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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The map on the left shows the first party preference by electorate. The map on the right shows the final two-party preferred vote result by electorate. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 26 February 2005 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The Labor government, led by Premier Geoff Gallop, won a second term in office against the Liberal Party, led by Opposition Leader Colin Barnett.
Western Australian state election, 26 February 2005 [1] [2] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,259,262 | |||||
Votes cast | 1,131,265 | Turnout | 89.84% | –0.72% | ||
Informal votes | 59,312 | Informal | 5.24% | +0.70% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 448,956 | 41.88% | +4.65% | 32 | ± 0 | |
Liberal | 382,014 | 35.64% | +4.48% | 18 | + 2 | |
Greens | 81,113 | 7.57% | +0.30% | 0 | ± 0 | |
National | 39,548 | 3.69% | +0.43% | 5 | ± 0 | |
Christian Democrats | 31,445 | 2.93% | +1.97% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Family First | 21,701 | 2.02% | +2.02% | 0 | ± 0 | |
One Nation | 17,580 | 1.64% | –7.94% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Other parties | 4,997 | 0.46% | –0.04% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent [1] | 44,599 | 4.16% | –1.41% | 2 | – 2 | |
Total | 1,071,953 | 57 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Labor | 559,679 | 52.28% | –0.65% | |||
Liberal/National | 510,937 | 47.72% | +0.65% |
Notes:
Western Australian state election, 26 February 2005 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,259,262 | |||||
Votes cast | 1,133,400 | Turnout | 90.00% | –0.70% | ||
Informal votes | 36,056 | Informal | 3.18% | +0.54% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 475,717 | 43.35% | +5.41% | 16 | + 3 | |
Liberal | 407,306 | 37.12% | +3.16% | 15 | + 3 | |
National | 23,985 | 2.19% | –0.21% | 1 | ± 0 | |
Greens | 82,507 | 7.52% | –0.48% | 2 | – 3 | |
Christian Democrats | 25,011 | 2.28% | +0.74% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Family First | 22,037 | 2.01% | +2.01% | 0 | ± 0 | |
One Nation | 17,435 | 1.59% | –8.29% | 0 | – 3 [1] | |
Democrats | 10,180 | 0.93% | –2.79% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Other parties | 19,314 | 1.76% | +1.62% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 13,852 | 1.26% | –1.18% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Total | 1,097,344 | 34 |
Notes:
Seat | Pre-2005 | Swing | Post-2005 | ||||||
Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
Bunbury | Labor | Tony Dean | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | John Castrilli | Liberal | ||
Central Kimberley-Pilbara | Independent | Larry Graham | 16.2 | N/A | 13.8* | Tom Stephens | Labor | ||
Greenough | Liberal | Jamie Edwards | 0.9 | 12.6 | 11.7 | Grant Woodhams | National | ||
Kingsley | Liberal | Cheryl Edwardes | 2.5 | 3.6 | 1.1 | Judy Hughes | Labor | ||
Murray | Labor | notional | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | Murray Cowper | Liberal | ||
South Perth | Independent | Phillip Pendal | 14.1 | N/A | 6.0* | John McGrath | Liberal | ||
Roe | National | Ross Ainsworth | 21.7 | 25.0 | 3.3 | Graham Jacobs | Liberal | ||
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