2002 Victorian state election
{{Short description|Australian state election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2002 Victorian state election
| country = Victoria
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1999 Victorian state election
| previous_year = 1999
| next_election = 2006 Victorian state election
| next_year = 2006
| 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 = {{Start date|df=yes|2002|11|30}}
| image1 = 200x200px
| leader1 = Steve Bracks
| leader_since1 = 22 March 1999
| party1 = Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
| leaders_seat1 = Williamstown
| popular_vote1 = 1,392,704
| percentage1 = 47.95%
| swing1 = {{increase}}2.38
| last_election1 = 42 seats
| seats1 = 62
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}20
| 1data1 = 57.78%
| 2data1 = {{increase}}7.58
| image2 = 200x200px
| leader2 = Robert Doyle
| leader_since2 = 20 August 2002
| party2 = Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)
| leaders_seat2 = Malvern
| popular_vote2 = 985,011
| percentage2 = 33.91%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}8.31
| last_election2 = 36 seats
| seats2 = 17
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}19
| 1data2 = 42.22%
| 2data2 = {{decrease}}7.58
| image3 = 200x200px
| leader3 = Peter Ryan
| leader_since3 = 16 December 1999
| party3 = National Party of Australia – Victoria
| leaders_seat3 = Gippsland South
| popular_vote3 = 125,003
| percentage3 = 4.30%
| swing3 = {{decrease}}0.50
| last_election3 = 7 seats
| seats3 = 7
| seat_change3 = {{steady}}
| 1blank = TPP
| 2blank = TPP swing
| map_image = 2002 Victorian state election.svg
| map_size = 400px
| map_caption = Results in each electorate.
| title = Premier
| before_election = Steve Bracks
| before_party = Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
| after_election = Steve Bracks
| after_party = Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
}}
The 2002 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 30 November 2002, was for the 55th Parliament of Victoria. It was held to elect the 88 members of Victorian Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council.
The Labor government led by Premier Steve Bracks was returned for a second term in a landslide victory, taking 62 seats, a gain of 20. It was easily the biggest majority that Labor had ever won in Victoria, and one of Labor's best-ever performances at the state level in Australia. Additionally, it was only the third time that a Labor government had been reelected in Victoria. Labor also recorded 57.8 percent of the two-party preferred vote, their highest on record for a Victorian election. Labor also won a majority of seats in the Legislative Council for the first time in its history.
Jeff Kennett had resigned as Liberal leader soon after his shock defeat in 1999, and was succeeded by former Health Minister Denis Napthine. However, Napthine was unable to get the better of Bracks, and was ousted in August 2002 by Shadow Health Minister Robert Doyle. With just a few months before the writs were dropped, Doyle was unable to recover any significant ground. The Liberals saw their seat tally more than halved, to 17 seats — their worst result since the 1952 election.
The Nationals (who after breaking off their Coalition with the Liberals rebranded themselves the 'VicNats') retained the seven seats they held from 1999.
Labor was assisted by a strong economy and by the popularity of Steve Bracks, while the Liberal Party was badly divided between the Kroger and Kennett factions. The Liberal campaign was also damaged by the revelation that the shadow treasurer, Robert Dean, was ineligible to run. Dean's electorate of Berwick had been abolished and merged into the new electorate of Gembrook. Dean won Liberal preselection for Gembrook, but failed to update his address after moving to his new electorate. As a result, he was no longer on the electoral roll; Victorian law requires candidates to be registered voters. Treasurer John Brumby loudly wondered if the Liberals could be trusted to manage Victoria's economy if their shadow treasurer could not manage his own affairs.
This was the last Victorian election where the Legislative Council was elected using preferential voting in single-member districts (while each province has two members, they were elected at alternate elections). The Constitution (Parliamentary Reform) Act 2003 abolished the electoral provinces and divided Victoria into eight regions each electing five members using proportional representation, with all seats being vacated each election.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/council/info_sheets/Legislative_Council_History.htm|title=Information Sheet No.7: The Legislative Council's History|author=Parliament of Victoria|date=18 June 2009|access-date=3 February 2010}}
Future Premier Daniel Andrews entered parliament at this election.
