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2029 Western Australian state election

Western Australia elects 59 Legislative Assembly members from districts and 37 Legislative Council members from one whole-of-state electorate.

Calculated from the fixed cycle: conjoint general elections are held on the second Saturday in March every four years.

This is not yet an active candidate tracker. Foundation page only; candidate tracking has not started. The page establishes the correct address and basic parliamentary structure so later candidate, party and result data can be added without changing links.
Parliament
Bicameral
Members in parliament
96
Chambers
2 chambers
Expected election scope
59 Assembly districts and all 37 Council places

Structure and numbers

What voters elect

Lower house

Legislative Assembly

59 seats
Electorates
59 single-member districts
At this election
All 59 seats
Voting system
Full preferential voting

Upper house

Legislative Council

37 seats
Electorates
One whole-of-state electorate
At this election
All 37 seats
Voting system
Optional preferential proportional representation
Term
Fixed four-year terms

Important details

  • The whole-of-state Council system was first used at the 2025 election.

Planned expansion

What can be added here later

When this election becomes active, this address can grow to include electorate or chamber indexes, individually sourced candidates, party coverage, key dates, polls where appropriate, open-data exports and official results.

Official references

Structure sources

Election date source: Western Australian Electoral Commission · verified 2 Aug 2026

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