Elections were held in the

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on 19 February 1983 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and 18 members to the 34-seat Legislative Council. The three-term Liberal- National Country coalition government, led by

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since 25 January 1982 (after the retirement of Sir

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) was defeated by the Labor Party, led by

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Brian Burke since 10 September 1981.

Results

Legislative Assembly

Notes: : 754,226 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but one seat, Narrogin, held by the National Country Party's Peter Jones and representing 9,239 electors, was held unopposed. : The National Country Party (NCP) and the National Party (NP) were two separate parties, the former in coalition with the Liberal Party, the latter an independent party which had split from the NCP on 10 August 1978.

Legislative Council

Seats changing parties

* Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election. * * figure is vs. Liberal * ** figure is vs. National (NP)

Post-election pendulum

Opinion polling

References

{{Western Australian elections Elections in Western Australia 1983 elections in Australia 1980s in Western Australia February 1983 events in Australia