Results of the 1985 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)
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This is a list of Legislative Council results for the Victorian 1985 state election. 22 of the 44 seats were contested.
Victorian state election, 2 March 1985[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 2,641,477 | |||||
Votes cast | 2,461,708 | Turnout | 93.19 | –0.67 | ||
Informal votes | 74,202 | Informal | 3.01 | –0.12 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
Labor | 1,128,747 | 47.28 | –2.28 | 11 | 23 | |
Liberal | 982,418 | 41.15 | +1.94 | 8 | 16 | |
National | 159,299 | 6.67 | +1.17 | 3 | 5 | |
Democrats | 95,045 | 3.98 | –1.05 | 0 | 0 | |
Call to Australia | 16,849 | 0.71 | +0.71 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 5,148 | 0.22 | +0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 2,387,506 | 22 | 44 |