1976 Victorian state election
The 1976 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 20 March 1976, was for the 47th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect 81 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council. Since the previous election, there was an increase in the number of members of the Legislative Assembly by 8 and in the number of Council members by 8, though only 4 were elected at the 1976 election.
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All 81 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 22 (of the 44) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Since the last election, the number of Legislative Assembly members was increased from 73 to 81 and the number of seats in the Legislative Council was increased from 36 to 44.
The incumbent Liberal government led by Rupert Hamer was returned with an increased majority.
Results
Legislative Assembly
Victorian state election, 20 March 1976[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 2,267,282 | |||||
Votes cast | 2,101,414 | Turnout | 92.68 | -0.86 | ||
Informal votes | 53,417 | Informal | 2.54 | -0.36 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Liberal | 939,481 | 45.87 | +3.53 | 52 | +6 | |
Labor | 869,021 | 42.43 | +0.82 | 21 | +3 | |
National | 144,818 | 7.07 | +1.13 | 7 | -1 | |
Democratic Labor | 52,765 | 2.58 | -5.22 | 0 | ±0 | |
Independent | 35,408 | 1.73 | +1.18 | 1 | ±0 | |
Australia | 3,430 | 0.17 | -1.45 | 0 | ±0 | |
Workers | 3,074 | 0.15 | +0.15 | 0 | ±0 | |
Total | 2,047,997 | 81 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Liberal | 1,142,262 | 55.8 | +0.6 | |||
Labor | 905,735 | 44.2 | –0.6 | |||
Legislative Council
Victorian state election, 20 March 1976[2] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 2,267,282 | |||||
Votes cast | 2,102,674 | Turnout | 92.7 | –0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 65,997 | Informal | 3.1 | +0.7 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
Liberal | 988,681 | 48.3 | +5.2 | 15 | 26 | |
Labor | 872,076 | 42.6 | +1.8 | 5 | 9 | |
National | 160,708 | 7.9 | +1.5 | 2 | 5 | |
Democratic Labor | 12,601 | 0.6 | –8.1 | 0 | 0 | |
Australia | 2,611 | 0.1 | –0.9 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 10,127 | 0.5 | * | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 2,046,804 | 22 | 40 | |||
Seats changing hands
Seat | Pre-1976 | Swing | Post-1976 | ||||||
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Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
Benambra | National | Tom Mitchell | 19.9 | -21.7 | 1.8 | Lou Lieberman | Liberal | ||
Knox | Liberal | notional - new seat | 0.8 | -2.1 | 1.3 | Steve Crabb | Labor | ||
Ripon | Labor | notional - new seat | 0.4 | -10.3 | 9.9 | Tom Austin | Liberal | ||
Werribee | Labor | notional - new seat | 0.2 | -0.2 | 0.05 | Neville Hudson | Liberal | ||
Post-election pendulum
References
- Election held on 20 March 1976, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
- Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 29 September 2015.