1983 Springvale state by-election

The 1983 Springvale state by-election was held on 19 March 1983 to elect the next member for Springvale in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of incumbent Kevin King.^[1]

1983 Springvale state by-election

← 1982 19 March 1983 1985 →
Electoral district of Springvale in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
First party Second party   ALP LIB Candidate Eddie Micallef Jordan Topalides Party Labor Liberal Popular vote 16,682 9,692 Percentage 57.3% 33.3% Swing 3.8 4.8 TCP 60.0% 40.0% TCP swing 3.1 3.1
MP before election Kevin King Labor Elected MP Eddie Micallef Labor

Results

The seat was retained for Labor by Eddie Micallef.

Democratic Labor Party candidate John Mulholland ran as a "DLP-Call to Australia coalition" candidate.^[2]

1983 Springvale state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eddie Micallef	16,682	57.3	+3.8
	Liberal	Jordan Topalides	9,692	33.3	−4.8
	DLP−Call to Australia	John Mulholland	1,921	6.6	+3.6
	Social Democrats	Peter Allan	803	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			29,098	97.7	+0.8
Informal votes			681	2.3	−0.8
Turnout			29,779	87.9	−6.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eddie Micallef		60.0	+3.1
	Liberal	Jordan Topalides		40.0	−3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1