
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:blue;"|Safe |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Bicton
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Matt Taylor | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|10.0 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Kalamunda
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|John Day | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|10.3 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Joondalup
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Jan Norberger | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|10.4 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#40c351;"|North West Central
| style="text-align:left; background:#40c351;"|Vince Catania | style="text-align:left; background:#40c351;"|NAT | style="text-align:center; background:#40c351;"|10.5 v LIB |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Geraldton
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Ian Blayney | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|10.9 v NAT |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Southern River
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Peter Abetz | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|10.9 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Wanneroo
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Paul Miles | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|11.0 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Burns Beach
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Albert Jacob | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|11.3 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#40c351;"|Pilbara
| style="text-align:left; background:#40c351;"|Brendon Grylls | style="text-align:left; background:#40c351;"|NAT | style="text-align:center; background:#40c351;"|11.5 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Murray-Wellington
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Murray Cowper | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|12.0 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Bunbury
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|John Castrilli | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|12.2 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Riverton
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Mike Nahan | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|12.7 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Dawesville
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Kim Hames | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|12.7 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Darling Range
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Tony Simpson | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|13.1 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Kingsley
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Andrea Mitchell | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|14.0 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Hillarys
| style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"|Rob Johnson | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|16.0 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#40c351;"|Roe
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Graham Jacobs | style="text-align:left; background:#40c351;"|NAT | style="text-align:center; background:#40c351;"|16.7 v LIB |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Scarborough
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Liza Harvey | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|17.3 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Jandakot
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Joe Francis | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|18.3 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Carine
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Tony Krsticevic | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|18.3 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Nedlands
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Bill Marmion | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|19.1 |
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:blue;"|Very safe |
| style="text-align:left; background:#44a6f1;"|Churchlands
| style="text-align:left; background:#44a6f1;"|Sean L'Estrange | style="text-align:left; background:#44a6f1;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#44a6f1;"|20.0 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#44a6f1;"|South Perth
| style="text-align:left; background:#44a6f1;"|John McGrath | style="text-align:left; background:#44a6f1;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#44a6f1;"|20.0 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#44a6f1;"|Cottesloe
| style="text-align:left; background:#44a6f1;"|Colin Barnett | style="text-align:left; background:#44a6f1;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#44a6f1;"|21.1 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#44a6f1;"|Vasse
| style="text-align:left; background:#44a6f1;"|Libby Mettam | style="text-align:left; background:#44a6f1;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#44a6f1;"|21.2 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#44a6f1;"|Bateman
| style="text-align:left; background:#44a6f1;"|Dean Nalder | style="text-align:left; background:#44a6f1;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#44a6f1;"|23.1 |
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| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:red;"| Labor seats |
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:red;"|Marginal |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Midland
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Michelle Roberts | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|0.5 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Butler
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|John Quigley | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|1.0 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Albany
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Peter Watson | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|1.0 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Thornlie
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Chris Tallentire | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|1.8 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Cannington
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Bill Johnston | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|2.1 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Willagee
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Peter Tinley | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|2.5 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Maylands
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Lisa Baker | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|2.7 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Girrawheen
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Margaret Quirk | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|2.8 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Victoria Park
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Ben Wyatt | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|4.0 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Kwinana
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Roger Cook | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|4.3 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Cockburn
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Fran Logan | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|4.6 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Mirrabooka
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Janine Freeman | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|4.6 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Bassendean
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Dave Kelly | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|5.1 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Kimberley
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Josie Farrer | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|5.1 |
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:red;"|Fairly safe |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|Baldivis
