1979 Victorian state election
{{Short description|Australian state election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| 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 = {{Start date|df=yes|1979|5|5}}
| image1 = {{CSS image crop |Image = Rupert Hamer 1974 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 130|cWidth = 130|cHeight = 170|oTop = 10|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}
| leader1 = Rupert Hamer
| leader_since1 = {{nowrap|23 August 1972}}
| party1 = Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)
| leaders_seat1 = Kew
| popular_vote1 = 881,366
| percentage1 = 41.44%
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 4.44
| last_election1 = 52 seats
| seats1 = 41 seats
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 11
| image2 = {{CSS image crop |Image = Frank Wilkes 1974 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 130|cWidth = 130|cHeight = 170|oTop = 10|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}
| leader2 = Frank Wilkes
| leader_since2 = {{nowrap|29 June 1977}}
| party2 = Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
| leaders_seat2 = Northcote
| popular_vote2 = 962,123
| percentage2 = 45.23%
| swing2 = {{increase}} 2.80
| last_election2 = 21 seats
| seats2 = 32 seats
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 11
| image3 = {{CSS image crop |Image = Peter Ross-Edwards 1974 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 130|cWidth = 130|cHeight = 170|oTop = 10|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}
| leader3 = {{nowrap|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 = {{decrease}} 1.46
| last_election3 = 7 seats
| seats3 = 8 seats
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 1
| 1blank = TPP
| 2blank = TPP swing
| 1data1 = 50.47%
| 2data1 = {{decrease}} 5.30
| 1data2 = 49.53%
| 2data2 = {{increase}} 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)
}}
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=
{{see also|Results of the 1979 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)}}
{{Australian elections/Title row
| title = Victorian state election, 5 May 1979[http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=911 Election held on 5 May 1979], Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
| house = Legislative Assembly
| series = Victorian state election
| back = 1976
| forward = 1982
| enrolled = 2,350,407
| total_votes = 2,193,037
| turnout % = 93.30
| turnout chg = 0.62
| informal = 66,016
| informal % = 3.01
| informal chg = 0.47
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Labor VIC
|votes = 962,123
|votes % = 45.23
|votes chg = +2.80
|seats = 32
|seats chg = +11
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|government = yes
|party_id = Liberal VIC
|votes = 881,366
|votes % = 41.44
|votes chg = -4.44
|seats = 41
|seats chg = -11
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Nationals VIC
|votes = 119,385
|votes % = 5.61
|votes chg = -1.46
|seats = 8
|seats chg = +1
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Democrats
|votes = 114,053
|votes % = 5.36
|votes chg = +5.36
|seats = 0
|seats chg = ±0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Independent
|votes = 30,102
|votes % = 1.42
|votes chg = -0.31
|seats = 0
|seats chg = -1
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Democratic Labour
|votes = 10,907
|votes % = 0.51
|votes chg = -2.06
|seats = 0
|seats chg = ±0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Australia
|votes = 5,222
|votes % = 0.25
|votes chg = +0.08
|seats = 0
|seats chg = ±0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Communist
|votes = 2,305
|votes % = 0.11
|votes chg = +0.11
|seats = 0
|seats chg = ±0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Socialist Workers
|votes = 1,558
|votes % = 0.07
|votes chg = +0.07
|seats = 0
|seats chg = ±0
}}
{{Australian elections/Total row |
|total_votes = 2,127,021
|total_seats = 81
}}
{{Australian elections/2PP summary |
|party id 1 = Liberal VIC
|2pp votes 1 = 1,073,415
|2pp % 1 = 50.5
|2pp chg 1 = –5.3
|party id 2 = Labor VIC
|2pp votes 2 = 1,053,606
|2pp % 2 = 49.5
|2pp chg 2 = +5.3
}}
|}
= Legislative Council =
{{see also|Results of the 1979 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)}}
{{Australian elections/Title row
| title = Victorian state election, 5 May 1979{{cite web|last1=Carr|first1=Adam|title=Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1979council.txt|website=Psephos Election Archive|access-date=29 September 2015}}
| house = Legislative Council
| series = Victorian state election
| back = 1976
| forward = 1982
| staggered = yes
| enrolled = 2,350,407
| total_votes = 2,191,128
| turnout % = 93.22
| turnout chg = +0.03
| informal = 77,361
| informal % = 3.53
| informal chg = +0.41
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Labor VIC
|votes = 958,158
|votes % = 45.33
|votes chg = +2.72
|seats = 8
|seats held = 13
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Liberal VIC
|votes = 924,525
|votes % = 43.74
|votes chg = –4.56
|seats = 12
|seats held = 27
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Nationals VIC
|votes = 124,050
|votes % = 5.87
|votes chg = –1.98
|seats = 2
|seats held = 4
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Democrats
|votes = 60,392
|votes % = 2.86
|votes chg = +2.86
|seats = 0
|seats held = 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Democratic Labour
|votes = 3,212
|votes % = 0.15
|votes chg = –0.47
|seats = 0
|seats held = 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Independent
|votes = 43,430
|votes % = 2.05
|votes chg = +1.56
|seats = 0
|seats held = 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Total row |
|total_votes = 2,113,767
|total_seats = 22
|total_held = 44
}}
|}
Seats changing hands
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2" | Seat
! colspan="4" | Pre-1979 ! rowspan="2" | Swing ! colspan="4" | Post-1979 |
|---|
| colspan="2" | Party
! Member ! Margin ! Margin ! Member ! colspan="2" | Party |
| Bentleigh
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 9.3 | style="text-align:right;"| -9.5 | style="text-align:right;"| 0.2 |Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Coburg
|{{Australian party style|Independent}}| |Independent | style="text-align:right;"| 5.4 | style="text-align:right;"| -6.6 | style="text-align:right;"| 1.2 |Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Essendon
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 0.1 | style="text-align:right;"| -1.6 | style="text-align:right;"| 1.5 |Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Geelong East
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 1.5 | style="text-align:right;"| -3.2 | style="text-align:right;"| 1.7 |Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Glenhuntly
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 8.1 | style="text-align:right;"| -9.7 | style="text-align:right;"| 1.6 |Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Heatherton
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 5.4 | style="text-align:right;"| -6.4 | style="text-align:right;"| 1.0 |Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Lowan
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 11.7 | style="text-align:right;"| -12.2 | style="text-align:right;"| 0.5 |National |{{Australian party style|National}}| |
| Oakleigh
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 1.3 | style="text-align:right;"| -3.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 1.7 |Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Prahran
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 5.7 | style="text-align:right;"| -6.6 | style="text-align:right;"| 0.9 |Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Springvale
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 4.4 | style="text-align:right;"| -5.1 | style="text-align:right;"| 0.7 |Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Werribee
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 0.1 | style="text-align:right;"| -8.2 | style="text-align:right;"| 8.1 |Labor |{{Australian party style|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
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| COLSPAN=4 align="center"|Liberal seats (41) |
| COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="Blue" |Marginal |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |St Kilda
