# Results of the 1983 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)

Western Australian state election, 19 February 1983 Legislative Council :
| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 754,225 | | | | |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 671,102 | | Turnout | 88.98% | +0.57% |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 24,962 | | Informal | 3.72% | –0.66% |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held |
| | Labor | 327,129 | 50.63% | +5.85% | 7 | 13 |
| | Liberal | 268,626 | 41.57% | –5.93% | 9 | 19 |
| | National Country | 20,553 | 3.18% | –0.64% | 0 | 0 |
| | National | 20,336 | 3.15% | –0.28% | 1 | 1 |
| | Democrats | 9,356 | 1.45% | +1.45% | 0 | 0 |
| | Other parties | 0 | 0.00% | –0.47% | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 646,140 | | | 17 | 33 |
| Two-party-preferred |||||||
| | Labor | 341,236 | 52.81% | +5.17% | | |
| | Liberal/NCP | 304,904 | 47.19% | –5.17% | | |
This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 1983 Western Australian state election.

## Results by Electoral province
### Central

1983 Western Australian state election: Central Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Roy Little | 6,770 | 28.3 |
| | Liberal | Gordon Atkinson | 6,246 | 26.1 |
| | National Country | Arnold Byfield | 5,749 | 24.0 |
| | National | Eric Charlton | 5,179 | 21.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 23,944 | 96.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 857 | 87.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,801 | 90.1 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Gordon Atkinson | 15,707 | 65.6 |
| | Labor | Roy Little | 8,237 | 34.4 |
| | Liberal gain from National Country | Liberal gain from National Country | Swing | |

### Lower Central

1983 Western Australian state election: Lower Central Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | John Bird | 10,530 | 45.5 |
| | Liberal | Bill Stretch | 6,498 | 28.1 |
| | National Country | Winifred Piesse | 6,129 | 26.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 23,157 | 97.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 673 | 2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,830 | 91.4 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Bill Stretch | 12,005 | 51.8 |
| | Labor | John Bird | 11,152 | 48.2 |
| | Liberal gain from National Country | Liberal gain from National Country | Swing | |

### Lower North

1983 Western Australian state election: Lower North Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Norman Moore | 3,237 | 58.4 |
| | Labor | Brian Wyatt | 2,170 | 39.1 |
| | Independent | Francesco Nesci | 140 | 2.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,547 | 95.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 293 | 5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,840 | 81.1 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
* Preferences were not distributed.

### Lower West

1983 Western Australian state election: Lower West Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Colin Bell | 12,219 | 48.9 |
| | Labor | Brian Coffey | 10,737 | 42.9 |
| | Democrats | Maxwell Barrington | 2,053 | 8.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 25,009 | 97.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 827 | 2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,836 | 90.8 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Colin Bell | 13,384 | 53.5 |
| | Labor | Brian Coffey | 11,625 | 46.5 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Metropolitan

1983 Western Australian state election: Metropolitan Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | John Williams | 40,364 | 56.4 |
| | Labor | Graham Droppert | 31,154 | 43.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 71,518 | 97.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,175 | 3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 73,693 | 86.2 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### North

1983 Western Australian state election: North Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Tom Stephens | 12,605 | 65.2 |
| | Liberal | Peter Murray | 6,721 | 34.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 19,326 | 95.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 866 | 4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,192 | 87.5 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### North Central Metropolitan

1983 Western Australian state election: North Central Metropolitan Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Sam Piantadosi | 34,456 | 60.0 |
| | Liberal | Michael Brazier | 22,952 | 40.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 57,408 | 95.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,425 | 4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,833 | 87.8 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### North Metropolitan

1983 Western Australian state election: North Metropolitan Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Graham Edwards | 31,146 | 51.5 |
| | Liberal | Bob Pike | 27,827 | 46.0 |
| | Democrats | Bryan Lobascher | 1,494 | 2.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 60,467 | 96.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,168 | 3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,635 | 88.7 |
| | Labor gain from Liberal | Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | |
* Preferences were not distributed.

### North-East Metropolitan

1983 Western Australian state election: North-East Metropolitan Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Fred McKenzie | 45,425 | 63.5 |
| | Liberal | Douglas Ismail | 23,373 | 32.7 |
| | Democrats | Kevin Trent | 2,744 | 3.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 71,542 | 93.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,655 | 6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 76,197 | 88.7 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
* Preferences were not distributed.

### South

1983 Western Australian state election: South Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | David Wordsworth | 8,290 | 36.1 |
| | Labor | Ron Leeson | 6,249 | 27.2 |
| | National Country | Leonard Newing | 4,328 | 18.9 |
| | National | Leslie Stephens | 4,096 | 17.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 22,963 | 96.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 784 | 3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,747 | 90.3 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | David Wordsworth | 15,306 | 66.7 |
| | Labor | Ron Leeson | 7,657 | 33.3 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### South Central Metropolitan

1983 Western Australian state election: South Central Metropolitan Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Clive Griffiths | 27,995 | 49.9 |
| | Labor | Sydney Hickman | 25,092 | 44.7 |
| | Democrats | Richard Jeffreys | 3,065 | 5.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 56,152 | 96.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,950 | 4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,102 | 88.3 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Clive Griffiths | 29,936 | 53.3 |
| | Labor | Sydney Hickman | 26,216 | 46.7 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### South East

1983 Western Australian state election: South-East Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Mark Nevill | 10,141 | 60.0 |
| | Liberal | Stanley Brown | 6,775 | 40.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,916 | 96.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 615 | 3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,531 | 88.5 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### South East Metropolitan

1983 Western Australian state election: South-East Metropolitan Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Kay Hallahan | 35,790 | 59.6 |
| | Liberal | Rodney Boland | 24,255 | 40.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 60,045 | 96.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,910 | 3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,955 | 89.0 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### South Metropolitan

1983 Western Australian state election: South Metropolitan Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Des Dans | 41,791 | 69.7 |
| | Liberal | Colin Cashman | 18,132 | 30.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 59,923 | 95.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,549 | 4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,472 | 92.4 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### South West

1983 Western Australian state election: South West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Vic Ferry | 12,603 | 50.9 |
| | Labor | Doug Wenn | 12,173 | 49.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 24,776 | 97.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 773 | 3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,549 | 91.7 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Upper West

1983 Western Australian state election: Upper West Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | National | Tom McNeil | 11,061 | 46.3 |
| | Liberal | Peter Browne | 8,495 | 35.5 |
| | National Country | Gordon Garratt | 4,347 | 18.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 23,903 | 96.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 795 | 3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,698 | 89.4 |
| | National hold | National hold | Swing | |

### West

1983 Western Australian state election: West Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Neil Oliver | 12,644 | 53.7 |
| | Labor | Nadeem Ramsay | 10,900 | 46.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 23,544 | 97.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 647 | 2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,191 | 89.2 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |