Western Australian state election, 1977

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19 February 1977 (1977-02-19)

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All 55 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
and 17 (of the 32) seats to the Western Australian Legislative Council
28 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Charles Court	Colin Jamieson
Party	Liberal/NCP coalition	Labor
Leader since	5 June 1972	16 April 1976
Leader's seat	Nedlands	Welshpool
Last election	29 seats	22 seats
Seats won	33 seats	22 seats
Seat change	4	0
Popular vote	318,796	264,031
Percentage	54.70%	45.30%
Swing	4.53	4.53

Premier before election

Charles Court
Liberal/NCP coalition

Elected Premier

Charles Court
Liberal/NCP coalition

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 19 February 1977 to elect all 55 members to the Legislative Assembly and 17 members to the 32-seat Legislative Council. The Liberal-National Country coalition government, led by Premier Sir Charles Court, won a second term in office against the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Colin Jamieson.

The election produced a decisive victory for the Coalition, attributed by some observers to its strong and organised campaign, the Premier's ability in dealing with the media and good economic times built on resource exports, as contrasted against the Labor Opposition's often unfocussed campaign dwelling on the government's perceived autocratic methods and those sections of the general population which were not benefitting from the good times.

Western Australian state election, 19 February 1977
Legislative Assembly
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Western Australian state election, 19 February 1977
Legislative Council

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