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1996 Western Australian state election

Australian state election

Field	Value
election_name	1996 Western Australian state election
country	Western Australia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1993 Western Australian state election
previous_year	1993
next_election	2001 Western Australian state election
next_year	2001
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	440,335
percentage1	45.69%
swing1	3.79
last_election1	32 seats
seats1	35 seats
seat_change1	3
image2	[[File:Geoffrey Gallop Midland (cropped) b.jpg	150x150px]]
leader2	Geoff Gallop
leader_since2	15 October 1996
party2	Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
leaders_seat2	Victoria Park
popular_vote2	345,159
percentage2	35.82%
swing2	1.26
last_election2	24 seats
seats2	19 seats
seat_change2	5
1blank	TPP
2blank	TPP swing
1data1	55.16%
1data2	44.84%
2data1	0.28
2data2	0.28
title	Premier
before_election	Richard Court
before_party	Liberal/National coalition
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 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.

Results

Legislative Assembly

| turnout % = 89.99% | informal % = 4.39% |votes % = 39.90% |votes % = 35.82% |votes % = 5.79% |votes % = 5.08% |votes % = 4.73% |votes % = 0.34% |votes % = 0.72% |votes % = 7.70% |2pp % 1 = 55.16% |2pp % 2 = 44.84% |}

Notes: : At the 1993 election, Liberal Party member Phillip Pendal won the South Perth seat, whilst Labor Party member Ernie Bridge won Kimberley. Both members resigned from their parties during the term of parliament, and won their seats as independents in 1996.

Legislative Council

| turnout % = 90.14% | informal % = 3.01% |votes % = 32.06% |votes % = 14.39% |votes % = |votes % = |votes % = 33.08% |votes % = 6.58% |votes % = 5.55% |votes % = 2.49% |votes % = 0.68% |votes % = 0.60% |votes % = 0.56% |votes % = 0.20% |votes % = 3.80% |}

In the Agricultural and South West regions, the Liberals and Nationals ran a joint ticket, and in Mining and Pastoral, they ran separately, with the Liberals attracting 18,635 of the 52,240 formal votes and the Nationals 5,087.

Seats changing hands

Post-election pendulum

References

Antony Green. (June 2001). "Western Australian State Election 1996". Western Australian Parliamentary Library.

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