1993 State General Election

Legislative Assembly
Legislative Council

Summary of the Legislative Assembly

Political Party No. of Candidates Seats Won
Liberal 57 26
Australian Labor Party 54 24
National Party 14 6
Australian Democrats 37 0
Independent 74 1
Greens (WA) 38 0
Other 9 0
Total 283 57
Total Votes Admitted to Count
Ordinary 812,058
Postal 28,538
Absent 70,244
Provisional 638
Valid Votes 911,478
Informal Votes 39,220
Total Votes 950,698

Number of electors on roll: 1,016,750
Percentage of Voters: 93.5%
Percentage of informal votes: 4.13%

Summary of First Preference Votes by Party

Political Party % of Votes
Liberal 44.15%
Australian Labor Party 37.08%
National Party 5.31%
Greens (WA) 4.31%
Australian Democrats 2.32%
Independent 1.76%
Other 5.07%
Total 100.00%

Legislative Assembly By-Elections

Date of By-Election District Elected Party at 1993 General Election Elected Party at 1993 By-Election
19 March 1994 Glendalough ALP ALP
10 September 1994 Helena ALP LIB
16 March 1996 Kalgoorlie ALP ALP

Summary of Legislative Council

Political Party No. of Candidates Seats Won
Liberal 31 15
Australian Labor Party 33 14
National Party 9 3
Australian Democrats 12 0
Independent 14 1
Greens (WA) 14 1
Other 13 0
Total 126 34
Total Votes Admitted to Count
Ordinary 816,699
Postal 28,413
Absent 71,070
Provisional 601
Valid Votes 916,783
Informal Votes 35,643
Total Votes 952,426

Number of electors on roll: 1,016,750
Percentage of voters: 93.67%
Percentage of informal votes: 3.74%

Summary of First Preference Votes by Party

Political Party % of Votes
Liberal 45.60%
Australian Labor Party 36.82%
National Party 3.99%
Greens (WA) 5.16%
Australian Democrats 3.01%
Other 5.42%
Total 100.00%

Legislative Council Recounts

1994 North Metropolitan Region (LC) Recount

On 17 May 1994, Ian Douglas MacLean (LIB) was elected at a re-count to fill the vacancy left by Robert Gerald Pike (LIB) in the North Metropolitan Region.

1995 East Metropolitan Region (LC) Recount

On 25 March 1995, Valma Eileen Ferguson (ALP) was elected at a re-count to fill the vacancy left by Thomas George Butler (ALP) in the East Metropolitan Region.