Results of the 1982 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)
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This is a list of Legislative Council results for the Victorian 1982 state election. 22 of the 44 seats were contested.
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 Labor | 11,780 | 0.53 | +0.38 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 3,904 | 0.18 | –1.87 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 2,230,805 | 22 | 44 |