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

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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?

Mr Kirkup today again urged West Australians not to give Labor too much power.(

ABC News: Andrew O’Connor

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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.



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