1968 Western Australian state election
# 1968 Western Australian state election

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 23 March 1968 to elect all 51 members to the Legislative Assembly and 15 members to the 30-seat Legislative Council. The Liberal-Country coalition government, led by Premier Sir David Brand, won a record fourth term in office against the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader John Tonkin.

## Results

### Legislative Assembly

Western Australian state election, 23 March 1968 Legislative Assembly

<< 1965–1971 >> :

| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 359,790 | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 331,325 | | Turnout | 92.09% | –0.24% |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 10,255 | | Informal | 3.10% | –0.01% |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Labor | 145,605 | 45.35% | +2.71% | 23 | + 2 |
| | Liberal and Country | 141,271 | 44.00% | –4.54% | 19 | – 2 |
| | Country | 16,879 | 5.25% | +0.38% | 9 | + 1 |
| | Democratic Labor | 10,456 | 3.26% | +2.32% | 0 | ± 0 |
| | Democratic | 2,216 | 0.69% | +0.69% | 0 | ± 0 |
| | Communist | 1,694 | 0.53% | +0.44% | 0 | ± 0 |
| | Independent | 2,949 | 0.92% | –1.98% | 0 | ± 0 |
| Total | Total | 321,070 | | | 51 | |

    $^1$ 449,122 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 14 seats (27.45% of the total) were uncontested—five Liberal seats representing 32,810 enrolled voters, five Country seats representing 29,746 enrolled voters, and four Labor seats representing 26,776 enrolled voters.

### Legislative Council

Western Australian state election, 23 March 1968 Legislative Council :

| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 208,417 | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 192,342 | | Turnout | 92.29% | +0.15% |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 8,631 | | Informal | 4.49% | +0.22% |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Labor | 85,674 | 46.64% | | 6 | 10 |
| | Liberal and Country | 67,977 | 37.00% | | 4 | 12 |
| | Country | 21,228 | 11.56% | | 5 | 8 |
| | Democratic Labor | 4,502 | 2.45% | | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent | 4,330 | 2.36% | | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 183,711 | | | 15 | 30 |

    $^1$ 449,122 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 9 seats (60% of the total) were uncontested—three Liberal seats representing 99,137 enrolled voters, three Country seats representing 53,847 enrolled voters, and three Labor seats representing 86,198 enrolled voters.
