| West Swan Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Location of West Swan (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area | |||||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 2008–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Rita Saffioti | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | West Swan | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 32,247 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 126 km2 (48.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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West Swan is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. It is located in the north-eastern suburbs of Perth.
West Swan was considered a safe Labor seat at its creation, but after a redistribution prior to the 2017 state election became notionally Liberal. After its creation prior to the 2008 election, ABC electoral commentator Antony Green calculated a theoretical margin of 10.6% favouring Labor Party over the Liberal Party in two party preferred terms.[1] Rita Saffioti won the seat in 2008, holding it again with a margin of 1.9 points after the 2013 election. A redistribution in 2015 saw the seat with a notional 0.9 point Liberal margin, however Saffioti retained the seat at the 2017 election which saw a large swing to Labor.