Labor is predicted to win Saturday’s West Australian with one of the biggest electoral turnarounds in the state’s history.
Polls closed at 6pm, but it was already looking like Labor leader Mark McGowan, not two-term premier Colin Barnett, will be claiming victory later on Saturday night.
Mr McGowan had said on election eve that getting the 10 per cent swing needed to win the extra 10 seats to oust the two-term Barnett government was akin to climbing Mt Everest.
But opinion polls on Saturday, including a Nine/Galaxy exit poll taken of 18 seats, showed Labor would do that just.
Galaxy’s David Briggs said if the swing was uniform, Labor could get an extra 17 seats, but it was likely to get at least 13.
“I think the leadership is a significant issue,” he said, with Mr McGowan outpolling Premier Colin Barnett 45-33 as preferred premier.
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