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All 81 seats in theVictorian Legislative Assembly and22 (of the 44) seats in theVictorian Legislative Council 41 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1982 Victoria state election was held on Saturday, 3 April 1982, was for the 49thParliament of Victoria to elect 81 members of the state'sLegislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-memberLegislative Council.
Lindsay Thompson succeeded Rupert Hamer asLiberal Party leader and Premier on 5 June 1981, andJohn Cain Jr. replacedFrank Wilkes asLabor Party leader in September 1981. The incumbent Liberal government led by Lindsay Thompson was defeated by the Labor Party led by John Cain with a swing of 17 seats. The ALP returned to government in Victoria for the first time in 27 years.
Victorian state election, 3 April 1982[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 2,453,642 | |||||
Votes cast | 2,305,773 | Turnout | 93.97 | −0.67 | ||
Informal votes | 60,272 | Informal | 2.61 | −0.40 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 1,122,887 | 50.01 | +4.77 | 49 | +17 | |
Liberal | 860,669 | 38.33 | −3.11 | 24 | −17 | |
Democrats | 119,083 | 5.30 | +0.10 | 0 | ±0 | |
National | 111,579 | 4.97 | −0.64 | 8 | ±0 | |
Democratic Labour | 7,635 | 0.34 | −0.17 | 0 | ±0 | |
Independent | 23,648 | 1.05 | -0.37 | 0 | ±0 | |
Total | 2,245,501 | 81 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Labor | 1,207,197 | 53.8 | +4.5 | |||
Liberal | 1,037,506 | 46.2 | –4.5 |
Victorian state election, 3 April 1982 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 2,453,642 | |||||
Votes cast | 2,302,973 | Turnout | 93.86 | +0.64 | ||
Informal votes | 72,167 | Informal | 3.13 | –0.40 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held | |
Labor | 1,105,650 | 49.56 | +4.23 | 11 | 19 | |
Liberal | 874,736 | 39.21 | –4.53 | 9 | 21 | |
National | 122,637 | 5.50 | +0.37 | 2 | 4 | |
Democrats | 112,098 | 5.03 | +2.17 | 0 | 0 | |
Democratic Labour | 11,780 | 0.53 | +0.38 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 3,904 | 0.18 | –1.87 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 2,230,805 | 22 | 44 |
Liberal/National seats (32) | |||
Marginal | |||
Forest Hill | John Richardson | LIB | 0.2% |
Wantirna | Don Saltmarsh | LIB | 0.8% |
Gisborne | Tom Reynolds | LIB | 0.9% |
South Barwon | Harley Dickinson | LIB | 1.1% |
Berwick | Rob Maclellan | LIB | 1.2% |
Mentone | Bill Templeton | LIB | 1.2% |
Midlands | Bill Ebery | LIB | 1.3% |
Narracan | John Delzoppo | LIB | 1.7% |
Hawthorn | Walter Jona | LIB | 2.6% |
Westernport | Alan Brown | LIB | 3.9% |
Ripon | Tom Austin | LIB | 4.7% |
Ballarat North | Tom Evans | LIB | 4.9% |
Doncaster | Morris Williams | LIB | 5.5% |
Fairly safe | |||
Burwood | Jeff Kennett | LIB | 6.6% |
Caulfield | Ted Tanner | LIB | 7.0% |
Gippsland South | Tom Wallace | NAT | 8.6% v LIB |
Portland | Don McKellar | LIB | 8.8% |
Safe | |||
Kew | Prue Sibree | LIB | 10.1% |
Warrnambool | Ian Smith | LIB | 11.3% |
Balwyn | Jim Ramsay | LIB | 11.4% |
Brighton | Jeannette Patrick | LIB | 11.9% |
Benalla | Pat McNamara | NAT | 13.4% |
Malvern | Lindsay Thompson | LIB | 13.6% |
Gippsland East | Bruce Evans | NAT | 14.1% |
Mildura | Milton Whiting | NAT | 16.7% |
Benambra | Lou Lieberman | LIB | 16.9% |
Polwarth | Cec Burgin | LIB | 16.9% |
Shepparton | Peter Ross-Edwards | NAT | 18.3% |
Murray Valley | Ken Jasper | NAT | 19.0% |
Lowan | Bill McGrath | NAT | 25.5% |
Rodney | Eddie Hann | NAT | 26.9% |
Swan Hill | Alan Wood | LIB | 27.0% |