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1979 Victorian state election

Australian state election

Field	Value
election_name	1979 Victoria state election
country	Victoria
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1976 Victorian state election
previous_year	1976
next_election	1982 Victorian state election
next_year	1982
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	881,366
percentage1	41.44%
swing1	4.44
last_election1	52
seats1	41
seat_change1	11
image2
leader2	Frank Wilkes
leader_since2	29 June 1977
party2	Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
leaders_seat2	Northcote
popular_vote2	962,123
percentage2	45.23%
swing2	2.80
last_election2	21
seats2	32
seat_change2	11
image3
leader3	Peter Ross-Edwards
leader_since3	17 June 1970
party3	National Party of Australia – Victoria
leaders_seat3	Shepparton
popular_vote3	119,385
percentage3	5.61%
swing3	1.46
last_election3	7
seats3	8
seat_change3	1
1blank	TPP
2blank	TPP swing
1data1	50.47%
2data1	5.30
1data2	49.53%
2data2	5.30
map_image	1979 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 1979 Victoria state election, held on Saturday, 5 May 1979, was for the 48th 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 a significantly reduced majority.

Results

Legislative Assembly

| turnout % = 93.30 | informal % = 3.01 |votes % = 45.23 |votes % = 41.44 |votes % = 5.61 |votes % = 5.36 |votes % = 1.42 |votes % = 0.51 |votes % = 0.25 |votes % = 0.11 |votes % = 0.07 |2pp % 1 = 50.5 |2pp % 2 = 49.5 |}

Legislative Council

| turnout % = 93.22 | informal % = 3.53 |votes % = 45.33 |votes % = 43.74 |votes % = 5.87 |votes % = 2.86 |votes % = 0.15 |votes % = 2.05 |}

Seats changing hands

Seat	Post-1979	Party	Member	Margin	Margin	Member	Party
Bentleigh	Liberal	Bob Suggett	9.3	-9.5	0.2	Gordon Hockley	Labor
Coburg	Independent	Jack Mutton	5.4	-6.6	1.2	Peter Gavin	Labor
Essendon	Liberal	Kenneth Wheeler	0.1	-1.6	1.5	Barry Rowe	Labor
Geelong East	Liberal	Phil Gude	1.5	-3.2	1.7	Graham Ernst	Labor
Glenhuntly	Liberal	Joe Rafferty	8.1	-9.7	1.6	Gerard Vaughan	Labor
Heatherton	Liberal	Llew Reese	5.4	-6.4	1.0	Peter Spyker	Labor
Lowan	Liberal	Jim McCabe	11.7	-12.2	0.5	Bill McGrath	National
Oakleigh	Liberal	Alan Scanlan	1.3	-3.0	1.7	Race Mathews	Labor
Prahran	Liberal	Sam Loxton	5.7	-6.6	0.9	Bob Miller	Labor
Springvale	Liberal	Norman Billing	4.4	-5.1	0.7	Kevin King	Labor
Werribee	Liberal	Neville Hudson	0.1	-8.2	8.1	Ken Coghill	Labor

Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
In addition, Labor retained the seat of Greensborough, which it had won from the Liberals in a by-election.

Post-election pendulum

References

[http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=911 Election held on 5 May 1979], Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
"Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979".

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