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|new seat | style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff8d8d;"|6.4 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|Mandurah
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|David Templeman | style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff8d8d;"|7.7 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|Armadale
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|Tony Buti | style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff8d8d;"|9.6 |
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:red;"|Safe |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Warnbro
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Paul Papalia | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|10.6 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Rockingham
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Mark McGowan | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|13.2 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Fremantle
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Simone McGurk | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|15.4 |
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=Post-election pendulum=
| class="toccolours" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="float:left; margin-right:.5em; margin-top:.4em; font-size:90 ppt;" |
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:red;"| Government seats |
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:red;"|Marginal |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Joondalup
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Emily Hamilton | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|0.6 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Kingsley
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Jessica Stojkovski | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|0.7 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Jandakot
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Yaz Mubarakai | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|1.0 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Murray-Wellington
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Robyn Clarke | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|1.4 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Pilbara
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Kevin Michel | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP v NAT | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|2.3 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Kalamunda
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Matthew Hughes | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|2.5 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Burns Beach
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Mark Folkard | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|2.5 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Bicton
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Lisa O'Malley | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|2.9 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Mount Lawley
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Simon Millman | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|4.0 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Albany
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Peter Watson | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP v NAT | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|5.1 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Darling Range
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Barry Urban | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|5.8 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|Balcatta
| style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|David Michael | style="text-align:left; background:#ffcaca;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffcaca;"|5.8 |
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:red;"|Fairly safe |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|Baldivis
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|Reece Whitby | style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|ALP v IND | style="text-align:center; background:#ff8d8d;"|7.2 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|Wanneroo
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|Sabine Winton | style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff8d8d;"|7.3 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|Southern River
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|Terry Healy | style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff8d8d;"|7.9 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|Forrestfield
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|Stephen Price | style="text-align:left; background:#ff8d8d;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff8d8d;"|9.4 |
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:red;"|Safe |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Bunbury
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Don Punch | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|10.8 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Belmont
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Cassie Rowe | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|11.4 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Morley
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Amber-Jade Sanderson | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|11.4 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Perth
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|John Carey | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|11.8 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Kimberley
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Josie Farrer | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|13.0 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Midland
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Michelle Roberts | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|13.0 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Swan Hills
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Jessica Shaw | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|14.5 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Collie-Preston
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Mick Murray | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|14.7 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Willagee
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Peter Tinley | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|15.5 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Thornlie
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Chris Tallentire | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|15.8 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Cockburn
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Fran Logan | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|15.9 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Victoria Park
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Ben Wyatt | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|16.5 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Girrawheen
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Margaret Quirk | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|16.7 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|West Swan
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Rita Saffioti | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|17.1 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Maylands
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Lisa Baker | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|17.9 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Mandurah
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|David Templeman | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|18.0 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Cannington
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Bill Johnston | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|18.1 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Kwinana
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Roger Cook | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|18.1 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Mirrabooka
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Janine Freeman | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|19.2 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|Butler
