| Election Name: | 1968 Western Australian state election |
| Country: | Western Australia |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1965 Western Australian state election |
| Previous Year: | 1965 |
| Next Election: | 1971 Western Australian state election |
| Next Year: | 1971 |
| Seats For Election: | All 51 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and 15 (of the 30) seats to the Western Australian Legislative Council 26 Assembly seats were needed for a majority |
| Leader1: | David Brand |
| Leader Since1: | 1 March 1957 |
| Party1: | Liberal/Country coalition |
| Leaders Seat1: | Greenough |
| Percentage1: | 49.25% |
| Swing1: | 4.16 |
| Last Election1: | 29 seats |
| Seats1: | 28 seats |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Leader2: | John Tonkin |
| Leader Since2: | 1 January 1967 |
| Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) |
| Percentage2: | 45.35% |
| Swing2: | 2.71 |
| Last Election2: | 21 seats |
| Seats2: | 23 seats |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Premier | |
| Before Party: | Liberal/Country coalition |
| After Election: | David Brand |
| After Party: | Liberal/Country coalition |
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 23 March 1968 to elect all 51 members to the Legislative Assembly and 15 members to the 30-seat Legislative Council. The Liberal-Country coalition government, led by Premier Sir David Brand, won a record fourth term in office against the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader John Tonkin.
See also: Results of the Western Australian state election, 1968 (Legislative Assembly).
|}
449,122 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 14 seats (27.45% of the total) were uncontested—five Liberal seats representing 32,810 enrolled voters, five Country seats representing 29,746 enrolled voters, and four Labor seats representing 26,776 enrolled voters.
See also: Results of the Western Australian state election, 1968 (Legislative Council).
|}
449,122 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 9 seats (60% of the total) were uncontested—three Liberal seats representing 99,137 enrolled voters, three Country seats representing 53,847 enrolled voters, and three Labor seats representing 86,198 enrolled voters.
| COLSPAN=4 align="center" | Labor seats (23) | ||
| COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="red" | Marginal | ||
| Canning | Tom Bateman | ALP | 0.5% |
| Clontarf | Donald May | ALP | 2.2% |
| Maylands | John Harman | ALP | 3.0% |
| Northam | Ken McIver | ALP | 3.6% |
| Mount Hawthorn | Ron Bertram | ALP | 4.2% |
| Karrinyup | Stan Lapham | ALP | 4.3% |
| Albany | Jack Hall | ALP | 5.4% |
| COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="red" | Fairly safe | ||
| Geraldton | Bill Sewell | ALP | 6.2% |
| Perth | Terry Burke | ALP | 6.2% |
| Collie | Tom Jones | ALP | 6.6% |
| Warren | David Evans | ALP | 8.8% |
| COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="red" | Safe | ||
| Ascot | Merv Toms | ALP | 13.2% |
| Balcatta | Herb Graham | ALP | 13.4% |
| Gascoyne | Daniel Norton | ALP | 14.1% |
| Belmont | Colin Jamieson | ALP | 14.5% |
| Melville | John Tonkin | ALP | 17.5% |
| Cockburn | Don Taylor | ALP | 18.6% |
| Swan | Bill Haigh | ALP | 21.0% |
| Fremantle | Harry Fletcher | ALP | 23.5% v DLP |
| Boulder-Dundas | Arthur Moir | ALP | unopp. |
| Kalgoorlie | Tom Evans | ALP | unopp. |
| Pilbara | Arthur Bickerton | ALP | unopp. |
| Victoria Park | Ron Davies | ALP | unopp. |