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1977 Western Australian state election

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Field	Value
election_name	1977 Western Australian state election
country	Western Australia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1974 Western Australian state election
previous_year	1974
next_election	1980 Western Australian state election
next_year	1980
seats_for_election	All 55 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
and 17 (of the 32) seats to the Western Australian Legislative Council
28 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
election_date
image1	[[File:Charles Court 1974 (1) (cropped).jpg	150px]]
leader1	Charles Court
leader_since1	5 June 1972
party1	Liberal/NCP coalition
leaders_seat1	Nedlands
popular_vote1	318,435
percentage1	54.70%
swing1	3.50
last_election1	29 seats
seats1	33
seat_change1	4
image2	[[File:Colin Jamieson 1973-01.png	150px]]
leader2	Colin Jamieson
leader_since2	16 April 1976
party2	Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
leaders_seat2	Welshpool
popular_vote2	257,730
percentage2	45.30%
swing2	3.88
last_election2	22 seats
seats2	22
seat_change2
1blank	TPP
2blank	TPP swing
1data1	54.70%
1data2	45.30%
2data1	4.53
2data2	4.53
title	Premier
before_election	Charles Court
before_party	Liberal/NCP coalition
after_election	Charles Court
after_party	Liberal/NCP coalition

and 17 (of the 32) seats to the Western Australian Legislative Council 28 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 19 February 1977 to elect all 55 members to the Legislative Assembly and 17 members to the 32-seat Legislative Council. The Liberal-National Country coalition government, led by Premier Sir Charles Court, won a second term in office against the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Colin Jamieson.

The election produced a decisive victory for the Coalition, attributed by some observers to its strong and organised campaign, the Premier's ability in dealing with the media and good economic times built on resource exports, as contrasted against the Labor Opposition's often unfocussed campaign dwelling on the government's perceived autocratic methods and those sections of the general population which were not benefitting from the good times.

Results

Legislative Assembly

| turnout % = 90.78% | informal % = 3.18% |votes % = 49.35% |votes % = 44.22% |votes % = 5.28% |votes % = 0.45% |votes % = 0.09% |votes % = 0.60% |2pp % 1 = 54.70% |2pp % 2 = 45.30% |}

Notes: : The National Country Party contested seven seats in the election. The previous high vote stemmed from its attempted merger with the Democratic Labor Party prior to the 1974 election, known as the "National Alliance", which contested 44 seats including many in the metropolitan area. The Alliance ceased to exist shortly after the 1974 election, and adopted a more traditional strategy in 1977.

Legislative Council

| turnout % = 90.70% | informal % = 4.35% |votes % = 50.31% |votes % = 41.95% |votes % = 5.56% |votes % = 2.18% |2pp % 1 = 55.62% |2pp % 2 = 44.38% |}

Seats changing hands

Seat	Post-1977	Party	Member	Margin	Margin	Member	Party
Clontarf	Labor	Don May	2.2	-9.8	7.6	Tony Williams	Liberal
Mundaring	Labor	James Moiler	1.6	-3.8	2.2	Tom Herzfeld	Liberal
Murdoch	Labor	Notional - new seat	8.6	-11.0	2.4	Barry MacKinnon	Liberal

Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.

Redistribution affected seats

Post-election pendulum

References

Wood, Michael. (December 1977). "Australian Political Chronicle: January–June 1977 (Western Australia)". Australian Journal of Politics and History.

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