| style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|John Quigley | style="text-align:left; background:#ff6b6b;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#ff6b6b;"|19.5 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#df716d;"|Bassendean
| style="text-align:left; background:#df716d;"|Dave Kelly | style="text-align:left; background:#df716d;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#df716d;"|21.5 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#df716d;"|Fremantle
| style="text-align:left; background:#df716d;"|Simone McGurk | style="text-align:left; background:#df716d;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#df716d;"|23.1 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#df716d;"|Rockingham
| style="text-align:left; background:#df716d;"|Mark McGowan | style="text-align:left; background:#df716d;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#df716d;"|23.4 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#df716d;"|Warnbro
| style="text-align:left; background:#df716d;"|Paul Papalia | style="text-align:left; background:#df716d;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#df716d;"|23.7 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#df716d;"|Armadale
| style="text-align:left; background:#df716d;"|Tony Buti | style="text-align:left; background:#df716d;"|ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#df716d;"|25.2 |
| class="toccolours" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="float:left; margin-right:.5em; margin-top:.4em; font-size:90 ppt;" |
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:blue;"|Non-government seats |
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:blue;"| Marginal |
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Dawesville
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Zak Kirkup | style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#a6e7ff;"|0.7 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Geraldton
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Ian Blayney | style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#a6e7ff;"|1.3 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Hillarys
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Peter Katsambanis | style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#a6e7ff;"|4.1 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Riverton
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Mike Nahan | style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#a6e7ff;"|4.4 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Scarborough
| style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|Liza Harvey | style="text-align:left; background:#a6e7ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#a6e7ff;"|5.6 |
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:blue;"|Fairly safe |
| style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|Kalgoorlie
| style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|Kyran O'Donnell | style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#80d8f9;"|6.2 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|South Perth
| style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|John McGrath | style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#80d8f9;"|7.1 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|Nedlands
| style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|Bill Marmion | style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#80d8f9;"|8.3 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|Carine
| style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|Tony Krsticevic | style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#80d8f9;"|9.0 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|Bateman
| style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|Dean Nalder | style="text-align:left; background:#80d8f9;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#80d8f9;"|9.5 |
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:blue;"|Safe |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Churchlands
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Sean L'Estrange | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|13.2 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Cottesloe
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Colin Barnett | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|13.3 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Vasse
| style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|Libby Mettam | style="text-align:left; background:#61c3ff;"|LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#61c3ff;"|14.7 |
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:gray;"|Crossbench seats |
| style="text-align:left; background:#98fb98;"|North West Central
| style="text-align:left; background:#98fb98;"|Vince Catania | style="text-align:left; background:#98fb98;"|NAT v ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98;"|9.5 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#90ee90;"|Warren-Blackwood
| style="text-align:left; background:#90ee90;"|Terry Redman | style="text-align:left; background:#90ee90;"|NAT v ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#90ee90;"|13.4 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#90ee90;"|Moore
| style="text-align:left; background:#90ee90;"|Shane Love | style="text-align:left; background:#90ee90;"|NAT v LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#90ee90;"|13.9 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#90ee90;"|Roe
| style="text-align:left; background:#90ee90;"|Peter Rundle | style="text-align:left; background:#90ee90;"|NAT v LIB | style="text-align:center; background:#90ee90;"|14.4 |
| style="text-align:left; background:#40c351;"|Central Wheatbelt
| style="text-align:left; background:#40c351;"|Mia Davies | style="text-align:left; background:#40c351;"|NAT v ALP | style="text-align:center; background:#40c351;"|22.6 |
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Opinion polling
=Graphical summary=
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| image2 = Two-party-preferred voting-intention polls for the 2017 Western Australian state election.svg
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| caption2 = Two-party-preferred vote
| footer = Aggregate data of all voting intention polling since the 2013 Western Australian state election. Local regression trends for each party are shown as solid lines.}}
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=Voting intention=
| class="toccolours" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="float:left; margin-right:.5em; margin-top:.4em; font-size:90%;" |
| +Legislative Assembly (lower house) polling |
| style="background:#; text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Date
! style="background:#; text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Firm ! style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" colspan="5"|Primary vote ! style="background:#ebbce3; text-align:center;" colspan="2"|TPP vote |
|---|
| style="background:#00bfff; text-align:center;"|LIB
! style="background:#40c351; text-align:center;"|NAT ! style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"|ALP ! style="background:#90ee90; text-align:center;"|GRN ! style="background:#aaa; text-align:center;"|OTH ! style="background:#00bfff; text-align:center;"|LIB ! style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"|ALP |
| 11 March 2017
| style="text-align:left;" | Galaxy (Exit Poll){{cite web|title=Exit poll shows big win for WA Labor |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/exit-poll-shows-big-win-for-wa-labor/bf2b9aaf-7354-409c-9d93-337fcd60a742 |accessdate=11 March 2017 |work=9 News |date=11 March 2017}} | style="text-align:center;"| 33% | style="text-align:center;"| 6% | style="text-align:center;"| 41% | style="text-align:center;"| 6% | style="text-align:center;"| 14% | style="text-align:center;"| 45.5% | style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"| 54.5% |
| 9 March 2017
| style="text-align:center;"| 33.9% | style="text-align:center;"| 6.0% | style="text-align:center;"| 41.8% | style="text-align:center;"| 6.5% | style="text-align:center;"| 11.8% | style="text-align:center;"| 46% | style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"| 54% |
| 6–9 March 2017