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Brian Dixon | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |0.2% |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Ballarat South
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Joan Chambers | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |0.4% |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Mitcham
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |George Cox | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |0.7% |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Syndal
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Geoff Coleman | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |0.7% |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Geelong West
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Hayden Birrell | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |0.8% |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Noble Park
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Peter Collins | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |1.0% |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Bendigo
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Daryl McClure | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |1.2% |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Sandringham
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Max Crellin | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |1.6% |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Gisborne
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Tom Reynolds | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |2.0% |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Monbulk
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Bill Borthwick | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |2.2% |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Ivanhoe
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Bruce Skeggs | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |3.4% |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Box Hill
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Donald Mackinnon | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |3.6% |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Caulfield
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Ted Tanner | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |3.8% |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Evelyn
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Jim Plowman | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |3.8% |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Ringwood
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Peter McArthur | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |4.1% |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Forest Hill
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |John Richardson | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |5.0% |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Midlands
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Bill Ebery | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |5.0% |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Narracan
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Jim Balfour | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |5.1% |
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Ripon
| align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |Tom Austin | align="left" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="A6E7FF" |5.2% |
| COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="blue" |Fairly safe |
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Bennettswood
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Keith McCance | align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="80D8F9" |6.1% |
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Warrandyte
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Norman Lacy | align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="80D8F9" |6.1% |
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Ballarat North
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Tom Evans | align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="80D8F9" |6.3% |
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Mentone
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Bill Templeton | align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="80D8F9" |6.5% |
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |South Barwon
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Aurel Smith | align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="80D8F9" |6.6% |
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Dromana
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Roberts Dunstan | align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="80D8F9" |6.7% |
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Frankston
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Graeme Weideman | align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="80D8F9" |7.2% |
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Wantirna
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Geoff Hayes | align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="80D8F9" |7.6% |
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Portland
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Don McKellar | align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="80D8F9" |8.0% |
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Berwick
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Rob Maclellan | align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="80D8F9" |8.2% |
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Burwood
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Jeff Kennett | align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="80D8F9" |9.1% |
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Hawthorn
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Walter Jona | align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="80D8F9" |9.8% |
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Westernport
| align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |Alan Brown | align="left" bgcolor="80D8F9" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="80D8F9" |9.9% |
| COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="blue" |Safe |
| align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |Doncaster
| align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |Morris Williams | align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="31C3FF" |10.9% |
| align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |Kew
| align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |Rupert Hamer | align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="31C3FF" |11.2% |
| align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |Warrnambool
| align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |Ian Smith | align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="31C3FF" |12.4% |
| align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |Brighton
| align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |Jeannette Patrick | align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="31C3FF" |12.7% |
| align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |Malvern
| align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |Lindsay Thompson | align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="31C3FF" |15.0% |
| align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |Balwyn
| align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |Jim Ramsay | align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="31C3FF" |16.0% |
| align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |Polwarth
| align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |Cec Burgin | align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="31C3FF" |18.7% |
| align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |Benambra
| align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |Lou Lieberman | align="left" bgcolor="31C3FF" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="31C3FF" |19.1% |
| align="left" bgcolor="44A6F1" |Swan Hill
| align="left" bgcolor="44A6F1" |Alan Wood | align="left" bgcolor="44A6F1" |LIB | align="center" bgcolor="44A6F1" |24.8% |
