1982 Victorian state election
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The 1982 Victoria state election was held on Saturday, 3 April 1982, was for the 49th Parliament of Victoria to elect 81 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council.
Labor 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.
Results
Legislative Assembly
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 |
Legislative Council
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 |
Seats changing hands
Seat | Pre-1982 | Swing | Post-1982 | ||||||
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Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
Ballarat South | Liberal | Joan Chambers | 0.4 | -2.3 | 1.9 | Frank Sheehan | Labor | ||
Bendigo | Liberal | Daryl McClure | 1.2 | -6.1 | 4.9 | David Kennedy | Labor | ||
Bennettswood | Liberal | Keith McCance
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6.1 | -6.5 | 0.4 | Doug Newton | Labor | ||
Box Hill | Liberal | Donald Mackinnon | 3.6 | -7.1 | 3.5 | Margaret Ray | Labor | ||
Dromana | Liberal | Ron Wells | 6.7 | -7.7 | 1.0 | David Hassett | Labor | ||
Evelyn | Liberal | Jim Plowman | 3.8 | -8.1 | 4.3 | Max McDonald | Labor | ||
Frankston | Liberal | Graeme Weideman | 7.2 | -7.3 | 0.1 | Jane Hill | Labor | ||
Geelong West | Liberal | Hayden Birrell | 0.8 | -3.7 | 2.9 | Hayden Shell | Labor | ||
Ivanhoe | Liberal | Bruce Skeggs | 3.4 | -3.9 | 0.5 | Tony Sheehan | Labor | ||
Mitcham | Liberal | George Cox | 0.7 | -4.6 | 3.9 | John Harrowfield | Labor | ||
Monbulk | Liberal | Bill Borthwick | 2.2 | -5.2 | 3.0 | Neil Pope | Labor | ||
Noble Park | Liberal | Peter Collins | 1.0 | -7.1 | 6.1 | Terry Norris | Labor | ||
Ringwood | Liberal | Peter McArthur
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4.1 | -6.2 | 2.1 | Kay Setches | Labor | ||
St Kilda | Liberal | Brian Dixon | 0.2 | -4.3 | 4.1 | Andrew McCutcheon | Labor | ||
Sandringham | Liberal | Max Crellin | 1.8 | -3.3 | 1.5 | Graham Ihlein | Labor | ||
Syndal | Liberal | Geoff Coleman | 0.7 | -4.5 | 3.8 | David Gray | Labor | ||
Warrandyte | Liberal | Norman Lacy | 6.1 | -8.1 | 2.0 | Lou Hill | Labor |
- Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
Post-election pendulum
See also
References
- ^ Election held on 3 April 1982, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).