2005 Western Australian state election

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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 Third party   Leader Geoff Gallop Colin Barnett Max Trenorden Party Labor Liberal National Leader since 8 October 1996 (1996-10-08) 26 February 2001 (2001-02-26) 17 October 2001 (2001-10-17) Leader's seat Victoria Park Cottesloe Avon Last election 32 seats 16 seats 5 seats Seats won 32 18 5 Seat change 2 Popular vote 448,956 382,014 39,548 Percentage 41.88% 35.64% 3.69% Swing 4.65 4.48 0.43 TPP 52.28% 47.72% TPP swing 0.65 0.65
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.
Premier before election Geoff Gallop Labor Elected Premier Geoff Gallop Labor

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.

Results

Legislative Assembly

Notes:

¹ The Independent member for Pilbara, Larry Graham, and the Independent member for South Perth, Phillip Pendal, both retired at the 2005 election. The seats returned to the Labor and Liberal parties respectively.

Legislative Council

Notes:

¹ By the time of the 2005 election, the One Nation Party actually held no seats, as the three members elected in 2001 election had resigned to sit as independents, later joining the New Country Party. None managed to retain their seats.

Seats changing hands

• Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
• *Figure is Labor vs. Liberal

Post-election pendulum