STEVE Catania has won the seat of Midland for WA Labor with the Western Australian Electoral Commission 2025 state general election results showing with 67.6 per cent of the votes counted.

As of March 12, the election results showed 41.2 per cent of Midland electorate voters put Mr Catania as their first preference.

Midland Liberal candidate Mike Matich won over 27.27 per cent of voters who put him as their first preference, but as candidates at the bottom are eliminated, their supporters’ votes flow on to add to vote count totals for the remaining candidates.

Mr Catania was leading with 12,982 votes against Mr Matich’s 8336 on Wednesday, on track to replace former Midland MLA Michelle Roberts.

In Swan Hills, Labor candidate Michelle Maynard has achieved 45.15 per cent in the first preference votes which were counted.

Liberal’s Rod Henderson is the second most supported Swan Hills candidate, winning over 24.58 per cent of first preference votes.

West Swan’s Rita Saffioti has been elected for another term with 59.36 per cent of the first preferences counted, against Liberal candidate Lucky Saini who attracted  16.93 per cent of the first preference votes.

Kalamunda has been a politically divided electorate during this year’s state election with the latest numbers from the commission showing Liberal candidate Adam Hort leading with an estimated 187 two candidates preferred votes.

Labor candidate Karen Beale garnered 32.28 per cent of first preference votes which was a 31-vote lead against Mr Hort’s 32.13 per cent first preference selection, though Mr Hort has pulled ahead based on two candidate preferred figures.

Ms Beale is running in place of retiring Kalamunda Labor MLA Matthew Hughes.

Forrestfield’s Labor candidate Stephen Price is on target to win a third term with 42.23 per cent of voters putting him as their first preference.

Liberal candidate George Tillbury received 32.42 per cent of first preference votes, being the second most voted for out of the Forrestfield electorate’s candidates so far.

In Bassendean, although former Water Minister for Labor Dave Kelly was told to resign by then-Premier Mark McGowan citing needs to introduce more female members in cabinet, Mr Kelly returned to contest the seat.

Mr Kelly received 53.47 per cent of the first preference votes for the Bassendean electorate, with the Liberal candidate Ash Kumar receiving 15.2 per cent of first preference votes as of Thursday morning.

The Central Wheatbelt electorate voted for The Nationals candidate Lachlan Hunter as first preference on 47.6 per cent of valid votes, and Labor candidate Rebecca Atkinson gaining 20.33 per cent of first preferences according to Thursday morning’s figures.

Mr Hunter will be succeeding MLA Mia Davies as the Nationals representative for the electorate as Ms Davies runs for the federal seat of Bullwinkel.