1979 Victorian state election
Australian state election
![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 81 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority and 22 (of the 44) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Results in each electorate. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
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
Victorian state election, 5 May 1979[1] | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Enrolled voters | 2,350,407 | |||||
Votes cast | 2,193,037 | Turnout | 93.30 | 0.62 | ||
Informal votes | 66,016 | Informal | 3.01 | 0.47 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 962,123 | 45.23 | +2.80 | 32 | +11 | |
Liberal | 881,366 | 41.44 | -4.44 | 41 | -11 | |
National | 119,385 | 5.61 | -1.46 | 8 | +1 | |
Democrats | 114,053 | 5.36 | +5.36 | 0 | ±0 | |
Independent | 30,102 | 1.42 | -0.31 | 0 | -1 | |
Democratic Labour | 10,907 | 0.51 | -2.06 | 0 | ±0 | |
Australia | 5,222 | 0.25 | +0.08 | 0 | ±0 | |
Communist | 2,305 | 0.11 | +0.11 | 0 | ±0 | |
Socialist Workers | 1,558 | 0.07 | +0.07 | 0 | ±0 | |
Total | 2,127,021 | 81 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Liberal | 1,073,415 | 50.5 | –5.3 | |||
Labor | 1,053,606 | 49.5 | +5.3 |
Legislative Council
Victorian state election, 5 May 1979[2] | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Enrolled voters | 2,350,407 | |||||
Votes cast | 2,191,128 | Turnout | 93.22 | +0.03 | ||
Informal votes | 77,361 | Informal | 3.53 | +0.41 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held | |
Labor | 958,158 | 45.33 | +2.72 | 8 | 13 | |
Liberal | 924,525 | 43.74 | –4.56 | 12 | 27 | |
National | 124,050 | 5.87 | –1.98 | 2 | 4 | |
Democrats | 60,392 | 2.86 | +2.86 | 0 | 0 | |
Democratic Labour | 3,212 | 0.15 | –0.47 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 43,430 | 2.05 | +1.56 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 2,113,767 | 22 | 44 |
Seats changing hands
Seat | Pre-1979 | Swing | 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
See also
References
- v
- t
- e
- 1856
- 1859
- 1861
- 1864
- 1866
- 1868
- 1871
- 1874
- 1877
- 1880 (Feb)
- 1880 (Jul)
- 1883
- 1886
- 1889
- 1892
- 1894
- 1897
- 1900
- 1902
- 1904
- 1907
- 1908
- 1911
- 1914
- 1917
- 1920
- 1921
- 1924
- 1927
- 1929
- 1932
- 1935
- 1937
- 1940
- 1943
- 1945
- 1947
- 1950
- 1952
- 1955
- 1958
- 1961
- 1964
- 1967
- 1970
- 1973
- 1976
- 1979
- 1982
- 1985
- 1988
- 1992
- 1996
- 1999
- 2002
- 2006
- 2010
- 2014
- 2018
- 2022
- 2026
only elections