WA election voting ends as polling booths close with Labor win widely predicted

The polls have closed and the count is on in Western Australia’s state election.

Mark McGowan’s Labor Party is widely expected to be returned for a second term in government, with the Premier riding a wave of personal popularity through to polling day.

Even Liberal leader Zak Kirkup has predicted a Labor win — but the question is by how much?

An election-eve Newspoll published in The Australian newspaper suggested Labor was on track for a landslide victory.

The poll showed Labor ahead 66 to 34 per cent on a two-party preferred basis.