Pauline Hanson points the finger over WA election defeat on Sunrise. Picture: Channel 7

The Queensland Senator, whose state representatives failed to pick up a single lower house seat after the weekend’s poll, appeared chipper on Monday morning saying the result was “fantastic” and ready to point the finger.

Speaking with Seven’s Sunrise, Ms Hanson acknowledged that her candidates had garnered fewer votes than expected, but had readied an explanation.

“It was all about Colin Barnett,” she said.

“He was so much on the nose with voters. People said ‘we wanted to vote for you but when we heard you were doing preference deals with the Liberal Party, we couldn’t vote for you’, and that’s all I heard on the polling booth.”

The minor party had done a preference deal with the defeated Liberal government, which is believed to have damaged both parties’ chances.

West Australian Premier Colin Barnett lost the WA election, and according to Pauline Hanson, destroyed One Nation’s chances too. Picture: Richard Wainwright/AAPSource:AAP

Unwilling to acknowledge what host David Koch labelled an “epic fail” of a campaign, Ms Hanson laid the blame equally on victorious Labor and the ousted premier she partnered with.

“The scare campaign put out by the Labor Party actually worked and they said the preferences were going to the Liberal party,” she said.

“Labor voters that wanted to vote for us said no, we want Colin Barnett gone. It was all about Colin Barnett.”

The stoic leader is yet to admit defeat in WA amid talk One Nation’s honeymoon period, beginning at last year’s Federal election, is over.

With counting set to resume today, One Nation has so far failed to secure any lower house seats. Its WA leader Colin Tincknell is assured of a seat in the upper house and the party has a chance of a second seat in the Legislative Council.

WA One Nation leader Colin Tincknell is expected to secure One Nation’s only seat in WA. Picture: Ian Munro/The West AustralianSource:Supplied

Ms Hanson remains convinced her party’s western branch will be left with at least three seats in the upper house when all the votes are counted, and blamed media for “not letting you know the results we actually have”.

While One Nation is pointing the finger at the Liberal party, the controversial preference deal between the two parties also backfired on the Coalition which faced a historic defeat.

The fallout has reached all the way to the top ranks of the federal Liberal party, where Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is being pressured to rule out a similar deal at a federal level.

Mr Turnbull has refused to rule out a preference deal with One Nation, while Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce rubbished the doomed WA deal as a “mistake”.

Ms Hanson hinted she was unenthused about continuing preference deals in future polls, particularly in Queensland’s upcoming state election.

“Listening to the voters I think I’ve got to stick with what I’ve always said, we’re not there to shore up anyone in the parliament and I think voters should have the opportunity pass their preferences where they want to go,” she said.