The 2025 Western Australian state election was held on 8 March 2025 to elect members to the

Parliament of Western Australia The Parliament of Western Australia is the bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Australian states and territories of Australia, state of Western Australia, which constitutes the legislative branch of the state's political system. The parl ...

, where all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 37 seats in the

Legislative Council A legislative council is the legislature, or one of the legislative chambers, of a nation, colony, or subnational division such as a province or state. It was commonly used to label unicameral or upper house legislative bodies in the Brit ...

were up for election. The

Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...

, led by

Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of govern ...

Roger Cook, won a third consecutive four-year term in a

landslide Landslides, also known as landslips, rockslips or rockslides, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, mudflows, shallow or deep-seated slope failures and debris flows. Landslides ...

, becoming the first party to win a third term in Western Australia since

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

. Labor were challenged by the

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. For example, while the political systems ...

, led by

Libby Mettam Elizabeth Mettam (, 3 May 1977) is an Australian politician. She has been the member for Vasse in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 18 October 2014 and the deputy leader of the Western Australian Liberal Party since 25 March 20 ...

and by the

National Party National Party or Nationalist Party may refer to: Active parties * National Party of Australia, commonly known as ''The Nationals'' * Bangladesh: ** Bangladesh Nationalist Party ** Jatiya Party (Ershad) a.k.a. ''National Party (Ershad)'' * Californ ...

, led by

Opposition Leader The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...

Shane Love Ronald Shane Love (born 30 August 1961) is an Australian politician. He is the member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Moore, representing the National Party of Australia (WA) and is a former leader of the opposition of W ...

. This was Labor's third consecutive landslide victory since winning government in

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

and Labor's second best result after the previous 2021 state election. Labor won 46 seats in the lower house, a decrease of seven seats from their 2021 result. The Liberal Party won 7 seats while the National Party won 6, ensuring that the Liberals returned to official opposition status in the parliament. Labor's primary vote fell by over 18 points to 41.4%, while the Liberal vote increased by more than six and a half percent to 28% and the National vote was 5.2% (up 1.2%). In the Legislative Council, Labor won 16 seats, the Liberals 10 and Nationals 2; while

minor party A minor party is a political party that plays a smaller (in some cases much smaller, even insignificant in comparison) role than a major party in a country's politics and elections. The difference between minor and major parties can be so great t ...

the Greens won 4 seats. Other minor parties that earned representation in the Council include One Nation, who won 2 seats, as well as

Legalise Cannabis The legality of cannabis for medical and recreational use varies by country, in terms of its possession, distribution, and cultivation, and (in regards to medical) how it can be consumed and what medical conditions it can be used for. Thes ...

Australian Christians Christianity is the largest religion in Australia, with a total of 43.9% of the nation-wide population identifying with a Christian denomination in the 2021 census. The first presence of Christianity in Australia began with British colonisatio ...

and the

Animal Justice Party The Animal Justice Party (AJP) is a political party in Australia founded in 2009 by Steve Garlick. The party was registered by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) on 3 May 2011. The party is also registered in New South Wales, Queenslan ...

, who each claimed 1 seat. 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 using

single transferable voting The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vo ...

across the state, which functioned as a single electorate. Amendments made to electoral law had increased the size of the Legislative Council by one member at this election and also had abolished the former system of six regions of unequal population that each elected six members using

Background

The 2021 state election saw

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. In May 2023, McGowan resigned the premiership, saying he was "exhausted". Since the 2021 election, there have been two by-elections. North West Central elected a new member upon the resignation of Vince Catania. Rockingham also elected a new member after former premier

Mark McGowan Mark McGowan (born 13 July 1967) is an Australian former politician and naval officer who served as the 30th premier of Western Australia from 2017 until his retirement in 2023. He was the leader of the Western Australian branch of the Austr ...

retired from politics. Labor retained this seat with their candidate Magenta Marshall.

Merome Beard Merome Beard is an Australian politician who represented the electoral district of North West Central in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 17 September 2022 to 8 March 2025. She was elected as a member of the National Party, but ...

, the winner of the North West Central by-election defected from the National Party to the Liberal Party in October 2023 and stood as the Liberal Party's candidate in this election.

Registered parties

The following parties are registered with the

Western Australian Electoral Commission The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 59 single-member electoral districts. These districts are often referred to as ''electorates'' or ''seats''. The ''Electoral Distribution Act 1947'' requires regular review of electora ...

