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Why Mark McGowan s landslide election victory could spell disaster for Scott Morrison in WA as the Liberals are reduced to just TWO MPs
Western Australians went to the polling booths on Saturday in state election tipped to be a landslide for Labor
Voting at 700 locations closed at 6pm on Saturday with 750,000 people voting before election day
Labor premier Mark McGowan raced to immediate lead with ABC s Anthony Green declaring a win early on
Liberal leader Zak Kirkup conceded defeat at 9.30pm AWST and declared he had also lost his individual seat
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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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Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup is at risk of becoming the first WA Liberal leader to lose his seat since the 1930s.
The 34-year-old holds the seat of Dawesville by a margin of just 0.8 per cent and has vowed to quit politics if he is voted out.
Such a result would likely spell disaster for other Liberal MPs vying to save their seats.
Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup is at risk of becoming the first WA Liberal leader to lose his seat since the 1930s
It would also suggest Mr Kirkup s decision to concede defeat a fortnight before polling day and warn against giving Labor total control was a tactical failure.