<page_title> 1973 Balcatta state by-election </page_title> <section_title> Results </section_title> <table> <cell> Two-party-preferred result <col_header> Party </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <col_header> Votes </col_header> <col_header> % </col_header> <col_header> ± </col_header> <col_header> Total formal votes </col_header> <col_header> Informal votes </col_header> <col_header> Turnout </col_header> </cell> <cell> Brian Burke <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <col_header> Total formal votes </col_header> <col_header> Informal votes </col_header> <col_header> Turnout </col_header> <col_header> Two-party-preferred result </col_header> </cell> <cell> 9,376 <col_header> Votes </col_header> <col_header> Two-party-preferred result </col_header> </cell> <cell> Liberal <col_header> Party </col_header> <col_header> Total formal votes </col_header> <col_header> Informal votes </col_header> <col_header> Turnout </col_header> <col_header> Two-party-preferred result </col_header> </cell> <cell> Neil Beck <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <col_header> Total formal votes </col_header> <col_header> Informal votes </col_header> <col_header> Turnout </col_header> <col_header> Two-party-preferred result </col_header> </cell> <cell> 9,346 <col_header> Votes </col_header> <col_header> Two-party-preferred result </col_header> </cell> <cell> Labor hold <col_header> Party </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <col_header> Total formal votes </col_header> <col_header> Informal votes </col_header> <col_header> Turnout </col_header> <col_header> Two-party-preferred result </col_header> </cell> <cell> Swing <col_header> Votes </col_header> <col_header> Two-party-preferred result </col_header> </cell> <cell> –16.5 <col_header> % </col_header> <col_header> Two-party-preferred result </col_header> </cell> </table>
The Labor party retained the seat despite a 16.5-point negative swing, with Brian Burke outpolling the Liberal candidate, Neil Beck, by only 30 votes on the two-party-preferred count.