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1976 Victorian state election

State election in Australia

Field	Value
election_name	1976 Victorian state election
country	Victoria
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1973 Victorian state election
previous_year	1973
next_election	1979 Victorian state election
next_year	1979
seats_for_election	All 81 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
and 22 (of the 44) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council
41 seats needed for a majority
election_date
image1
leader1	Rupert Hamer
leader_since1	23 August 1972
party1	Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)
leaders_seat1	Kew
popular_vote1	939,481
percentage1	45.87%
swing1	3.53
last_election1	46
seats1	52
seat_change1	6
image2
leader2	Clyde Holding
leader_since2	15 May 1967
party2	Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
leaders_seat2	Richmond
popular_vote2	869,021
percentage2	42.43%
swing2	0.82
last_election2	18
seats2	21
seat_change2	3
image3
leader3	Peter Ross-Edwards
leader_since3	17 June 1970
party3	National Party of Australia – Victoria
leaders_seat3	Shepparton
popular_vote3	144,818
percentage3	7.07%
swing3	1.13
last_election3	8
seats3	7
seat_change3	1
1blank	TPP
2blank	TPP swing
1data1	55.77%
2data1	0.53
1data2	44.23%
2data2	0.53
map_image	1976 Victorian state election.svg
map_size	400px
map_caption	Results in each electorate.
title	Premier
before_election	Rupert Hamer
before_party	Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)
after_election	Rupert Hamer
after_party	Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)

and 22 (of the 44) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council 41 seats needed for a majority

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.

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

| turnout % = 92.68 | informal % = 2.54 |votes % = 45.87 |votes % = 42.43 |votes % = 7.07 |votes % = 2.58 |votes % = 1.73 |votes % = 0.17 |votes % = 0.15 |2pp % 1 = 55.8 |2pp % 2 = 44.2 |}

Legislative Council

| turnout % = 92.7 | informal % = 3.1 |votes % = 48.3 |votes % = 42.6 |votes % = 7.9 |votes % = 0.6 |votes % = 0.1 |votes % = 0.5 |}

Seats changing hands

Seat	Post-1976	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

[http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=910 Election held on 20 March 1976], Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
"Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976".

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