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1996 Victorian state election

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1996 Victorian state election
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The 1996 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 30 March 1996, was for the 53rd Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect all 88 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council. The election took place four weeks after the 1996 federal election which swept the Labor Party from power nationally.

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The LiberalNational Coalition led by Jeff Kennett and Pat McNamara was returned for a second term. A swing against the government did not produce a significant seat transfer to the Labor Party, now led by John Brumby and still recovering from its landslide defeat at the October 1992 state election. While Labor obtained significant swings in safe Coalition seats, the marginal outer suburban electorates swung further towards the government.[1] The overall two party preferred swing was 2.8% to Labor.

The first signs of rural discontent with the Kennett government began to appear at this election. Independent candidate Russell Savage won Mildura from the Liberals, while other independents polled strongly in the Coalition-held electorates of Benalla, Gippsland East, Polwarth and Rodney.[2]

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Legislative Assembly

Victorian state election, 30 March 1996[3][4]
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Enrolled voters 3,000,076
Votes cast 2,822,531 Turnout 94.08 –1.05
Informal votes 64,964 Informal 2.30 –1.51
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes  % Swing Seats Change
  Liberal 1,212,933 43.99 –0.17 49 – 3
  Labor 1,189,475 43.13 +4.72 29 + 2
  National 184,419 6.69 –1.14 9 ± 0
  Natural Law 51,231 1.86 +0.54 0 ± 0
  Call to Australia 6,222 0.23 +0.19 0 ± 0
  Other 13,964 0.51 –0.22 0 ± 0
  Independent 99,426 3.61 –3.90 1 + 1
Total 2,757,567     88  
Two-party-preferred
  Liberal/National 1,472,365 53.47 –2.83
  Labor 1,281,418 46.53 +2.83

Legislative Council

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Results for the Legislative Council.
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