Results
{{see also|Post-election pendulum for the 2002 Victorian state election}}
=Legislative Assembly=
{{see also|Results of the 2002 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)}}
{{Election results
|image=File:2002 VIC Legislative Assembly.svg
|electorate=3228466
|invalid=102791
|invalidsw={{increase}} 0.84
|turnoutsw={{decrease}} 1.05
|party1=Labor
|votes1=1392704
|sw1={{increase}} 2.38
|seats1=62
|sc1={{increase}} 20
|party2=Liberal
|votes2=985011
|sw2={{decrease}} 8.31
|seats2=17
|sc2={{decrease}} 19
|party3=Greens
|votes3=282585
|sw3={{increase}} 8.58
|seats3=0
|sc3={{steady}}
|party4=National
|votes4=125003
|sw4={{decrease}} 0.50
|seats4=7
|sc4={{steady}}
|party5=Independents
|votes5=98700
|sw5={{decrease}} 1.32
|seats5=2
|sc5={{decrease}} 1
|colour6=#666600
|party6=Citizens Electoral Council
|votes6=9654
|sw6={{increase}} 0.33
|seats6=0
|sc6={{steady}}
|party7=Democrats
|votes7=3948
|sw7={{decrease}} 0.14
|seats7=0
|sc7={{steady}}
|colour8=#990000
|party8=Socialist Alliance
|votes8=3274
|sw8={{increase}} 0.04
|seats8=0
|sc8={{steady}}
|party9=Christian Democrats
|votes9=1723
|sw9={{increase}} 0.04
|seats9=0
|sc9={{steady}}
|colour10=#ffb536
|party10=Democratic Labour
|votes10=1035
|sw10={{decrease}} 0.18
|seats10=0
|sc10={{steady}}
|colour11=#00ffff
|party11=Hope
|votes11=914
|sw11={{decrease}} 0.36
|seats11=0
|sc11={{steady}}
|embedded={{Election results
|embed=y
|header1=Two-party-preferred
|party2=Labor
|votes2=1677856
|sw2={{increase}} 7.58
|colour3=#06667c
|party3=Liberal/National Coalition
|votes3=1226214
|sw3={{decrease}} 7.58
}}
|source={{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/archive/vic/VIC2002_Results.pdf#page=30
|title=2002 Victorian State Election - Summary of Results|author=Antony Green|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |author-link=Antony Green|date=July 2003|access-date=5 July 2013}}
}}
=Legislative Council=
{{see also|Results of the 2002 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)}}
File:2002 Victorian state election - Legislative Council.svg
The following voting statistics exclude the two mid-term by-elections held on the same day, at which one seat each was retained by the Liberal and National parties.
{{Australian elections/Title row
| title = Victorian state election, 30 November 2002{{cite web|url=http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/files/2002analysis.pdf |title=Report to Parliament on the 2002 Victorian State election |author=Victorian Electoral Commission |page=71 |access-date=3 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905055009/https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/files/2002analysis.pdf |archive-date=September 5, 2008 }}
| house = Legislative Council
| series = Victorian state election
| back = 1999
| forward = 2006
| staggered = yes
| enrolled = 3,228,466
| total_votes = 3,006,200
| turnout % = 93.12
| turnout chg = +0.17
| informal = 110,422
| informal % = 3.67
| informal chg = +0.30
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Labor VIC
|votes = 1,375,245
|votes % = 47.49
|votes chg = {{increase}}+5.26
|seats = 17
|seats held = 25
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Liberal VIC
|votes = 999,392
|votes % = 34.51
|votes chg = {{decrease}}–5.19
|seats = 3
|seats held = 14
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Greens VIC
|votes = 314,697
|votes % = 10.87
|votes chg = {{increase}}+8.64
|seats = 0
|seats held = 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Nationals VIC
|votes = 126,419
|votes % = 4.37
|votes chg = {{decrease}}–2.91
|seats = 2
|seats held = 5
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Democrats
|votes = 51,718
|votes % = 1.79
|votes chg = {{decrease}}–5.00
|seats = 0
|seats held = 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Hope
|votes = 4,615
|votes % = 0.16
|votes chg = New
|seats = 0
|seats held = 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Christian Democrats
|votes = 4,615
|votes % = 0.14
|votes chg = {{decrease}}–0.10
|seats = 0
|seats held = 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Independent
|votes = 19,534
|votes % = 0.67
|votes chg = {{decrease}}–0.62
|seats = 0
|seats held = 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Total row |
|total_votes = 2,895,778
|total_seats = 22
|total_held = 44
}}
{{Australian elections/2PP summary |
|party id 1 = Labor VIC
|2pp votes 1 = 1,675,893
|2pp % 1 = 57.85
|2pp chg 1 = {{increase}}+7.74
|party id 2 = Liberal VIC
|2pp votes 2 = 1,220,999
|2pp % 2 = 42.15
|2pp chg 2 = {{decrease}}–7.74
}}
|}
=Electoral maps=
| Image:Melb districts pol3.JPG |
| Metropolitan Melbourne: ALP held seats are marked in red. Liberal seats are coloured blue.