: * Sustainable Australia Party – Anti-corruption *

Greens Western Australia The Greens (WA) is a member party of the Australian Greens in Western Australia. The Greens (WA) was formed following the merger of the Western Australian Green Party with the Green Earth Alliance composed of the Vallentine Peace Group and Alt ...

* Labor Party *

Legalise Cannabis Western Australia Party The Legalise Cannabis Western Australia Party (LCWA) is a political party registered in Western Australia. The party advocates for Drug law reform, law reform in relation to cannabis. Since 2024, it has been led by Brian Walker (politician), Bria ...

National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia, commonly known as the Nationals or simply the Nats, is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Agrarianism, agrarian List of political parties in Australia, political party in Australia. Traditionally represe ...

Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party (SFF) is a Conservatism, conservative List of political parties in Australia, Australian political party. It primarily advocates for increased funding and services for rural and regional Australia, protec ...

Libertarian Party Libertarian Party may refer to: *Libertarian Party (Argentina) * Liberal Libertarian Party * Libertarian Party of Australia * Libertarian Party of Canada ** British Columbia Libertarian Party **Libertarian Party of Manitoba (now Freedom Party of Ma ...

* One Nation * Stop Pedophiles! Protect kiddies!

Electoral system

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

Legislative Council voting changes

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. The government first proposed abolishing the regions and replacing them with what it called a "one vote, one value" system. Instead, 37 members were elected from a single statewide constituency using

(STV). This increased the size of the council by one seat.

Group voting ticket A group voting ticket (GVT) is a shortcut for voters in a Ranked voting systems, preferential voting system, where a voter can indicate support for a list of candidates instead of marking preferences for individual candidates. For multi-member ele ...

s (GVTs) were abolished. GVTs were abolished for the federal

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

in 2016 and, at the time of this election, were only used for the

Victorian Legislative Council The Victorian Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House, Melbourne, Parliament ...

. Votes were cast under a semi-optional preferential form of STV using above-the-line voting. It required 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 Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf. In some jurisdictions, royal assent is equivalent to promulgation, while in othe ...

seven days thereafter. The election of 37 members for the Legislative Council constitutes the largest

district magnitude An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

seen in STV any time in history.

Redistribution

The

conducted a redistribution of the boundaries of all 59

electoral districts An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provid ...

. The final boundaries for the electoral districts were released on 1 December 2023. The seats of

Moore Moore may refer to: Language * Mooré language, spoken in West Africa People * Moore (surname) ** List of people with surname Moore * Moore Crosthwaite (1907–1989), a British diplomat and ambassador * Moore Disney (1765–1846), a senior ...

and North West Central were merged to create a new seat,

Mid-West The Midwestern United States (also referred to as the Midwest, the Heartland or the American Midwest) is one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. It occupies the northern central part of the United States. It ...

. The merger of two rural seats into one was matched by the creation of a new seat in

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

, Oakford, which covers growing suburbs between Armadale and the

Kwinana Freeway The Kwinana Freeway is a freeway in and beyond the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking central Perth with Mandurah to the south. It is the central section of State Route 2, which continues north as Mitchell Freeway to A ...

. According to psephologist

Antony Green Antony John Green (born 2 March 1960) is an Australian Psephology, psephologist, Data science, data scientist, journalist, and commentator. He was the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's chief election analyst until his retirement from the r ...

, the Coalition will need a combined swing of 23.4% to gain the 24 seats needed to form a majority government. On the new boundaries, there are 17 seats with margins under 15%, which will be regarded as "key seats". (Green described these as "

marginal seat A marginal seat or swing seat is a constituency held with a small majority in a legislative election, generally one conducted under a single-winner voting system. In Canada, they may be known as target ridings. The opposite is a safe seat. T ...

s" 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

Key dates

Elections are scheduled for the second Saturday of March every four years, in line with legislative changes made in 2011. While the Legislative Assembly has fixed four-year terms, the

Governor of Western Australia The governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of the monarch, King Charles III. As with the other governors of the Australian states, the governor of Western Australia performs constitutional, ceremonial and commun ...

may still dissolve the Assembly and call an election early on the advice of the Premier. Key dates of this election were:

Retiring MPs

Labor

* Lisa Baker MLA ( Maylands) – announced 5 March 2024 *

Sue Ellery Suzanne Mary Ellery (born 12 May 1962) is an Australian politician who has been a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia since 2001, representing South Metropolitan Region. A senior figure in WA Labor, Ellery held ...

MLC ( South Metropolitan) – announced 29 July 2022 * Matthew Hughes MLA ( Kalamunda) – announced 9 February 2024 * Bill Johnston MLA ( Cannington) – announced 30 November 2023 * Kyle McGinn MLC ( Mining and Pastoral) – announced 7 July 2024 * Simon Millman MLA (

Mount Lawley Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Co ...

