1983 Western Australian state election

1983 Western Australian state election

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All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and 18 (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 NAT Leader Brian Burke Ray O'Connor Hendy Cowan Party Labor Liberal/NCP coalition National Leader since 18 September 1981 25 January 1982 1979 Leader's seat Balga Mount Lawley Merredin Last election 23 seats 29 seats 3 seats Seats won 32 23 2 Seat change 9 6 1 Popular vote 342,536 278,994 10,767 Percentage 53.16% 43.30% 1.67% Swing 7.21 4.75 1.29 TPP 53.74% 46.26% TPP swing 4.71 4.71
Premier before election Ray O'Connor Liberal/NCP coalition Elected Premier Brian Burke Labor

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 19 February 1983 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and 18 members to the 34-seat Legislative Council.

The three-term Liberal-National Country coalition government, led by Premier Ray O'Connor since 25 January 1982 (after the retirement of Sir Charles Court) was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Brian Burke since 10 September 1981.