| Country Victoria: ALP seats are coloured in red, Liberal in blue, Nationals in green and independents in yellow. |
{{clear}}
Seats changing hands
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Seat
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center"| Pre-2002 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Swing | colspan="4" style="text-align:center"| Post-2002 |
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Party
| style="text-align:center"| Member | style="text-align:center"| Margin | style="text-align:center"| Margin | style="text-align:center"| Member | colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Party |
| Bass
|{{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | style="text-align:right;"| 3.6 | style="text-align:right;"| -4.2 | style="text-align:right;"| 0.6 | Liberal |{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |
| Bayswater
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 6.3 | style="text-align:right;"| -9.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 2.7 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Bellarine
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 1.1 | style="text-align:right;"| -9.3 | style="text-align:right;"| 8.2 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Benalla*
|{{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Labor | style="text-align:right;"| 0.4 | style="text-align:right;"| -2.4 | style="text-align:right;"| 2.0 | National |{{Australian party style|National}}| |
| Bentleigh
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 1.9 | style="text-align:right;"| -6.6 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.7 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Cranbourne
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| -1.1 | style="text-align:right;"| -9.7 | style="text-align:right;"| 10.8 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Eltham
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 3.7 | style="text-align:right;"| -8.5 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.8 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Evelyn
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 12.3 | style="text-align:right;"| -12.6 | style="text-align:right;"| 0.3 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Ferntree Gully
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 7.6 | style="text-align:right;"| -9.9 | style="text-align:right;"| 2.3 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Forest Hill
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 6.2 | style="text-align:right;"| -12.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 5.8 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Frankston
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 3.2 | style="text-align:right;"| -9.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 5.8 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Gembrook
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | notional - new seat | style="text-align:right;"| 6.7 | style="text-align:right;"| -8.3 | style="text-align:right;"| 1.6 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Hastings
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | notional - new seat | style="text-align:right;"| 7.1 | style="text-align:right;"| -8.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 0.9 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Kilsyth
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 7.9 | style="text-align:right;"| -10.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 2.1 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Monbulk
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 2.4 | style="text-align:right;"| -10.7 | style="text-align:right;"| 8.3 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Mordialloc
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 2.5 | style="text-align:right;"| -7.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.5 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Mount Waverley
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 9.0 | style="text-align:right;"| -11.3 | style="text-align:right;"| 2.3 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Narre Warren North
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | notional - new seat | style="text-align:right;"| 5.1 | style="text-align:right;"| -14.8 | style="text-align:right;"| 9.7 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Narre Warren South
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | notional - new seat | style="text-align:right;"| 1.3 | style="text-align:right;"| -13.9 | style="text-align:right;"| 12.6 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| Prahran
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 4.7 | style="text-align:right;"| -9.1 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.4 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
| South Barwon
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | style="text-align:right;"| 4.7 | style="text-align:right;"| -9.7 | style="text-align:right;"| 5.0 | Labor |{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
- Results for Benalla are based from the 2000 by-election, which Labor won from the Nationals.
- Cranbourne became a notionally Labor seat after the redistribution.
- Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
See also
Notes
{{Reflist}}
References
- Victorian Electoral Commission, [http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/]
- {{cite journal | author=Costar, B.J. & Campbell J. | title=Realigning Victoria: The State Election of 30 November 2002 | journal=Australian Journal of Political Science | volume=38 : 2 | pages=313–323 }}
{{Victorian elections}}
{{Government of Victoria}}
Category:Elections in Victoria (state)
Category:2002 elections in Australia