1986 Western Australian state election

1986 Western Australian state election

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All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and 17 (of the 34) seats to the Western Australian Legislative Council 29 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   ALP LIB NAT Leader Brian Burke Bill Hassell Hendy Cowan Party Labor Liberal National Leader since 18 September 1981 15 February 1984 August 1978 Leader's seat Balga Cottesloe Merredin Last election 32 seats 20 seats 5 seats Seats won 32 19 6 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 416,805 324,961 29,156 Percentage 53.00% 41.32% 3.71% Swing 0.16 1.46 1.40 TPP 54.12% 45.88% TPP swing 0.37 0.37
Premier before election Brian Burke Labor Elected Premier Brian Burke Labor

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 one of Labor's best state election results after World War II, and featured a united National Party for the first time since the 1977 election.