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| COLSPAN=4 align="center" |Labor seats (32) |
| COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="red" |Marginal |
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Bentleigh
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Gordon Hockley | align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |0.2% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Springvale
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Kevin King | align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |0.7% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Prahran
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Bob Miller | align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |0.9% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Heatherton
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Peter Spyker | align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |1.0% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Coburg
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Peter Gavin | align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |1.2% v IND |
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Essendon
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Barry Rowe | align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |1.5% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Glenhuntly
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Gerard Vaughan | align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |1.6% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Geelong East
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Graham Ernst | align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |1.7% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Oakleigh
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Race Mathews | align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |1.7% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Greensborough
| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Pauline Toner | align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |3.9% |
| COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="red" |Fairly safe |
| align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" | Dandenong
| align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |Rob Jolly | align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |6.5% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" | Werribee
| align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |Ken Coghill | align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |8.1% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" | Knox
| align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |Steve Crabb | align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |8.4% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" | Niddrie
| align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |Jack Simpson | align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |9.7% |
| COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="red" |Safe |
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" | Bundoora
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |John Cain | align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |10.6% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" | Carrum
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |Ian Cathie | align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |11.9% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" | Albert Park
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |Bunna Walsh | align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |14.0% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" | Geelong North
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |Neil Trezise | align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |15.2% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" | Keilor
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |Jack Ginifer | align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |15.2% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" | Melbourne
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |Keith Remington | align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |16.0% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" | Morwell
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |Derek Amos | align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |16.6% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" | Glenroy
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |Jack Culpin | align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |16.7% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" | Williamstown
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |Gordon Stirling | align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |16.8% |
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" | Ascot Vale
| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |Tom Edmunds | align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |16.8% |
| align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |Richmond
| align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |Theo Sidiropoulos | align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="DF716D" |20.4% |
| align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |Reservoir
| align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |Jim Simmonds | align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="DF716D" |21.0% |
| align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |Preston
| align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |Carl Kirkwood | align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="DF716D" |21.5% |
| align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |Northcote
| align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |Frank Wilkes | align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="DF716D" |21.9% |
| align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |Footscray
| align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |Robert Fordham | align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="DF716D" |24.3% |
| align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |Sunshine
| align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |Bill Fogarty | align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="DF716D" |24.5% |
| align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |Brunswick
| align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |Tom Roper | align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="DF716D" |25.5% |
| align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |Broadmeadows
| align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |John Wilton | align="left" bgcolor="DF716D" |ALP | align="center" bgcolor="DF716D" |25.6% |
| COLSPAN=4 align="center" |National seats (8) |
| align="left" bgcolor="CCFFCC" |Lowan
| align="left" bgcolor="CCFFCC" |Bill McGrath | align="left" bgcolor="CCFFCC" |NAT | align="center" bgcolor="CCFFCC" |0.5% v LIB |
| align="left" bgcolor="98FB98" |Gippsland South
| align="left" bgcolor="98FB98" |Neil McInnes | align="left" bgcolor="98FB98" |NAT | align="center" bgcolor="98FB98" |6.9% v LIB |
| align="left" bgcolor="90EE90" |Benalla
| align="left" bgcolor="90EE90" |Tom Trewin | align="left" bgcolor="90EE90" |NAT | align="center" bgcolor="90EE90" |15.4% |
| align="left" bgcolor="90EE90" |Gippsland East
| align="left" bgcolor="90EE90" |Bruce Evans | align="left" bgcolor="90EE90" |NAT | align="center" bgcolor="90EE90" |17.3% |
| align="left" bgcolor="40C351" |Murray Valley
| align="left" bgcolor="40C351" |Ken Jasper | align="left" bgcolor="40C351" |NAT | align="center" bgcolor="40C351" |20.5% |
| align="left" bgcolor="40C351" |Shepparton
| align="left" bgcolor="40C351" |Peter Ross-Edwards | align="left" bgcolor="40C351" |NAT | align="center" bgcolor="40C351" |20.8% |
| align="left" bgcolor="40C351" |Mildura
| align="left" bgcolor="40C351" |Milton Whiting | align="left" bgcolor="40C351" |NAT | align="center" bgcolor="40C351" |22.3% |
| align="left" bgcolor="40C351" |Rodney
| align="left" bgcolor="40C351" |Eddie Hann | align="left" bgcolor="40C351" |NAT | align="center" bgcolor="40C351" |28.4% |
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See also
References
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