1973 Balcatta state by-election
Results

1973 Balcatta state by-election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Liberal	Neil Beck	9,178	49.0	+15.6

Labor	Brian Burke	9,075	48.5	–18.0

Australia	Wilfrid Campin	469	2.5	+2.5

Total formal votes	18,722	97.5	+2.9

Informal votes	478	2.5	–2.9

Turnout	19,200	80.7	–19.3

Two-party-preferred result

Labor	Brian Burke	9,376	50.1	–16.5

Liberal	Neil Beck	9,346	49.9	+16.5

Labor hold	Swing	–16.5

Sentence(s)

The Labor party retained the seat despite a 16.5-point negative swing, with Brian Burke outpolling the Liberal candidate, Neil Beck, by only 30 votes on the two-party-preferred count.

final_sentence: The Labor party retained the seat despite a 16.5-point negative swing, with Brian Burke outpolling the Liberal candidate, Neil Beck, by only 30 votes on the two-party-preferred count.