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The1929 Victorian state election was held in the Australianstate ofVictoria on Saturday 30 November 1929 to elect the 65 members of the state'sLegislative Assembly.[1]
TheNationalist Party had gained two seats in the Assembly since the previous election, having won two by-elections in seats held by independents.Henry Bodman (Gippsland South) died on 2 November 1927, andWalter West won the seat for the Nationalists on 3 December.[2]SpeakerOswald Snowball (Brighton), who had been disendorsed by the Nationalists in the previous election after voting against the redistribution bill, had rejoined the Nationalists since but died on 16 March 1928.Ian Macfarlan won the seat in the by-election on 24 April 1928.[3]
1929 Victorian state election[1][4] | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 682,190 | |||||
| Votes cast | 639,368 | Turnout | 93.72 | +1.96 | ||
| Informal votes | 6,830 | Informal | 1.07 | −0.87 | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Labor | 247,251 | 39.09 | −2.70 | 30 | +2 | |
| Nationalist | 242,009 | 38.26 | +7.37 | 17 | ±0 | |
| Country | 55,876 | 8.83 | +0.70 | 11 | +1 | |
| Country Progressive | 33,798 | 5.34 | +1.18 | 4 | ±0 | |
| Communist | 1,962 | 0.31 | +0.31 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Independent | 51,642 | 8.16 | +1.98 | 3 | −3 | |
| Total | 632,538 | 65 | ||||
Notes:
