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All 88 seats in theVictorian Legislative Assembly and22 (of the 44) seats in theVictorian Legislative Council 45 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1985 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 2 March 1985, was for the 50thParliament of Victoria. It was held in theAustralian state ofVictoria to elect all 88 members of the state'sLegislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-memberLegislative Council. Since the previous election, the number of members of the Legislative Assembly was increased by 7 to 88.
Lindsay Thompson, who led theLiberal Party to a defeat at the1982 election with a 17-seat swing against it, resigned the leadership of the party on 5 November 1982. He was succeeded byJeff Kennett. At the election, the incumbentLabor Party government led byJohn Cain Jr. maintained its electoral support, though the Liberal Party did increase the number of seats. It was the first time since Federation that a Labor government had been reelected in Victoria. Although the Labor Party lost seats in the lower house it gained a majority in the upper house picking up 4 seats to hold 23 up from 19 at the last election meaning the Liberal/National Coalition no longer had sway on government policy.
Victorian state election, 2 March 1985[1] | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 2,641,477 | |||||
| Votes cast | 2,462,226 | Turnout | 93.21 | −0.76 | ||
| Informal votes | 66,107 | Informal | 2.68 | +0.07 | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Labor | 1,198,262 | 50.01 | 0.00 | 47 | -2 | |
| Liberal | 1,003,003 | 41.86 | +3.53 | 31 | +7 | |
| National | 174,727 | 7.29 | +2.32 | 10 | +2 | |
| Independent | 12,828 | 0.54 | -0.51 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Weekend Trading | 3,909 | 0.16 | +0.16 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Public Transport | 3,390 | 0.14 | +0.14 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Total | 2,396,119 | 88 | ||||
| Two-party-preferred | ||||||
| Labor | 1,214,832 | 50.7 | –3.1 | |||
| Liberal | 1,181,287 | 49.3 | +3.1 | |||
Victorian state election, 2 March 1985 | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 2,641,477 | |||||
| Votes cast | 2,461,708 | Turnout | 93.19 | –0.67 | ||
| Informal votes | 74,202 | Informal | 3.01 | –0.12 | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held | |
| Labor | 1,128,747 | 47.28 | –2.28 | 11 | 23 | |
| Liberal | 982,418 | 41.15 | +1.94 | 8 | 16 | |
| National | 159,299 | 6.67 | +1.17 | 3 | 5 | |
| Democrats | 95,045 | 3.98 | –1.05 | 0 | 0 | |
| Call to Australia | 16,849 | 0.71 | +0.71 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 5,148 | 0.22 | +0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2,387,506 | 22 | 44 | |||
| Seat | Pre-1985 | Swing | Post-1985 | ||||||
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| Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
| Bennettswood | Labor | Doug Newton | 1.2 | -2.0 | 0.8 | Roger Pescott | Liberal | ||
| Dromana | Labor | David Hassett | 1.4 | -3.8 | 2.4 | Ron Wells | Liberal | ||
| Evelyn | Labor | Max McDonald | 1.3 | -4.1 | 2.8 | Jim Plowman | Liberal | ||
| Ivanhoe | Labor | Tony Sheehan | 1.3 | -2.7 | 1.6 | Vin Heffernan | Liberal | ||
| Mornington | Labor | notional - new seat | 1.4 | -3.4 | 2.0 | Robin Cooper | Liberal | ||
| Syndal | Labor | David Gray | 0.1 | -1.5 | 1.4 | Geoff Coleman | Liberal | ||
| Warrnambool | Liberal | Adam Kempton | 11.3 | -17.8 | 6.5 | John McGrath | National | ||
| Seat | 1982 election | 1984 redistribution | Swing | 1985 election | |||||||||
| Party | Member | Margin | Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | |||||
| Mentone | Liberal | Bill Templeton | 1.2 | Labor | Notional | 3.7 | -1.7 | 2.0 | Peter Spyker | Labor | |||
| Narracan | Liberal | John Delzoppo | 1.7 | Labor | Notional | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | John Delzoppo | Liberal | |||
| Prahran | Labor | Bob Miller | 3.7 | Liberal | Notional | 1.7 | 5.1 | 6.8 | Don Hayward | Liberal | |||
| Sandringham | Labor | Graham Ihlein | 1.5 | Liberal | Notional | 2.6 | 2.3 | 4.9 | David Lea | Liberal | |||
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