2005 Western Australian state election

2005 Western Australian state election
← 2001 26 February 2005 (2005-02-26) 2008 →
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 Steady Increase 2 Steady
Popular vote 448,956 382,014 39,548
Percentage 41.88% 35.64% 3.69%
Swing Increase 4.65 Increase 4.48 Increase 0.43
TPP 52.28% 47.72%
TPP swing Decrease 0.65 Increase 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.