| style="text-align:left;" | Newspoll | style="text-align:center;"| 32% | style="text-align:center;"| 5% | style="text-align:center;"| 41% | style="text-align:center;"| 7% | style="text-align:center;"| 15% | style="text-align:center;"| 46% | style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"| 54% |
| 1–3 March 2017
| style="text-align:center;"| 31% | style="text-align:center;"| 5% | style="text-align:center;"| 40% | style="text-align:center;"| 8% | style="text-align:center;"| 16% | style="text-align:center;"| 46% | style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"| 54% |
| 27 February 2017
| style="text-align:center;"| 34.6% | style="text-align:center;"| 6.8% | style="text-align:center;"| 35.2% | style="text-align:center;"| 10.7% | style="text-align:center;"| 12.7% | style="text-align:center;"| 48% | style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"| 52% |
| February 2017
| style="text-align:center;"| 35.4% | style="text-align:center;"| 8.4% | style="text-align:center;"| 35% | style="text-align:center;"| 6% | style="text-align:center;"| 15.1% | style="background:#00bfff; text-align:center;"| 50% | style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"| 50% |
| January 2017
| style="text-align:center;"| 30% | style="text-align:center;"| 5% | style="text-align:center;"| 38% | style="text-align:center;"| 9% | style="text-align:center;"| 18% | style="text-align:center;"| 46% | style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"| 54% |
| November 2016
| style="text-align:center;"| 34% | style="text-align:center;"| 6% | style="text-align:center;"| 41% | style="text-align:center;"| 9% | style="text-align:center;"| 10% | style="text-align:center;"| 48% | style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"| 52% |
| October 2016
| style="text-align:center;"| 35.9% | style="text-align:center;"| 6.1% | style="text-align:center;"| 36.7% | style="text-align:center;"| 7.7% | style="text-align:center;"| 13.6% | style="text-align:center;"| 48% | style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"| 52% |
| October 2016
| style="text-align:center;"| 34% | style="text-align:center;"| 5% | style="text-align:center;"| 36.5% | style="text-align:center;"| 12.5% | style="text-align:center;"| 12% | style="text-align:center;"| 47.5% | style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"| 52.5% |
| August 2016
| 34.5% | 6.5% | 35.5% | 12.5% | style="text-align:center;"|11% | style="text-align:center;"|49% | style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"|51% |
| May 2016
| 36.5% | style="text-align:center;"|7% | style="text-align:center;"|34% | 12.5% | style="text-align:center;"|10% | style="background:#00bfff; text-align:center|51% | style="text-align:center;|49% |
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|Mar–May 2016
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" colspan="2"|40% | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|42% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|11% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|7% | width="" style="text-align:center;| 46% | width="" style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"|54% |
| March 2016
| style="text-align:center;"|33.5% | style="text-align:center;"|8% | style="text-align:center;"|37% | style="text-align:center;"|14.5% | style="text-align:center;"|7% | style="text-align:center;"|48% | style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"|52% |
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|Mar 2016
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|37% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|5% | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|39% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|13% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|5% | width="" style="text-align:center;| 44% | width="" style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"|56% |
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|Oct–Dec 2015
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|37% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|5% | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|42% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|10% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|6% | width="" style="text-align:center;| 47% | width="" style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"|53% |
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|9–15 Oct 2015
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|37.5% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|4.5% | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|32% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|13% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|13% | style="background:#00bfff; text-align:center;"|51.5% | width="" style="text-align:center;| 48.5% |
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|28–31 Aug 2015
| bgcolor=""|Morgan | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|35% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|7% | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|34% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|15% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|9% | style="background:#00bfff; text-align:center;"| 50% | style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"| 50% |
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|Apr–Jun 2015
| bgcolor=""|Newspoll | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|33% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|7% | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|33% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|14% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|13% | width="" style="text-align:center;| 48% | width="" style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"|52% |
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|Jan–Mar 2015
| bgcolor=""|Newspoll | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|34% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|6% | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|35% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|14% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|11% | width="" style="text-align:center;| 48% | width="" style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"|52% |
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|Oct–Dec 2014
| bgcolor=""|Newspoll | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|34% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|8% | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|33% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|15% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|10% | style="background:#00bfff; text-align:center;"| 50% | style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"| 50% |
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|Jul–Sep 2014
| bgcolor=""|Newspoll | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|35% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|6% | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|31% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|15% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|13% | style="background:#00bfff; text-align:center;"| 50% | style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"| 50% |
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|Apr–Jun 2014
| bgcolor=""|Newspoll | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|34% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|6% | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|27% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|17% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|16% | style="background:#00bfff; text-align:center;"| 50% | style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"| 50% |
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|Oct–Dec 2013
| bgcolor=""|Newspoll | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|36% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|8% | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|33% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|13% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|10% | width="" style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;"|51% | width="" style="text-align:center;| 49% |
| style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;" colspan="2"|2013 election
