Western Australian state election, 1986

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8 February 1986 (1986-02-08)

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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

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 seats	19 seats	6 seats
Seat change	0	1	1
Percentage	53.00%	41.32%	3.71%
Swing	0.16	1.46	1.40

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

Western Australian state election, 8 February 1986
Legislative Assembly
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Western Australian state election, 8 February 1986
Legislative Council

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