POLITICAL commentators from the ABC have called the West Australian election in favour of the Liberal/National coalition, just over an hour after counting began.
Mr Smith said Labor had potentially lost 10 to 12 seats.
Collie-Preston is one of the few seats looking good for Labor, held by the party's Mick Murray since 2001.
In Balcatta, held by retiring Labor MP John Kobelke, the swing is towards the Liberals.
Hannah Beazley, the daughter of former federal Labor leader Kim Beazley, looks highly unlikely to unseat sitting member for Riverton, Liberal member Mike Nahan.
The Swan Hills area, the focus of some of the key campaign issues including the Ellenbrook rail line and Perth-to-Darwin Highway, seems certain to remain firmly in the grip of Liberal Frank Alban.
Green said some of those seats were not certain, however, as preferences needed to be taken into account.
He said 29 seats would definitely go to the Liberal party, eight to the Nationals and 16 to Labor, bringing the coalition up to at least 37 seats.
"The Liberals are one short of the magic 30 seats they'd love to get," he said.
Former WA Labor leader Eric Ripper, who was succeeded by Mark McGowan and is retiring from the seat of Belmont, said it was going to be a very tough night for his party colleagues.
"Governments are usually re-elected for a second term," he said.
"Quite often, they're strengthened at that second term election."
Governments that presided over strong economies also were given a second chance, he said.
Echoing many others, Mr Ripper said Mr McGowan had run a strong campaign.
But the unpopularity of federal Labor in WA "must have played its part", he said.
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