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The '''1976 Victorian state election''', held on Saturday, 20 March 1976, was for the 47th [[Parliament of Victoria]]. It was held in the [[Australia]]n [[States and territories of Australia|state]] of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] to elect 81 members of the state's [[Victorian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] and 22 members of the 44-member [[Victorian Legislative Council|Legislative Council]]. |
The '''1976 Victorian state election''', held on Saturday, 20 March 1976, was for the 47th [[Parliament of Victoria]]. It was held in the [[Australia]]n [[States and territories of Australia|state]] of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] to elect 81 members of the state's [[Victorian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] and 22 members of the 44-member [[Victorian Legislative Council|Legislative Council]]. |
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The incumbent [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] government led by [[Rupert Hamer]] was returned with an increased majority, mainly at the expense of the [[Democratic Labor Party]]. |
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==Results== |
==Results== |
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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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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.
The incumbent Liberal government led by Rupert Hamer was returned with an increased majority, mainly at the expense of the Democratic Labor Party.
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 | |
Other | 6,504 | 0.32 | -1.43 | 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 |
Seats changing hands
Seat | Pre-1976 | Swing | Post-1976 | ||||||
Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
Benambra | Template:Australian politics/party colours/National| | National | Bill Baxter | 19.9 | -21.7 | 1.8 | Lou Lieberman | Liberal | Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal| |
Knox | Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal| | Liberal | notional - new seat | 0.8 | -2.1 | 1.3 | Steve Crabb | Labor | Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor| |
Ripon | Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor| | Labor | notional - new seat | 0.4 | -10.3 | 9.9 | Tom Austin | Liberal | Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal| |
Werribee | Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor| | Labor | notional - new seat | 0.2 | -0.2 | 0.05 | Neville Hudson | Liberal | Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal| |
Post-election pendulum
References
- ^ Election held on 20 March 1976, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).