WA Labor's best ever win: deputy Cook

Labor's expected big election win in WA is the biggest in the state's history for the party given the swing it had to achieve, says deputy leader Roger Cook.

WA Labor's deputy leader Roger Cook has described Saturday's state election win as the greatest in the party's history in the state given the 10 seat swing it had to achieve.

A large cheer went up and some Labor supporters cried and embraced as political analysts started calling the election for the party amid a huge swing.

"Coming off the back of a 10 per cent deficit it's an incredible result," Mr Cook told AAP.

"This goes beyond the (Geoff) Gallop victory in 2001, given the size of the swing and we are coming from 10 seats down to a point where we are now looking at a 4-5 seat majority, that's a huge result, it feels amazing."


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