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Premier Mark McGowan is set to enjoy unprecedented dominance in Western Australia, after winning an increased majority for the Labor party in the state s parliament.
Labor is expected to claim up to 53 out of 59 lower house seats on the back of a stunning 16.9 per cent swing.
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It is a nightmare scenario for the Liberals, who are set to be reduced to just two or three seats and lose their opposition status to the Nationals.
With 43 per cent of lower house votes counted, Labor has almost three times the number of first-preference votes of the Liberal party.
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Polls have closed in the Western Australia state election with the Labor Premier Mark McGowan expected to be returned with a resounding and increased majority.
The Premier told reporters on Saturday he wasn’t getting ahead of himself and would await the outcome after the polls closed at 6pm in the evening local time.
READ MORE I don’t take anything for granted, obviously we have to see how people vote. Our polls are notoriously inaccurate so we will see what happens tonight, he said.
Mark McGowan s seat of Rockingham has 87 per cent of votes in his favour with 901 votes counted as of 10pm AEDT.
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