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1996 Victorian state election

Australian state election

Field	Value
election_name	1996 Victorian state election
country	Victoria
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1992 Victorian state election
previous_year	1992
next_election	1999 Victorian state election
next_year	1999
seats_for_election	All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
and 22 (of the 44) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council
45 seats needed for a majority
election_date
image1
leader1	Jeff Kennett
leader_since1	23 April 1991
party1	Liberal/National coalition
leaders_seat1	Burwood
popular_vote1	1,397,352
percentage1	50.68%
swing1	1.27
last_election1	61 seats
seats1	58
seat_change1	3
1data1	53.47%
2data1	2.81
image2
leader2	John Brumby
leader_since2	June 1993
party2	Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
leaders_seat2	Broadmeadows
popular_vote2	1,189,475
percentage2	43.13%
swing2	4.72
last_election2	27 seats
seats2	29
seat_change2	2
1data2	46.53%
2data2	2.83
1blank	TPP
2blank	TPP swing
map_image	1996 Victorian state election.svg
map_size	320px
map_caption	Results in each electorate
title	Premier
before_election	Jeff Kennett
before_party	Liberal/National coalition
after_election	Jeff Kennett
after_party	Liberal/National coalition

and 22 (of the 44) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council 45 seats needed for a majority

The 1996 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 30 March 1996, was for the 53rd Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect all 88 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council. The election took place four weeks after the 1996 federal election which swept the Labor Party from power nationally.

The Liberal–National Coalition led by Jeff Kennett and Pat McNamara was returned for a second term. A swing against the government did not produce a significant seat transfer to the Labor Party, now led by John Brumby and still recovering from its landslide defeat at the October 1992 state election. While Labor obtained significant swings in safe Coalition seats, the marginal outer suburban electorates swung further towards the government. The overall two party preferred swing was 2.8% to Labor.

The first signs of rural discontent with the Kennett government began to appear at this election. Independent candidate Russell Savage won Mildura from the Liberals, while other independents polled strongly in the Coalition-held electorates of Benalla, Gippsland East, Polwarth and Rodney.

Results

Legislative Assembly

| turnout % = 94.08 | informal % = 2.30 |votes % = 43.99 |votes % = 43.13 |votes % = 6.69 |votes % = 1.86 |votes % = 0.23 |votes % = 0.51 |votes % = 3.61 |2pp % 1 = 53.47 |2pp % 2 = 46.53 |}

Legislative Council

Results for the Legislative Council.

| turnout % = 94.21 | informal % = 2.58 |votes % = 43.87 |votes % = 40.49 |votes % = 6.63 |votes % = 5.73 |votes % = 1.58 |votes % = 0.51 |votes % = 0.20 |votes % = 0.05 |votes % = 0.94 |2pp % 1 = 53.96 |2pp % 2 = 46.04 |}

Seats changing hands

Seat	Post-1996	Party	Member	Margin	Margin	Member	Party
Bendigo West	Liberal	Max Turner	1.1	-2.8	1.7	Bob Cameron	Labor
Carrum	Labor	Mal Sandon	0.9	-1.7	0.8	David Lean	Liberal
Essendon	Liberal	Ian Davis	1.2	-4.6	3.6	Judy Maddigan	Labor
Ivanhoe	Liberal	Vin Heffernan	4.3	-5.9	1.6	Craig Langdon	Labor
Mildura	Liberal	Craig Bildstien	20.9	-22.3	1.4	Russell Savage	Independent

Key dates

Date	Event
5 March 1996	year=1996	page=S17 (Special)	title=Proclamation	date=5 March 1996	url=http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1996&class=S&page_num=1&classNum=S17}}
5 March 1996	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
8 March 1996	The electoral rolls were closed.
15 March 1996	Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
30 March 1996	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
3 April 1996	page=1996:S33 (Special)	date=3 April 1996	title=Ministers of the Crown	url=http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1996&class=S&page_num=1&classNum=S33}}
19 April 1996	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.

References

Economou N. & Costar B.J. 'The Electoral Contest and Coalition Dominance 1992-1998' in Costar B.J & Economou N. (eds) ''The Kennett Revolution'', UNSW Press, Sydney, 1999, p. 124
"1996 Victorian Legislative Assembly elections".
Hughes, Colin A.. (2002). "A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1985-1999". Federation Press.
Antony Green. (December 1998). "1996 Victorian State Election - Summary of Results".
Hughes (2002) p.319.
(5 March 1996). "Proclamation".
(3 April 1996). "Ministers of the Crown".

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