West Australian One Nation leader Colin Tincknell says his party has a strong chance of gaining the balance of power in parliament thanks to a preference deal with the Liberals.
Premier Colin Barnett confirmed on Sunday that the Liberals will preference One Nation ahead of the Nationals in some of the WA upper house seats, in return for One Nation to preference the Liberals above Labor in the lower house.
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Liberal preference deal with One Nation
Colin Barnett has confirmed a preference deal has been done with Pauline Hanson, in a move he admits will help him retain power. Vision: Nine News Perth.
However Mr Tincknell claimed One Nation would be preferenced by the Liberals in the lower house in "many, many, seats".
"That's the bit that hasn't been explained," he told 6PR radio.
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"That'll mean we have more members of parliament."
Mr Tincknell said this meant they should be able to gain the balance of power and would block the sale of Western Power, one of the Liberal party's main campaign promises.
He said Labor, the Greens and the Nationals refused to do preference deals with them, and they would put the Greens last on their ticket.
"Labor had their chance to deal with us, they disrespected us, they decided to put us last," he said.
"They'll pay the consequences for that."
Nationals WA leader Brendon Grylls told ABC radio their relationship with the Liberals had always been "tricky" and the One Nation deal was a slap in the face.
Mr Grylls said he believed his party's first preference votes would rise.
"This decision can be judged by the voters for what it is.
"The calls I'm getting is that people who were going to hand out (how-to-vote cards) for the Liberals party are now going to hand out for the National party so I think that's an indication of how people view this."
Federal Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has warned Premier Colin Barnett the deal could end up seeing him lose the March 11 election.
- AAP