1986 Western Australian state election

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 8 February 1986 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and 17 members to the 34-seat Legislative Council. The Labor government, led by Premier Brian Burke, won a second term in office against the Liberal Party, led by Opposition Leader Bill Hassell since 16 February 1984.

1986 Western Australian state election
8 February 1986 (1986-02-08)
All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
and 17 (of the 34) seats to the Western Australian Legislative Council
29 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
ALP
LIB
NAT
Leader Brian Burke Bill Hassell Hendy Cowan
Party Labor Liberal National
Leader since 18 September 1981 15 February 1984 August 1978
Leader's seat Balga Cottesloe Merredin
Last election 32 seats 20 seats 5 seats
Seats won 32 19 6
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 416,805 324,961 29,156
Percentage 53.00% 41.32% 3.71%
Swing 0.16 1.46 1.40
TPP 54.12% 45.88%
TPP swing 0.37 0.37
Premier before election

Brian Burke
Labor

 Elected Premier

Brian Burke
Labor

The election resulted in one of Labor's best state election results after World War II, and featured a united National Party for the first time since the 1977 election.

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