) – announced 8 April 2024 * Martin Pritchard MLC ( North Metropolitan) – announced 16 May 2024 * John Quigley MLA (

Butler A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments, with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantries, pantr ...

) – announced 19 February 2024 *

Margaret Quirk Margaret Mary Quirk (born 26 June 1957) is an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2025. She served as a minister in the governments of Geoff Gallop and Alan Carpenter ...

MLA ( Landsdale) – announced 2 April 2024 *

Michelle Roberts Michelle Hopkins Roberts (née Thomas; born 29 February 1960) is an Australian politician who served as Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2021 to 2025. She was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly from 19 ...

MLA ( Midland) – announced 16 October 2024 * Jessica Shaw MLA (

Swan Hills Swan Hills is a town in northern Alberta, Canada. It is in the eponymous Swan Hills (Alberta), Swan Hills, approximately north of Whitecourt and northwest of Fort Assiniboine. The town is at the junction of Alberta Highway 32, Highway 32 and Alb ...

) – announced 3 June 2024 * Sally Talbot MLC (

South West Southwest is a compass point. Southwest, south-west, south west, southwestern or south-western or south western may also refer to: * Southwest (direction), an intercardinal direction Geography *South West Queensland, Australia *South West (Weste ...

) – announced 5 July 2024 * Chris Tallentire MLA ( Thornlie) – announced 26 February 2024 *

David Templeman David Alan Templeman (born 21 November 1965) is an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2001 to 2025, representing the seat of Mandurah. Early life Templeman was born i ...

MLA (

Mandurah Mandurah ( ) is a coastal city in the Australian state of Western Australia, situated approximately south of the state capital, Perth. It is the state's second most populous city, with a population of 90,306. Mandurah's central business dis ...

) – announced 17 September 2024 *

Peter Tinley Peter Charles Tinley (born 9 July 1962) is an Australian politician and former soldier. Peter has been a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since November 2009, representing the electorate of Willagee. Early li ...

MLA ( Willagee) – announced 14 March 2024 * Darren West MLC (

Agricultural Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created f ...

) – announced 8 June 2024

Liberal

* Peter Collier MLC ( North Metropolitan) – did not nominate for endorsement *

Donna Faragher Donna Evelyn Mary Faragher (née Taylor; born 12 September 1975) is an Australian politician who has been a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia since 2005, representing East Metropolitan Region. She became a min ...

MLC ( East Metropolitan) – announced 10 January 2024 * David Honey MLA ( Cottesloe) – lost preselection 10 February 2024

National

* Martin Aldridge MLC (

) – announced 16 April 2024 *

Mia Davies Mia Jane Davies (born 3 November 1978) is an Australian politician who was the Leader of the Opposition and leader of the National Party in Western Australia from March 2021 to January 2023. She was a member of the state Legislative Assembly f ...

MLA ( Central Wheatbelt) – announced 27 January 2023 *

Colin de Grussa Colin Stephen de Grussa (born 17 April 1973) is an Australian politician. He was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council at the 2017 state election, as a National Party member in Agricultural Region. His term began on 22 May 20 ...

MLC (

) – announced 8 June 2024

Independent

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

Candidates

Results

The election was called for the incumbent Labor government just after 7:40pm

Australian Western Standard Time Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30) and Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00). Time is regulated by the individual state ...

(AWST).

Legislative Assembly

Legislative Council

Seats changing hands

Members in italics did not recontest their seats.

Electoral pendulums

Pre-election pendulum

This is a pre-election pendulum, taking into account the 2023 boundary redistribution. Estimated margins are calculated by

for the Western Australian Parliamentary Library. Retiring members are shown in italics.

Post-election pendulum

Opinion polling

Voting intention

Preferred Premier

Satisfaction ratings

Notes

References

External links

Western Australian Electoral Commission: 2025 State General Election
{{Western Australian elections Western Australian state election State election Western Australian state election Elections in Western Australia

Background

Registered parties

Electoral system

Legislative Council voting changes

Redistribution

Changes to electorates of the Legislative Assembly

Key dates

Retiring MPs

Labor

Liberal

National

Independent

Candidates

Results

Legislative Assembly

Legislative Council

Seats changing hands

Electoral pendulums

Pre-election pendulum

Post-election pendulum

Opinion polling

Voting intention

Preferred Premier

Satisfaction ratings

Notes

References

Further reading

External links