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1993 Western Australian state election

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Field	Value
election_name	1993 Western Australian state election
country	Western Australia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1989 Western Australian state election
previous_year	1989
next_election	1996 Western Australian state election
next_year	1996
seats_for_election	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
election_date
image1	[[File:Richard Court - Ambassador to Japan b.jpg	150x150px]]
leader1	Richard Court
leader_since1	12 May 1992
party1	Liberal/National coalition
leaders_seat1	Nedlands
popular_vote1	450,796
percentage1	44.86%
swing1	2.07
last_election1	26 seats
seats1	32
seat_change1	6
image2	[[Image:Carmen Lawrence 1990 (cropped).png	150x150px]]
leader2	Carmen Lawrence
leader_since2	12 February 1990
party2	Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
leaders_seat2	Glendalough
popular_vote2	338,008
percentage2	37.08%
swing2	5.38
last_election2	31 seats
seats2	24
seat_change2	7
1blank	TPP
2blank	TPP swing
1data1	55.45%
1data2	44.55%
2data1	3.07
2data2	3.07
title	Premier
before_election	Carmen Lawrence
before_party	Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
after_election	Richard Court
after_party	Liberal/National coalition

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

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 6 February 1993 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The three-term Labor government, led by Premier Dr Carmen Lawrence since 12 February 1990, was defeated by the Liberal–National coalition, led by Opposition Leader Richard Court since 12 May 1992.

Results

Legislative Assembly

| turnout % = 93.50% | informal % = 4.13% |votes % = 44.15% |votes % = 37.08% |votes % = 5.31% |votes % = 4.31% |votes % = 2.32% |votes % = 0.29% |votes % = 6.49% |2pp % 1 = 55.45% |2pp % 2 = 44.55% |}

Notes: : Andrew Mensaros, the former Liberal member for Floreat, resigned from parliament on 16 May 1991 due to ill health. Dr Liz Constable, who had Mensaros's support, ran as an Independent against the endorsed Liberal candidate in the resulting by-election on 20 July 1991, and won.

Legislative Council

| turnout % = 93.67% | informal % = 3.74% |votes % = 45.60% |votes % = 36.82% |votes % = 3.99% |votes % = 5.16% |votes % = 3.01% |votes % = 0.64% |votes % = 0.58% |votes % = 4.18% |}

Seats changing parties

Seat	Post-1993	Party	Member	Margin	Margin	Member	Party
Bunbury	Labor	Phil Smith	1.5	3.1	1.6	Ian Osborne	Liberal
Darling Range	Independent	Ian Thompson	N/A	N/A	N/A	John Day	Liberal
Dianella	Labor	Keith Wilson	1.1	2.5	1.4	Kim Hames	Liberal
Morley	Independent	Frank Donovan	N/A	N/A	N/A	Clive Brown	Labor
Murray	Labor	Keith Read	0.9	2.2	1.3	Arthur Marshall	Liberal
Perth	Independent	Ian Alexander	N/A	N/A	N/A	Diana Warnock	Labor
Swan Hills	Labor	Gavan Troy	1.5	6.1	4.6	June van de Klashorst	Liberal
Wanneroo	Labor	Jackie Watkins	1.6	2.9	1.3	Wayde Smith	Liberal
Whitford	Labor	Pam Beggs	1.7	7.8	6.1	Rob Johnson	Liberal

Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.

Post-election pendulum

References

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