Western Australian state election, 1996

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14 December 1996 (1996-12-14)

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All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and all 34 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Council 29 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Richard Court	Geoff Gallop
Party	Liberal/National coalition	Labor
Leader since	12 May 1992	15 October 1996
Leader's seat	Nedlands	Victoria Park
Last election	32 seats	24 seats
Seats won	35 seats	19 seats
Seat change	3	5
Popular vote	530,603	431,245
Percentage	55.16%	44.84%
Swing	0.28	0.28

Premier before election

Richard Court
Liberal/National coalition

Elected Premier

Richard Court
Liberal/National coalition

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 14 December 1996 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The Liberal–National coalition government, led by Premier Richard Court, won a second term in office against the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Dr Geoff Gallop since 15 October 1996.

The election resulted in the Liberals winning an outright majority for the first time in Western Australia's history. Although Court did not need the support of the Nationals, the coalition was retained. Meanwhile, Labor attracted its lowest share of the primary vote since 1901.

Western Australian state election, 14 December 1996
Legislative Assembly
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Western Australian state election, 14 December 1996
Legislative Council

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