| style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"|47.1% | width="" style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"|6.1% | style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"|33.1% | width="" style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"|8.4% | width="" style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"|5.3% | width="" style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;"|57.3% | width="" style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"|42.7% |
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|4–7 Mar 2013
| bgcolor=""|Newspoll | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|48% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|6% | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|32% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|8% | style="text-align:center;" width="" bgcolor=""|6% | width="" style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;"|59.5% | width="" style="text-align:center;| 40.5% |
{{Clear}}
| class="toccolours" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="float:left; margin-right:.5em; margin-top:.4em; font-size:90%;" |
| + Better premier polling^ |
| ! Liberal Barnett ! Labor |
|---|
| style="text-align:center; bgcolor=""| 6–9 Mar 2017
| style="text-align:center;"| 37% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"| 45% |
| style="text-align:center; bgcolor=""| Oct 2016
| style="text-align:center;"| 29% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"| 47% |
| style="text-align:center; bgcolor=""| Oct 2016
| style="text-align:center;"| 41% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"| 59% |
| style="text-align:center; bgcolor=""|Sep 2016 (RM)
| style="text-align:center; | 43% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"|57% |
| style="text-align:center; bgcolor=""|Mar–May 2016
| style="text-align:center; | 32% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"|46% |
| style="text-align:center; bgcolor=""|Mar 2016 (RT)
| style="text-align:center; | 39% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"|61% |
| style="text-align:center; bgcolor=""|Oct–Dec 2015
| style="text-align:center; | 36% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"|41% |
| style="text-align:center; bgcolor=""|Apr–Jun 2015
| style="text-align:center; | 37% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"|43% |
| style="text-align:center; bgcolor=""|Jan–Mar 2015
| style="text-align:center; | 38% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"|44% |
| style="text-align:center; bgcolor=""|Oct–Dec 2014
| style="text-align:center; | 39% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"|40% |
| style="text-align:center; bgcolor=""|Jul–Sep 2014
| style="text-align:center; | 38% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"|41% |
| style="text-align:center; bgcolor=""|Apr–Jun 2014
| style="text-align:center; | 36% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"|43% |
| style="text-align:center; bgcolor=""|Oct–Dec 2013
| style="text-align:center; | 37% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"|43% |
| style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"|2013 election
| style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"|– | style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"|– |
| style="text-align:center; bgcolor=""|4–7 Mar 2013
| style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;"|52% | style="text-align:center; | 31% |
| colspan="3" style="font-size:80%; background:#cef; text-align:center;"|Polling conducted by Roy Morgan Research (RM), ReachTEL (RT), or Newspoll (all others). ^ Remainder were "uncommitted" to either leader. |
| class="toccolours" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="float:left; margin-right:.5em; margin-top:.4em; font-size:90%;" |
| + Satisfaction polling^ |
| ! style="background:#; text-align:center;" colspan="2" |Barnett
! style="background:#; text-align:center;" colspan="2" |McGowan |
|---|
| ! style="background:#; text-align:center;" |Satisfied
! style="background:#; text-align:center;" |Dissatisfied ! style="background:#; text-align:center;" |Satisfied ! style="background:#; text-align:center;" |Dissatisfied |
| style="text-align:center;"|6–9 Mar 2017
| style="text-align:center; background:"" |34% | style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;"|57% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;" |45% | style="text-align:center; background:"" |40% |
| style="text-align:center;"|Nov 2016
| style="text-align:center; background:"" |28% | style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;"|61% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;" |46% | style="text-align:center; background:"" |33% |
| style="text-align:center;"|Mar–May 2016
| style="text-align:center; background:"" |31% | style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;"|58% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;" |51% | style="text-align:center; background:"" |28% |
| style="text-align:center;"|Oct–Dec 2015
| style="text-align:center; background:"" |33% | style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;"|54% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;" |47% | style="text-align:center; background:"" |32% |
| style="text-align:center;"|Apr–Jun 2015
| style="text-align:center; background:"" |36% | style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;"|57% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;" |49% | style="text-align:center; background:"" |33% |
| style="text-align:center;"|Jan–Mar 2015
| style="text-align:center; background:"" |38% | style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;"|53% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;" |53% | style="text-align:center; background:"" |28% |
| style="text-align:center;"|Oct–Dec 2014
| style="text-align:center; background:"" |37% | style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;"|49% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;" |48% | style="text-align:center; background:"" |27% |
| style="text-align:center;"|Jul–Sep 2014
| style="text-align:center; background:"" |32% | style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;"|56% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;" |47% | style="text-align:center; background:"" |29% |
| style="text-align:center;"|Apr–Jun 2014
| style="text-align:center; background:"" |34% | style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;"|56% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;" |49% | style="text-align:center; background:"" |31% |
| style="text-align:center;"|Oct–Dec 2013
| style="text-align:center; background:"" |34% | style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;"|54% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;" |51% | style="text-align:center; background:"" |22% |
| style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"|2013 election
| style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"|– | style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"|– | style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"|– | style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"|– |
| style="text-align:center;"|4–7 Mar 2013
| style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;"|51% | style="text-align:center; background:"" |36% | style="text-align:center; background:#f66;" |49% | style="text-align:center; background:"" |29% |
| colspan="5" style="font-size:80%; background:#cef; text-align:center;"|Polling conducted by Newspoll and published in The Australian. ^Remainder were "uncommitted" to either leader. |
{{Clear}}
Newspaper endorsements
| class="wikitable" |
| Newspaper
! colspan="2" | Endorsement |
|---|
| The Australian
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Party of Australia}}{{cite news|title=Too much at stake in WA|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/editorials/too-much-at-stake-in-wa-to-gamble-on-vague-hopes/news-story/628d2615e4a0098dbc81ed44e1512638|access-date=11 March 2017|work=The Australian|format=Subscription Required}} |
| The Australian Financial Review
| | |
| The Sunday Times
| {{party name with colour|Australian Labor Party}} |
| The West Australian |
See also
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170309064057/https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/vote/election-day/wa-early-voting-centres Early voting centres] at Western Australian Electoral Commission
- [https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/vote/voting-systems-wa Voting Systems in WA] at Western Australian Electoral Commission
{{Western Australian elections}}
Category:2017 elections in Australia
Category:2017 in Western Australia